With Explanations: Easy Magic Tricks for Lower-Grade Elementary School Children — How to Do Simple Tricks
Do you think magic tricks seem difficult? In fact, once you know a few simple tips, even elementary school kids can perform easy tricks that will amaze friends and family! Here, we’ve collected fun, mysterious tricks you can show off right away, like the “rope escape” and the “jumping rubber band,” which work as long as you follow the steps.
You don’t need any special props—just everyday items.
We also share performance tips, so try experiencing the satisfaction of entertaining people with magic!
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Simple magic tricks you can do with everyday items (11–20)
Magic that makes the mark on disposable chopsticks disappear
Chopsticks with patterns drawn on them in pen—when you cast a little spell, the patterns disappear in an instant.
Then, mysteriously, the patterns come back.
The secret is that the pattern is actually drawn on only one side of the chopsticks.
Even when showing the “back,” you’re just twisting your wrist to show the same side.
Once you hear the secret it makes sense, but without it you’d never know.
Simple, but an amazing trick!
Let’s predict the sum of four numbers!
Let’s try predicting a total using a 4×4 grid of numbers.
First, have a spectator choose one number from the grid.
Circle the chosen number, then cross out the squares directly above, below, to the left, and to the right of it.
Repeat this process, and in the end, add up the four remaining numbers—that total is what you’ll predict.
The trick is, no matter which numbers are chosen, the total will always be 20! By setting eight numbers along the top and right edges so that paired sums equal 20, and then filling the grid by adding those values, you can construct a table where the total is guaranteed to be 20 every time.
Pen Vanish Magic
https://www.tiktok.com/@joejoemagic/video/7197341542544182529The pen vanishing magic trick, which has a big visual impact, is also a must-see.
The method is very simple: hold a pen in your right hand, briefly wave your left hand over it, and the pen disappears.
Even if someone checks your hands afterward, they won’t find the pen.
The key to this trick is to wear long sleeves.
Extend an elastic string from inside your sleeve and tie it to the pen.
Then, when you let go, the pen is pulled up and vanishes.
Using the same idea, you could probably make a pen case or an eraser disappear too.
Magic that changes the color of tea
When the brown, translucent “tea” was poured into what seemed like an ordinary glass, it turned bright blue! This curious magic trick is actually easy to do with simple science.
First, the liquid that looked like tea was actually brown antiseptic gargle solution diluted with water.
When you pour it into a glass that has vitamin C powder in it, the liquid becomes clear.
This happens because the gargle solution reacts with the vitamin C.
If you add powdered paint of your favorite color along with the vitamin C powder, the liquid will turn that paint color instead of becoming clear.
Please do not drink any of the liquids!
Instant Magic! Telekinetic Chopsticks
Let me show you some simple magic tricks you can do with disposable chopsticks at a banquet hall.
By threading the chopsticks through a loop formed by your fingers, you can imbue them with “telekinetic power” so they appear to move without being touched.
First, cross a pair of Japanese disposable chopsticks and rub near the base with your right hand; the vibration grows stronger toward the tips, making the chopstick in your left hand hop up and down.
Another trick is to place the crossed chopsticks on a table and make them “move” with telekinesis.
In this one, you draw the audience’s gaze to the hand supposedly channeling power, while in reality you secretly blow on the chopsticks to make them move.
Magic that changes the color of water in an instant
It’s a magic trick where ordinary water suddenly turns colorful when you shake a plastic bottle.
The setup is incredibly simple: just put a small amount of your chosen paint color on the inside of the bottle cap that contains water.
When you shake the bottle, the water hits the paint, dissolving it and turning the water colorful.
Try it with lots of bottles and lots of different colors!
Simple Magic Tricks You Can Do with Everyday Items (21–30)
The magical straw that makes water rise
Wouldn’t it be strange if a straw stuck in a cup started drawing up water all by itself? With that, let me introduce a magic trick: the magical straw that makes water rise.
All you need for this trick is an ordinary cup filled with water and a straw cut slightly shorter than usual.
When you insert the straw, grip the tip firmly and then release it.
The straw will start drawing up the water on its own.
It works on the same principle as a pump.
It can also be fun to mime sucking the water up in midair as part of the performance.