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 body magic (1–10)
eleven fingers
It’s a magic trick where, just by counting your fingers while singing a magic trick song, your fingers “increase” to eleven without you realizing it.
There’s no preparation needed, so it’s perfect for grabbing everyone’s attention or doing in a short break.
First, everyone counts their fingers together.
After confirming there are indeed ten, count your fingers again while singing the “Magic Song” from the video.
Then the last finger becomes the eleventh.
The secret is simple: there’s a missing number in the lyrics.
The key is to sing confidently so no one notices.
A magic trick that makes your face spin round and round
It’s a magic trick that will definitely amaze anyone seeing it for the first time! The performer’s face appears to rotate a full 360 degrees—an angle impossible for a human.
You might worry, “Is that safe?” but don’t worry! There’s a proper trick behind it, so you can enjoy it with peace of mind.
A box with one open side is placed over the person’s head.
Then, to make it look like their head is spinning all the way around, the person inside simply turns their head in sync with the movement of the box.
As long as their face is always aligned with the cut-out side, it mysteriously looks like a full rotation.
It’s a magic trick that relies on good teamwork between the person turning the box and the person wearing it!
Magic of eating a balloon
It’s a very visually striking magic trick where you take one of those long, thin balloons used in street performances and appear to munch it from the end, feeding it into your mouth.
The secret is simple: before you start, poke a small hole with a needle near the balloon’s opening where you’d inflate it, and release the air from there.
The one crucial point is to make the hole on the side closer to the mouth of the balloon than the knot.
Then just feed the balloon into your mouth from the end; when the balloon is inside, press it firmly with your tongue and the air will escape through the hole.
Inside your mouth, compact the balloon and hide it under your tongue.
Eraser that makes stars appear
No special preparation is needed—here’s a trick with an eraser that makes a star appear.
All you need is a very ordinary rectangular eraser.
Beforehand, draw a star on one side.
Now you’re ready to begin.
First, show the eraser to your spectator, but with a quick twist of the wrist, display only the same side as if you were showing both sides.
Then simply flip the eraser over, and it will seem as though a star has suddenly appeared.
Of course, you can use a different symbol instead of a star if you like.
Pencil & Eraser: Vanishing Magic
A magic trick that will probably fill the audience’s heads with question marks: you pretend that tapping the eraser in your hand with a pencil will make the eraser vanish—but instead the pencil disappears, and then the eraser vanishes too.
The secret is very simple: while you make the motion of tapping with the pencil, you hide the raised pencil in your collar.
While you’re pointing out that the “vanished” pencil is actually in your collar, you secretly slip the eraser into your pocket.
It’s a trick that requires a bit of finesse in presentation.
Simple magic using the body (11–20)
Potato Chips Switcheroo Magic
This is a magic trick where you hold a potato chips tube behind a paper bag to signal a change, and it swaps with a different flavor tube that was supposedly inside the bag.
You use two types of tubes, and you prepare a gimmick in advance on one of them, so be mindful of how you present it to avoid giving anything away.
The preparation involves attaching the outer label of a different flavor to half of the tube, so it’s important to remove and handle it in a way that doesn’t reveal the back half, along with a smooth wrist turn.
To prevent the gimmick from being discovered, it’s also a good idea to clean up quickly after performing the trick.
Return to the original order with a magic spell! Card magic
This is a magic trick using playing cards.
Prepare one set of 13 cards arranged in order from 1 to 13.
Place them face down on the table one by one in numerical order, but if someone calls out “Change!” at any point, swap only that card with the next one.
After all the cards are placed, snap your fingers and turn them face up in sequence, and—like magic—the cards that should have been swapped are back in their original order.
It looks as though they were exchanged, but it’s an illusion: they were never actually swapped.