[Magic] Crowd-Pleasers for Elementary Schools! A Collection of Magic Trick Ideas Perfect for Fun Parties

Magic where a face illustration stretches

Face-stretching: Three easy magic tricks revealed that kids will love — 3 easy magic tricks tutorials.

It’s a comical magic trick where, when you hover your hand over a piece of paper with a character illustration, the character’s face stretches.

The mechanism is very simple: you prepare the stretched face parts separately and hide them inside your hand.

As you wave your hand over the illustration, you attach the hidden parts.

Make a slit at the character’s neck area so you can insert the stretched face.

Because the setup is simple, the contrast between the illustration before and after it stretches is what gets the laughs.

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kappamaki

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A pencil is cut in half and then restored.

A pencil gets cut in half and then restored!? An easy yet amazing magic trick [with explanation]

It’s a magic trick where a long pencil in a box instantly snaps in half just by sliding the box, and then returns to normal just by sliding it back.

The secret is in the box.

Inside, the box is divided into three compartments, and the sections on both sides are cut out.

Then you build an outer box around that.

Once the box is made, place the two halves of a cut pencil in the upper and lower boxes, and put the long pencil in the middle compartment—that’s it! As long as the box is well made, there’s no special technique needed for the trick, so give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Decoy boat

The world's easiest-to-understand way to make the 'deceptive boat' origami [Magic Reveal]. A professional magician teaches an easy magic trick that even a 6-year-old can do!

This is a participatory magic trick featuring a mysterious effect using an origami boat.

First, the magician asks a spectator to pinch the boat’s sail and close their eyes for a moment.

After casting a spell and asking them to open their eyes… somehow, even though they should have been holding the sail, they’re now holding the tip of the boat.

The secret is that while the spectator’s eyes are closed, the magician changes the creases of the origami boat.

This uses a type of origami called a “trick boat,” and once you make it, you can perform it over and over—so give it a try!

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Hane Keisuke

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Magic that changes the color of tea

This is a magic trick where the color changes when you stir the “tea” in a cup with a straw.

It seems mysterious, but it actually uses a simple science experiment.

The liquid poured into the cup at the start isn’t tea; it’s mouthwash diluted with water.

Inside the straw are water-based paint and a dechlorinator.

The mouthwash turns clear when it reacts with the vitamin C contained in the dechlorinator.

After that, the water-based paint dissolves, turning the liquid into colored water.

Once prepared, it’s an easy trick to perform—give it a try and enjoy it like a science experiment.

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Hane Keisuke

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How to bend a fork

If you want to be popular, this is it: revealing the secret behind spoon-bending that fools you even after you know the trick.

Challenge yourself with fork bending instead of spoon bending! With a bit of technique and know-how, anyone can do it easily.

Any fork will do.

The key to this trick is using the fulcrum, effort, and load you learned in elementary school.

First, hold the fork so the back of the tines faces you.

Next, place your thumb on the thinnest part in the middle of the fork—this will be the fulcrum.

Then, place your pinky from the same hand as your thumb on the end of the handle—the load—and firmly fix the handle in place.

Finally, with your other hand, grasp the tines—the effort point—and you’re ready to go! Rather than using brute force, bend while being mindful of each point.

You might just look like a real psychic!

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SAKI

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Erase the pen

“It looks like it totally disappeared” — 5 simple and amazing pen-erasing tricks you can do at school [Magic revealed]

This is a magic trick that lets you create the surprise of “The pen suddenly vanished right before your eyes!” It looks difficult, but once you get the hang of it, it’s easy to try.

The way to make the pen disappear is to place it on your palm, and as you close your hand, secretly stash the pen with your other hand.

Once you master hiding the pen inside your hand, you can add variations like holding the pen with both hands.

It’s a simple trick anyone can do with just a pen.

Be careful to keep your actions hidden when tilting or changing the pen’s direction, and give it a try.

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mutō

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The answer is always 3!? A mysterious calculation

[Magic] The answer will always be “3”!? Mysterious calculation

Have the audience think of a favorite number, then follow your instructions to calculate.

First, add 1 to the number they thought of.

Next, double that result and then add 4.

After that, divide by 2, and finally subtract the original number they thought of… Did the answer come out to 3? With this curious calculation, no matter what number they start with, if they follow the steps correctly, they will always end up with 3.

Since the audience likely doesn’t know it will be 3, reveal that you had predicted the number after they get their answer to amaze them.

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sasashina

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