[Magic] Crowd-Pleasers for Elementary Schools! A Collection of Magic Trick Ideas Perfect for Fun Parties
If you can perform magic tricks in a cool way, you might even become popular at school!
A lot of elementary school kids probably admire magic like that, don’t they?
But you might hesitate, thinking that magic is all difficult…
Actually, though, there are plenty of easy tricks that can still amaze everyone!
Even tricks that make you think “Oh, that’s all it was” once you know the secret can be surprisingly hard to detect if you present them with solid showmanship.
In this article, we’ll introduce simple magic tricks that are recommended for elementary school students!
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[Magic] A Collection of Magic Trick Ideas That Get Elementary Schoolers Excited—Perfect for Fun Parties Too (41–50)
The magic trick where milk disappears
It’s a magic trick where you seem to pour milk from a cup into a rolled-up newspaper, but when you open the newspaper, there’s nothing there.
Because the milk level in the cup goes down as you pour, it feels less like the newspaper has been restored and more like the milk has vanished.
The cup holding the milk is double-walled: the outer section contains the milk, while the inner, preloaded cup is empty.
By transferring the milk into this inner empty cup, it creates the illusion that the overall amount has decreased.
It’s important to thoroughly conceal the moment the milk moves with the rolled-up newspaper and to prepare the cup so the transfer happens smoothly.
Magic that changes color in an instant
It’s a magic trick that looks mysterious precisely because the change happens in an instant: the paper clipped in place changes color the moment you take it away.
In fact, while the paper of the initial color is clipped, the paper with the changed color is stacked behind it, and the original paper is retracted to the base of the clip by a concealed rubber band at the same moment the clip is released.
It’s important to be mindful of how you apply pressure to the clip, to achieve a speed that doesn’t reveal the rubber-assisted movement.
Because the color changes distinctly within a small area, it helps the audience focus on the phenomenon right in front of them, which enhances the effect’s appeal.
Simple and Mysterious Magic
It’s a magic trick using a board with arrows pointing in different directions on the front and back.
By supporting the board with your fingers and rotating it, or changing where you hold it, the arrows can appear to line up or differ even more.
The illusion comes from switching between holding the side or the corner, which changes the rotation and makes it seem like the directions have changed.
Since there’s no hidden mechanism altering the arrows, you can turn it slowly and still clearly show the change—adding to the sense of mystery.
The explanation based on optical illusion is tricky, so even the performer can find it puzzling.
The magic of moving pictures
It’s a magic trick where a drawing that should be clearly fixed on paper starts to move and change when you send a signal or wave your hand.
The picture is divided into separate parts, and the pieces that respond to magnets embedded on their backs are moved by magnets hidden behind the mounting board.
If the parts are too thick, it becomes obvious that they’re separate, and it won’t look like the picture itself is moving, so it may be important to draw in a way that blends the parts together.
How you manipulate the magnets to make it look like the picture is moving on its own is also a key point.
A card trick that absolutely can’t be figured out
It’s a magic trick where you casually split a deck of cards, have someone memorize the picture and number on a card, return it to the deck, shuffle, and then name the exact position of that card.
After the shuffle, when the deck is spread, only the two jokers are face up, and they indicate how many cards down the selection lies—an effect that heightens the mystery.
The positions of the jokers are predetermined, and from their relative placement, the performer deduces the exact position of the chosen card.
It’s a routine that tests card-handling skills, such as false shuffles that make it look mixed while secretly restoring the original order.
Colored paper magic
This is a magic trick where colored papers that were supposedly the same size change size at the moment they’re flipped and revealed.
The fact that something the audience was just looking at changes in an instant makes the mystery really palpable.
A large sheet and a small sheet are hidden behind a paper that appears to be the same size, with two types attached to a larger sheet underneath, and a small sheet set up behind the standard-size sheet so that only one can be taken out.
The finer details of hand movements are crucial, such as how to extract the large sheet and how to extract the standard-size sheet.
Magic that breaks things without touching them
It’s a magic trick where you hold an object in one hand, and even though the other hand shouldn’t be touching it, the object breaks on cue.
Toothpicks are recommended because they’re easy to break.
You pre-break one and fit the pieces together so the seam isn’t noticeable, then use a flick to the end with your finger to make it break.
Be mindful to keep the movement of the hand that’s holding it to an absolute minimum so it isn’t obvious, and use the other hand in a way that conceals that action.
Since you’re using a small item like a toothpick, it’s best to perform this for a small audience.