[Easy Magic] Special Feature: Big Collection of Smartphone Magic Tricks
No matter how old you are, magic never fails to amaze—and it’s a surefire way to liven up any gathering!
Surprisingly, there are plenty of magic tricks that are easy to do, and both adults and kids can enjoy them.
In this article, under the theme of “easy to try,” we’ll introduce a variety of smartphone-based magic tricks all at once!
We’ve selected a wide range—from tricks you can do with just a phone to ones that combine a phone with coins or cards.
Some can even be performed using the spectator’s own smartphone, so go ahead and surprise your friends or coworkers!
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[Easy Magic] Big Feature on Smartphone Magic (21–30)
A magic trick where a handkerchief passes through a smartphone screen
It’s a magic trick that looks all the more mysterious because you can see it clearly: a handkerchief slowly passes through a smartphone that doesn’t appear to have any holes.
The handkerchief visible in front of the phone and the one visible behind it move in perfect sync, which is why it really looks like it’s penetrating.
In reality, the handkerchief is rigged with a plastic part that has a hole, and by concealing this piece with the hand while aligning it with the phone, it creates the illusion of penetration even though the handkerchief is merely passing underneath the phone.
The key points are the mechanism itself and the positioning of the hands so the portion of the handkerchief that passes under the phone isn’t visible.
A smartphone fits in the balloon.
It’s a magic trick where you press a smartphone against an inflated balloon and let the air out, making it look like the phone ends up inside the deflated balloon.
Then, by reinflating the balloon while pulling the phone out, you can show that the phone comes out and the balloon has no holes, adding to the mystery.
The secret is that the phone isn’t actually inside the balloon; the deflated balloon is simply clinging tightly to it.
If the back of the phone is visible, the gap will be seen and it’ll become obvious that it’s just stuck on, so be mindful of the angles you show as you perform.
[Easy Magic] Big Feature on Smartphone Magic (31–40)
The rubber band that was on my palm instantly teleported onto the smartphone.
This is a magic trick where you bump a smartphone against a rubber band hooked on your hand, and the rubber band instantly transfers from your hand to the phone.
Seeing the movement with your own eyes enhances the mystery, and borrowing the spectator’s phone makes it seem like there’s no setup, which is the key point.
The trick is a simple preparation in how you arrange the rubber band, and it’s important that from the front it only looks like the band is casually hooked.
Since the band ends up wrapped in a somewhat complex way, using a short rubber band can reveal that it’s stretched, so be careful about that.
Borrowing a larger smartphone and using it to cover your hands might also be important.
Have the bills on the screen appeared in the real world?!
It’s a delightful magic trick that makes it feel like the bill displayed on your smartphone screen pops out into the real world.
What you need are a photo of a bill and a real bill identical to the one photographed, with the real bill hidden behind the phone.
Take the photo from a distance, display it enlarged, and as you slide the image on the screen, secretly pull out the real bill you had concealed behind the phone.
To avoid revealing that you’re pulling out a real bill, key points are to enlarge the on-screen bill to be slightly bigger than the actual one, and to arrange the display so that no bill remains visible on the screen after you’ve extracted the real one.
Smartphone magic that no one has ever seen
This is a magic trick that makes it look like you’re controlling numbers: the digits on a smartphone calculator gradually disappear, and when you wave your hand over it, they come back.
It uses the calculator’s functions—numbers are erased with swipes, and then a prearranged calculation is displayed to make it seem like the digits have been restored.
If you only show swiping and the calculation result, it ends up just looking like a feature demo.
The key is to make it feel mysterious by staging it so the vanished numbers seem to be in your hand, and by lightly touching the screen as you wave your hand to bring them back.
The smartphone ends up floating in midair.
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A magic trick where a smartphone appears to float—both surprising and funny.
In this trick, you ask one spectator to help.
Have them sit in a chair and raise both palms to chest level.
Place the smartphone on their palms, then give a reason for them to close their eyes.
Tell them to hold their eyelids down with both index fingers—but you only actually have them press with two fingers of one hand.
Then simply use their free hand to lift the smartphone.
From the outside, it looks pretty surreal and very amusing.
A drink is poured from a smartphone.
With an app, anyone can easily perform an astonishing trick where a drink shown on a smartphone screen seems to actually pour into a cup! Before doing the trick, download an app that makes the on-screen drink slosh in sync with the phone’s movements.
Then simply pour a real drink into a small paper cup, hold it hidden behind the phone, and tilt the phone and cup together to pour.
Flatten the cup slightly to make it easier to hold, and be careful not to spill the drink onto your phone.
