Simple magic tricks using stationery: recommended tricks for parties and performances
We’re introducing quick and easy magic tricks you can casually perform during school or work breaks, or as icebreakers at parties.
All the tricks featured in this article use stationery you can always find at school or the office!
Isn’t it great that, without any special props or advanced skills like a magician, you can quickly entertain people around you with familiar, everyday items like stationery?
These are magic tricks you can do anywhere as long as you have some stationery, so try mastering a few and liven up the moment!
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Simple magic tricks using stationery: recommended tricks for parties and performances (31–40)
Magic that makes glue disappear
This is a magic trick where you cover a glue stick with a handkerchief and make it disappear on cue.
The simple method is to drop the glue under the table at the moment you cover it, while using your thumb to create the shape inside the handkerchief as if the glue were still there.
If there’s a sound when it drops, the trick will be exposed, so make sure to work out a way to drop it onto your lap quietly.
Key points are to use a larger handkerchief so the drop isn’t noticed, and to maintain the thumb-created shape that suggests the glue is still inside.
A 5-yen coin moving along a rubber band threaded through its hole
This is a magic trick where, on cue, a 5-yen coin placed below a rubber band moves upward on its own.
The key points are where you hold the rubber band and making subtle movements so the audience doesn’t notice you are controlling it.
Instead of gripping one end, pinch the rubber band somewhere along its length, and hide your hand so it looks like you’re holding the end.
Then gently relax your grip and gradually release the rubber band; as it opens, the 5-yen coin will move along with the release.
Focus on easing the tension little by little and evenly so the motion doesn’t look unnatural.
Linking magic with fingers and a wristwatch
This is a magic trick where you thread another ring-shaped object, like a wristwatch, through a loop made by wrapping your thumb and index finger with vinyl tape.
The secret lies in the tape: you prepare a double-layered section without adhesive, which lets you secretly slip your thumb out.
It’s important to manage your angles so the audience doesn’t realize you’ve removed your thumb.
Using a removable ring like a wristwatch also makes people suspect the secret lies there, which is another key point.
After performing with your own watch, borrowing a spectator’s watch will make it feel even more inexplicable.
Clip change
It’s a mysterious magic trick where, when you hold a card with a picture in front of a paperclip, the clip somehow changes into the same shape as the picture.
Since there are many uniquely shaped clips—like animal-shaped ones—you can arrange and customize it in various ways.
Magic where a paperclip bends
It’s a shocking magic trick where the clip bends on its own even though you’re just staring at it and not doing anything.
You might think it’s telekinesis, but it seems to be a magic prop sold at magic shops! Be sure to check it out!
Simple magic tricks using stationery: Recommended tricks for parties and performances (41–50)
A clip that connects in an instant
It’s a magic trick where you attach paper clips to a folded bill and then quickly open the bill so the linked clips shoot out.
How you fold the bill and where you place the clips are key, and because it’s simple, there are lots of possible variations.
The linked clips pop out with a satisfying snap, making it visually fun, and since the result ends up outside, it’s harder for the audience to analyze the method.
You might also try increasing the number of clips to see if you can link them smoothly.
A magic trick where a pair of disposable chopsticks pierces through a handkerchief
It’s a magic trick where it looks like a chopstick forcefully pierces a handkerchief, but when you pull the chopstick out and unfold the handkerchief, there isn’t a single hole.
The secret is that when it seemed to go through, the chopstick was actually positioned in front of the handkerchief, merely creating the illusion of penetration.
You shape the handkerchief as if it were wrapped around the chopstick—using the chopstick at that stage—then use your fingertips to bring only the chopstick forward from there.
The key points are forming the handkerchief in a way that doesn’t reveal the chopstick’s movement and handling everything smoothly.