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)
Happy Clip Magic
Thread a rubber band through a long, narrow strip of paper to secure it, then insert a white and a red clip.
When you give it a sharp pull, the once plain white paper suddenly reveals the character for “congratulations” (祝).
On top of that, the clips and the rubber band end up linked together.
It’s really mysterious how that works!
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.
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!