Magic using water: recommended tricks for party entertainment and performances.

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Among magic tricks, those that use water make you think, “If they mess up, won’t it spill!?” and keep you on the edge of your seat, don’t they?

In this article, we’ll introduce a variety of magic tricks that use water.

We’ve gathered tricks featuring impossible phenomena: poured water vanishes and reappears, containers don’t leak even when punctured or turned upside down, and more.

We’ll also introduce coin magic that uses water, so be sure to find your favorite trick and give it a try!

Magic tricks with water: Recommended tricks for parties and performances (11–20)

A magic trick to float a 1-yen coin on water

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A magic trick where a 1-yen coin that normally sinks in water floats easily! Cut a piece of tissue paper (like the kind sold at 100-yen shops) to a size that fits the 1-yen coin, place it on the water, and then set the coin on top.

Gently remove the tissue paper with a toothpick, and the coin will float beautifully on the water.

However, if you put a bit of detergent containing surfactants on the tip of the toothpick and touch it to the water, the 1-yen coin will sink to the bottom in an instant! If the tissue paper stands out too much in clear water, we recommend tinting the water lightly.

Give it a try!

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Magic that turns tea into water

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Just by shaking it, the tea in a plastic bottle transforms into colorless, transparent water! In fact, this liquid that looks like tea is actually water colored with povidone-iodine.

What you need: a plastic bottle, water, povidone-iodine, dechlorinator pellets, and glue.

First, color the water in the bottle with povidone-iodine.

Next, glue the dechlorinator to the inside of the cap, and you’re ready.

When you shake the bottle, the povidone-iodine reacts with the dechlorinator, and the water turns clear again.

It’s an easy magic trick anyone can try, using a simple chemical reaction—give it a go!

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Magic that disappears in color when put in water

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A magic trick where the colors in a drawing disappear when placed in water! This trick uses light refraction and is easy for anyone to try.

The colors we see are the light reflected from an object’s surface.

When you put a drawing inside a plastic bag and place it vertically in water, the reflected light from the drawing refracts at the water’s surface, making it invisible to our eyes.

If you show this to children, it might spark their interest in science through this trick.

It’s a fascinating magic trick that also offers a chance to learn about scientific principles—give it a try!

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A bottle that absorbs water

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A bottle that absorbs water

This is a magic trick with a bottle that seems to drink up water—so unbelievable it hardly looks real.

First, place a candle in a container filled with water.

Then light the candle and cover it with an upside-down bottle.

You’ll see the water appear to be sucked up into the bottle and rise.

It’s pretty mysterious, isn’t it? You can have fun explaining why it happens afterward or looking it up together.

By the way, detailed explanations of the mechanism are available on websites and YouTube.

Be sure to check those out as well.

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Magic where water disappears from a paper cup

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Magic where water disappears from a paper cup

Here’s a fun magic trick where the audience gets to participate: making water disappear from a paper cup.

First, choose a spectator and have them hold a paper cup.

Pour water into it and have them place it on top of their head.

When you check the cup again, the water has vanished.

The trick is quite simple.

In fact, the paper cup had a gelling agent hidden inside.

So over time, the water solidified.

Since you pour the water right in front of them, it should really surprise the audience.

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The plastic bottle cap penetrates (goes through).

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The plastic bottle cap penetrates (goes through).

How about trying a magic trick where a cap passes through a plastic bottle? In this trick, when you press the cap against the back of a water-filled plastic bottle, it appears to slip inside.

Pretty mysterious, right? In reality, the cap was inside the bottle from the start.

It was disguised to blend with the label and held in place from the outside with a magnet.

In other words, you only pretend to press the cap while actually removing the magnet.

Practice so it looks as natural as possible.

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Water-based magic tricks. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (21–30)

The water keeps decreasing on its own.

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The water keeps decreasing on its own.

It’s a magic trick where the water seems to disappear on its own, and the look is delightfully magical.

All you need are two disposable plastic cups.

First, cut off the upper part of one cup to make it smaller.

Next, pour a drink into the cup that remains full-sized, then place the smaller cup inside it.

When you press the smaller cup down, it looks like the volume increases.

After that, just pretend to drink from mid-air while lifting out the cup you were pressing, and you’re done.

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