Magic using water: recommended tricks for party entertainment and performances.
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!
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Water-based magic tricks. Recommended tricks for parties and performances (21–30)
Black water changes into clean, colored water.
With its flashy presentation, this magic trick features black water transforming into beautifully colored water.
At the start of the performance, there are three cups filled with black water.
But when you stir them, the black changes into red, green, and blue.
It’s quite mysterious, isn’t it? In fact, the color-changing liquid is just water mixed with food coloring, povidone-iodine, and vitamin C.
You can buy all of these ingredients at a supermarket, so it’s perfect for a last-minute performance.
If you’re curious, try looking up the detailed principle behind it.
Even though it’s the same water being poured, each glass ends up a different color.
This is a science magic trick where you place several empty glasses on a table and pour in something like water, and for some reason the color of the water changes in each glass.
Not only that—when you pour in another liquid, the colored water turns back into clear water.
Very mysterious, isn’t it? Here’s the secret: what’s in each glass isn’t just water, but a chemical that changes color under basic conditions and becomes colorless under acidic conditions.
It’s a very vibrant and dazzling magic trick.
A plastic bag that doesn’t leak even when you stick a pencil through it
This is a magic trick that makes viewers gasp: a plastic bag that doesn’t spill water even when you stab pencils through it.
In this trick, you poke a pencil into a water-filled plastic bag—then two, three, and so on.
Yet not a single drop leaks out.
What you need is a polyethylene bag.
Polyethylene actually has the property of shrinking when heated.
In other words, at the moment the pencil pierces the bag, the heat causes it to shrink and seal the gap around the pencil.
Be careful: other types of bags will leak.
Water comes out of an empty bucket.
Some of you may be looking for a magic trick you can learn quickly.
One I recommend is a trick where water comes out of an empty bucket.
For this trick, you’ll use a small bucket, a water balloon, and a pair of chopsticks with a needle attached to the tip.
First, inflate the water balloon and set it inside the bucket.
Then, while making sure the balloon doesn’t fall out, turn the bucket upside down to show it.
Next, say you’re casting a spell with the chopsticks and pop the balloon with the needle on the tip.
Finally, pour the water out of the bucket to reveal the effect, and you’re done.
Juice transforms into water
Like a wizard! Here’s an idea to make juice transform into water.
When colored juice suddenly turns into clear water, anyone would be amazed.
It’s a humorous magic trick perfect for school festivals and cultural fairs that attract both children and adults.
You’ll need three types of plastic bottles, water, mouthwash, and dechlorinating tablets.
When adding the mouthwash to the water, you can adjust the amount to vary the concentration—experiment to find what works best.
It’s a simple and fun trick, so give it a try!
A plastic bottle that doesn’t spill even when turned upside down
It’s a magic trick that makes it look like you’re controlling gravity: even if you turn a water-filled plastic bottle upside down, no water spills from the spout.
The secret is very simple—you set a round plastic sheet that fits the mouth of the bottle.
The sheet has a small hole in it, and you stick a toothpick through the hole to make it appear as if there’s no gimmick.
It also uses phenomena like air pressure and surface tension, and the fact that water won’t spill through a very small hole adds to the mystery.
After you use the toothpick to make it seem like there’s no trick, move the sheet—by giving the bottle a big shake, for example—so it looks as if the magic has been broken.
A magic trick to make a 1-yen coin disappear using a glass, with no special techniques required
Perfect for showing off at a café! This is a magic trick that makes a one-yen coin disappear using a glass.
You’ll need a glass filled with water, an empty glass, and a one-yen coin.
First, place the coin on the table and set the empty glass over it.
Next, pour water into the glass.
The coin will seem to vanish.
Of course, it hasn’t really disappeared—refraction makes it invisible.
As an advanced touch, if you secretly stick the coin to the underside of the glass when you move it, you can make it look as though the coin truly vanished.