Disappearing Die | ★★ | Roving Rubber Band | ★★ |
Put a rubber band around the tips of your fingers. Cover them with a handkerchief (or a paper towel, napkin, bandana, wash cloth, or other piece of cloth). Put the die between your slightly opened fingers and inside the rubber band. Give the handkerchief a sharp pull with the other hand. The rubber band will tighten and the die will disappear. Shake the handkerchief to prove that the die has disappeared, but be careful not to allow the audience to see the die, trapped by the rubber band.
Put a rubber band over the first two fingers of your left hand (figure 1). Stretch the band with your right hand to show that it is over your fingers. Close your left hand and at the same time let the top of all your left fingers go into the band (figure 2).
Now open your hand and turn your hand over; the rubber band will jump from the first two fingers to the third and fourth fingers (figure 3).
The Spooky Die | ★★ |
Put a die on the top of your closed, left fist (thumb should remain on the outside of the fist). Pretend to take the die with your right hand (closed into a fist), but in reality you let it fall into the left fist (by opening it a bit). With two fingers of your left hand take the magic wand from your pocket and at the same time hide the die in the pocket.
Tap your right fist with the wand, open your fists, and show both hands. They are empty — the die has disappeared and nobody understands how.
The Jumping Ball | ★★ |
A ball leaps between the box and the lid. This is a great trick to get people laughing. Take the blue trick box with the lid and a ball from your magic box. Drop the ball into the box and hold the lid as the figure shows. Suddenly, blow really hard into the box that holds the ball. The ball will pop out and you can catch it in the lid.
Another Ball that Changes Color | ★★ |
Show two balls between the fingers of your right hand (in reality the top ball is a whole one and the bottom ball is a
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