Educational Insights EI-5166 manual Magic Card, Where is the Egg?, Dice Tunnel, Jumping Ring

The Magic Card ★

Hold up the trick card with the diamonds on it and say, “This is a magic card. On one side it has a one and on the other side a four, but sometimes it has a three on one side and on the other side a six!” The trick depends on how you hold the card. (Study the figures below.) Learn to change hands and grip smoothly as you turn the card over. Do the trick once through quickly for the audience and then put the card away before they can examine it.

Where is the Egg? ★

Place the half-egg on top of the plastic stand so that it appears to be a whole egg. Cover the half-egg with the palm of your hand. With a quick movement, turn the half-egg over and drop it upside down into the stand so that it looks as if it has disappeared.

When your	Here the	In this case,	Here, the audience
hands are like	audience	the audience	believes the card is
this the audience	sees a four.	believes the card	a six because they
sees a one.		is a three because	assume there is a
		they assume there	sixth diamond
		is a diamond	beneath your fingers.
		below your hand.
The Dice Tunnel			★

Effect: You, the magician, will mysteriously change the number of a die by passing it through a magic tunnel.

Performance: To do this, take the dice tunnel cardboard assembly, flatten it, and show it to your audience. Fold the assembly back into a tunnel. You will see that there is a hole in the center of the dice tunnel. Always keep this hole on the bottom side of the tunnel and hide it with your thumb. Now, take a die and place it in the tunnel with, for example, the 5 facing forward. Using a pencil, carefully push the die through the tunnel. Remove your thumb from the hole. The die will topple over when it hits the hole in the center. As a result, the 4 will now be showing on the die. Finally, flatten the tunnel again and show it to your audience so they see there is nothing inside the tunnel.

Note: Whatever number is on top of the die will end up facing forward from the tumbling action. Be sure to hide the hole in the tunnel with your thumb to conceal it from the audience.

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The Jumping Ring ★

Take a length of rope and one of the rings. Hold the rope in the middle and pass the looped end through the hole in the ring. Following the drawings, pass the ends of the rope through the loop twice and then pull on the ends. The ring will be mysteriously let loose from the rope.

Ghost in the Bottle ★★

Before the performance, put the little pink bead into the surprise bottle. Next, put one end of the rope in the bottle and move the rope around to show the audience that it is loose inside the bottle. Turn the bottle upside-down and pull a little on the rope so that it gets stuck. Then, let go of the bottle and it will appear to float! After the trick, turn the bottle upside-down again and gently pull the rope out of the bottle (the bead will drop into your hand at the same time). Pass the bottle around for the audience to examine. Don’t let the audience see the bead concealed in your hand.

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