Educational Insights EI-5166 Roving Rub b er Band , The Jumping Ba ll , The Spooky Die , Disappea ring Die , Another Ball that Chang es Color

Roving 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 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.

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.

Disappearing Die ★★

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.

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 half-ball). In the other hand, hide a whole ball

of a different color. Hide your right hand behind your left and immediately push the

top half ball into the bottom half and put the ball of the different color between

the first and second finger of your right hand, in place of the first ball. It looks as

if one of the balls has changed its color from red to blue.