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The Dice Tunnel ★
Effect: You, the magician, will mysteriously change the number of a die by passing
it through a magic tunnel.
Performance: Todo 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.
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.
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.
When your
hands are like
this the audience
sees a one.
Here the
audience
sees a four.
In this case,
the audience
believes the card
is a three because
they assume there
is a diamond
below your hand.
Here, the audience
believes the card is
asix because they
assume there is a
sixth diamond
beneath your fingers.
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.
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.