When you know how to do magic tricks - even just a few simple tricks - you have a passport to social popularity in any company, whether at home or out with friends.
Everyone should learn how to do easy magic tricks - at least one or two simple tricks for some fun family entertainment - even card tricks or coin magic tricks. You don't have to be good enough to do street magic tricks or to perform spectacular and amazing magic tricks on a stage like the famous David Copperfield magic performances.
Let me tell you how to do an easy magic trick that once captivated our whole family, adults and children alike. It's so very simple to do. Our family still talks about the time my wife's sister brought her new husband to our home for the first time, and how he performed this magic illusion for us after dinner.
All you need is a paper bag - one of those medium sized brown paper ones is ideal. Yes, I know they are used less and less by the shops these days, but they are still around. You also need an imaginary ball. They are much easier to come by.
Here is what he did. He started by getting our 12 year old daughter interested and involved in his trick. He tossed her the imaginary ball to catch. Set the scene and do it right, and most people will instinctively try to catch what you toss to them, especially children.
Then he asked her to toss it back to him. He held the paper bag in one hand, and "caught" the imaginary ball in it - with a very satisfying thud into the paper, just as if a real ball had been caught in the bag. He reached in for the ball, and tossed it to the next person. Soon the whole family was involved, catching and tossing the imaginary ball back to be caught in the bag, with all the sound effects of a real ball.
Here you have the key elements of a successful and cool magic trick: confident showmanship combined with an unexpected outcome.
The illusion that the imaginary ball was real came from the sound as it was caught in the bag.
All that he did was to hold one side of the open bag between his thumb and second finger, and flick his fingers at the moment the ball was "caught". By moving the bag about to catch the ball, it was nearly impossible to see how he was making the sound, so preserving the illusion the sound was made by the ball. Can a fun magic trick get any easier to do than that?
The other "magic" part of his performance was the way he soon had everybody's attention and participation in his trick, and trying to work out how he did it. It takes some self confidence, and a just little practice, to carry off the acting or performance side of doing close up magic tricks - but it is an important part of being a successful magician.
If you only want a magic trick to do occasionally after dinner with friends I think it's often better to learn just a few good tricks well enough to be able to pull them off successfully time after time. Here is a good place to choose a few magic tricks you like - and only pay for what you want with this regularly updated selection of instant-download magic tricks. From time to time, you might even find a free magic trick available for you to try.
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