How To: Perform the Jumping Ring Trick
OK, don't use this video to propose to your future wife, but DO try this video to impress your friends and family. You'll need a ring and an audience and you'll be able to show them how the ring jumps off one finger to another. It's magic!
How To: Spin a book on your finger
If you want a challenge, try this at home or anywhere. Learn to spin a book on your finger. This will make you enjoy more of your vacant time. It also helps your balancing skill developed. 1. Get a book. 2. Get your finger to the center of the gravity of the book. 3. Spin the book on your finger. 4. As the book spins, your finger gets outside of the center. 5. Try to get your finger back to the center and you can do that by moving your hand in a linear circular manner. 6. Keep practicing by s...
How To: Perform the "color changing popsicle stick" trick
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform the color changing Popsicle stick trick. Users will need to color one side of the stick with six colors and the other side with one color. The color should be the third color on the Popsicle stick. When asking the person to pick a number, it will force them to choose your color. When flipping the Popsicle stick, keep it at the same side and create the illusion of flipping. Make it seem like your flipping over the stick. This video will bene...
How To: Shoot a plastic bottle cap high into the air
Plastic water bottle caps are more than just a massive strain on the environment. They can also be used to perform this cool party trick! All you do is hold the cap in your fist and then pound said fist from the bottom with your other hand. If you do it right, the cap should launch high into the air with a nice little pop. This is sure to impress the guests at your next party or puncture the cornea of one of your enemies, depending on what you aim the cap at.
How To: Do the "large coin, small hole" trick
A great and easy to do trick. You can cut out a small hole and by bending the paper just right you can fit a much larger coin through it. This "large coin, small hole" bar trick is a great way to win money, beer or even just to impress the best.
News: Jerry Andrus and His Impossible Box
Below is a great video that shows a classic illusion designed and built by Jerry Andrus. Jerry is a backyard magician and illusionist who created his own kind of special magic tricks for his entire life, up until his death in 2007.
How To: Perform the backaround pen spinning trick
Pen spinning is a fun pastime for the school or office environment. Hell, they even have multinational tournaments these days! Improve your pen spinning (pen mawashi) skills with this video tutorial. Learn how to perform the backaround pen spinning trick. The back around trick can be hard to do if you're new to pen spinning, but all it takes is practice.
How To: Guess how many candies are in a jar
Want to win the prize? Knowing a little math is the key to winning this popular contest. In this video, learn how to estimate correctly.
How To: Create the illusion of a floating handkerchief
A quite silly and easy to perform trick of a floating handkerchief. Watch this piece of cloth float, and how? A fork!
How To: Do the Infinity pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Infinity with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Do the "Double Charge" pen spinning trick
Interested in pen spinning? Want to pick up a few moves? Pen spinning is the skilled movement of a writing instrument or pen with one's hands. It is used as a source of self entertainment (often for students), but there is a great deal of pen spinning culture (competitions, websites, etc.). Watch this pen spinning tutorial video and learn how to perform the "Double Charge" move.
How To: Do the Magic Coloring Book Trick
Remember that magic trick from when you were a kid where the magician colors the drawing without any crayons? Ever wonder how they do that? Check out this tutorial, and you will know their well-kept secret! Use it to impress your friends!
How To: Perform the "rope through the neck" trick
This video starts off with a magician performing a trick that he will teach. You are going to need a length of rope or a scarf to do this trick. The rope or scarf should be about five feet long. Put the rope behind your head so the sides are hanging normally down your chest. You’ll want the rope that is on the left side hanging a little lower then the right. Reach with the right hand and grab the rope high on your chest. With the left hand grab the rope on the right side making sure your left...
How To: Do the Extended Thumbaround pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Extended Thumbaround with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Tear up a piece of paper and have it magically be restored
Here's another video showing you how to rip up a piece of paper and then have it magically restore itself to its pristine state. This requires two pieces of paper and little handy work, distraction and you're off to the races!
How To: Perform brusspup's "Infinity Mirror" illusion
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Infinity Mirror" magic trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Magically levitate in the air with a box and mirror
Wish you could fly like Superman? Now you can, with a little magic (or more appropriately, illusion). This magic trick lets you float horizontally in midair, and it's simple to perform. This video reveals the secret, which is as simple as a box and mirror.
How To: Perform the tear and repair magic trick
This is a video tutorial on how to perform the torn and restored trick. The effect is that a napkin is torn into several pieces and magically restored to the state it was before. To perform the trick, you need not one, but two napkins and a pen or a straw. Keep the pen in your back pocket. Keep one napkin hidden in your hand in the shape of a ball. While tearing up the other napkin, be careful not to flash the napkin ball in your hand. After you tear up the napkin, roll it into a ball and put...
How To: Perform the jumping rubberband trick
Show off your cool skills to your friends by learning how to make a rubber band or hair band jump. This trick is easy and sure to throw people off. The first step is to put the rubber band (or hair band if you life) on your pinkie and ring finger. Now, close your hand and get the band onto all four of your fingers. All you have to do now is open your hand and the rubber band will have jumped.
How To: Perform the nine coins bar trick
A great trick that requires you have a friend with you. When your back is turned, and the "victim" chooses a coin, your buddy puts his beer where the coin is. Known as the "nine coins" bar trick.
How To: Do the Houdini ball rope escape magic trick
Check out this crazy kid from the Netherlands as he tries to teach you a bit of magic... called Dutch Magic!
How To: Perform the indestructible balloon magic trick
Magic Girl is going to teach you a cool trick in this video tutorial that will blow you away, or will it? For this magic trick, grab a balloon and a needle. Watch Magic Girl perform her cool needle in the balloon trick without popping the balloon, until she finally reveals the secret of the indestructible balloon magic trick. It won't explode... amazing!
How To: Do the Extended Infinity pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Extended Infinity with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Perform the impossible knot magic trick
Think this trick is impossible? Well think again, as magician Ryan Oakes teaches the secret to Knot Impossible! You will need a length of clothesline rope about 2-3 feet long. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks. 1. Hold the rope in your right hand, between your thumb and pinky. It should lay across your palm and the ends should extend to the back of your hand.
How To: Perform a card trick using mental powers
Join Magician Ryan Oakes as he reveals step by step a really cool card trick! Grab and audience a deck of cards and get ready to have a magic show of your own! So cool! You will need one deck of playing cards. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
How To: Perform a Cut and Restore Paper magic trick
Amaze your audience with a trick that just won't quit! Make sure you have a newspaper, glue, scissors, and powder to perform the Cut and Restored Paper trick. You will need one newspaper, scissors, rubber cement and talcum powder. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
How To: Perform the Topsy Turvy Dollar magic trick
Want to learn how to make a dollar bill magically flip upside down? Ryan Oakes will show you how! You will need a crisp dollar bill. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
How To: Perform a magic trick by counting on your fingers
Want to learn a trick that you can perform anywhere at any time? All you need are some props you already have…your hands! Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors, so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
How To: Perform the double charge pen spinning magic trick
Need help with pen spinning? Check out this instructional magic trick video tutorial that will teach you how to perform the double charge magic trick for pen spinning. You just need to practice a few other techniques before attempting the double change. Learn a few tricks from this magic tutorial that will have you spinning like a pro!
How To: Disappear the Hanky in Hand magic trick
Ever wonder how the magician makes that hanky disappear? Well, now YOU can do it too! Check out this instructional magic trick video and learn how to make a handkerchief disappear in your hand. This is the classic magic trick that's been around for several decades. With this tutorial video, you can practice your magic skills by learning this quick and easy magic trick. Disappear the Hanky in Hand magic trick.
How To: Make magicians' wax and invisible thread
You need wooly nylon string and a candle. This is pretty easy and you can get these things at any fabric store.
How To: Balance a penny on a spinning coat hanger
Mr. G teaches you how to balance a penny on a bent hanger and then spin the hanger with the penny still balanced around your index finger.
How To: Make a cat's cradle from a piece of string
Relive your fond childhood memories by making some fun shapes out of string! Cat's cradle is one of the most popular schoolyard games, involving a piece of string and two players. The object is to create a series of figures and seeing how many you can make before you can't make any more.
How To: Make your fingers appear on fire without burning them
Want to make your fingers look like they have flames shooting out of them? Learn how to protect your fingers while they are ablaze and make your friends think you are impervious to pain. Use easy to find material to protect your fingers while you light each one on fire.
News: Ouka's Hypnotic Performance with Optical Illusion Rings Is Mesmerizing
Heads up: the following videos and GIFs will definitely cause you to zone out and lose focus on whatever it is you're doing.
News: 10 Incredible Optical Illusions
Here are 10 incredible optical illusions that will blow your mind! Which optical illusion do you think is the coolest?
How To: Do the Sliced Banana Trick!
How to do the sliced banana magic trick! Fool your friends and be the life of the party with this awesome magic trick! This video will show you how to cut a banana before you even peel it! All that you will need for this cool trick is a needle and a banana.
How To: (Almost) Always Win a Bet with Your Friends Using These 10 Tricks
So, the in-person conversations between you and your friends has slowed down to a near halt, thanks to everyone's obsession with texting, Facebook, and over-uploading pics to Instagram—socializing at its best. It could also be that you're just not interesting enough anymore in person.
How To: Levitate a Ping Pong Ball in an Invisible Wind Tunnel
What can you do with a hair dryer besides dry your hair? Lots. You can remove stickers from clothing, clean up crayon marks, and mold your plastic eyeglasses for a better fit. But how about something a little more fun? Well, you can levitate things. Ping pong balls, to be exact.
How To: Catch Money on Fire Without Actually Burning It
If you want to convince your friends that money is not an issue, then you can just burn it for real like Walter White. But if you don't really want to destroy your hard-earned cash, this burn trick is perfect for you. It just takes some basic chemistry and a few materials, such as salt, water, alcohol, tongs, and a source of fire. And of course—money.