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A Coupla Magic Tricks!
OK so you’ve got some guests over or you’re at a crap party that needs a bit of life injected into it. You’ve already tried playing your best Cliff Richard CD’s, have offered everybody shots of Father O’Leary’s Velvet Cream and you’ve even pulled out the old Twister mat but nobody’s gelling.
So what next??? How about a couple of magic tricks? Try these on for size… This first coin trick is easy and anyone can do it right away!
A number of coins are gathered from your guests on a metal tray and are then placed in a cap or a hat. Now choose one other guest to contribute a coin that he’s able to easily identify and get him to put that in the hat as well.
Shake up the coins, then put your hand in the hat and pull out the nominated guest’s coin. How do you do that you may ask??? Well here’s the secret… Before you did the trick you put the tray into the fridge for a couple of minutes. When the guests place their coins on it they will also feel somewhat cool. BUT the nominated guest’s coin wont because it was never on there in the first place.
So all you need to do is feel around the hat for the coin that feels warmer than the others and hey presto!!! You’re a magician!!! Trust me, this works!!!
How about a vanishing coin trick? This one’s called, The French Drop and it will require practice…
Take any coin and hold it at the tips of your fingers in one of your hands. Bring your other hand over to grab the coin. Before your hand grabs the coin release the coin from the tips of your fingers and let it fall into the base of your fingers.
Continue with the motion of the “grabbing” hand and act as if you have actually taken the coin with it. In reality, the coin remains in the original hand.
Before you perform this, make sure you that you check out the move in a mirror to be sure that the coin is not seen in your hand. Also, try to aim for a natural, unrushed style as you “grab” the coin. The best way to do this is to watch your hands in a mirror as you actually grab the coin and take it away. And then perform the coin vanish where you don’t grab the coin, but make it look as if you have.
Here’s a guy who does it really well… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc6BPoHZXcA
A Coupla Magic Tricks!
by: Mr Nice Guy ( Wednesday, July 14, 13:00 )
OK so you’ve got some guests over or you’re at a crap party that needs a bit of life injected into it. You’ve already tried playing your best Cliff Richard CD’s, have offered everybody shots of Father O’Leary’s Velvet Cream and you’ve even pulled out the old Twister mat but nobody’s gelling.
So what next??? How about a couple of magic tricks? Try these on for size… This first coin trick is easy and anyone can do it right away!
A number of coins are gathered from your guests on a metal tray and are then placed in a cap or a hat. Now choose one other guest to contribute a coin that he’s able to easily identify and get him to put that in the hat as well.
Shake up the coins, then put your hand in the hat and pull out the nominated guest’s coin. How do you do that you may ask??? Well here’s the secret… Before you did the trick you put the tray into the fridge for a couple of minutes. When the guests place their coins on it they will also feel somewhat cool. BUT the nominated guest’s coin wont because it was never on there in the first place.
So all you need to do is feel around the hat for the coin that feels warmer than the others and hey presto!!! You’re a magician!!! Trust me, this works!!!
How about a vanishing coin trick? This one’s called, The French Drop and it will require practice…
Take any coin and hold it at the tips of your fingers in one of your hands. Bring your other hand over to grab the coin. Before your hand grabs the coin release the coin from the tips of your fingers and let it fall into the base of your fingers.
Continue with the motion of the “grabbing” hand and act as if you have actually taken the coin with it. In reality, the coin remains in the original hand.
Before you perform this, make sure you that you check out the move in a mirror to be sure that the coin is not seen in your hand. Also, try to aim for a natural, unrushed style as you “grab” the coin. The best way to do this is to watch your hands in a mirror as you actually grab the coin and take it away. And then perform the coin vanish where you don’t grab the coin, but make it look as if you have.
Here’s a guy who does it really well… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc6BPoHZXcA
