Top 4 Free Magic Tricks:
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Glass On Card Balance Magic Trick
Amazing free card balancing stunt. Credit your finely honed senses with magically balancing a glass of water on a playing card.
Effect: A playing card is shown to the spectator and is placed upright on a table, with the short edge of the card facing upwards.
You then proceed to balance a glass of water ON THE EDGE !! of the card. Watch the video below to view the performance and learn the secret to this cool magic card balance trick.
You Need: A deck of card, paper glue or double sided sticky tape.
How It's Done: Prepare your gimmicked cards as follows.
Glue a second card to the back of the front card, making sure that you only glue or stick half the card ( lengthwise ) together. This should allow one lengthwise edge of the second card to be pulled back to form a "T" shape when required and support the glass.
Tips: Practice this trick with a plastic tumbler or glass until you can perform it confidently and know how much weight, the cards can hold when you transfer the balance of weight of the glass to it.
You can strengthen the gimmicked cards by gluing two cards completely together and then half gluing a third card to the back of them, this will give the gimmick a little more rigidity.
Easy Card Moves - Pull Cards From Thin Air
Appear to pull cards from thin air with this easy to set up guide to one of the classic and most enjoyable basic moves of card magic. Do not be fooled by the simplicity of this easy card sleight. It is very visual and can be a real reputation maker.This move is timeless and you will be able to perform an impressive card production easily and confidently, after following this easy sleight of hand guide.
Effect:
Amazing audience reaction because even though it's clear your hand is empty, you appear to grab card after card from behind their ears, under tables, even from thin air!
You Will Need :
Pack Of Cards
Practice, practice, practice.
How To Do The Trick :
A small stack of cards should be held in the palm of the hand in palm position . Choose an amount of cards that you feel comfortable holding. It is not necessary to hold a lot of cards ( try and work out how many you plan to produce and count them out before the trick )
Grip the edge of the pack with your fingers and use your thumb to peel of the top card.
Push up card with thumb and hold with thumb and for finger.
Continue using your thumb to move the card up to the audiences view, held beween the thumb and fore finger.
Move card forward as if reaching out to grab something from the air.
At the same time as you are pivoting up the card, the hand should be lunged forward slightly as if the card has been grabbed from thin air
Continue to produce cards from the air.
Continue to produce cards from the air in this manner, throwing down each card to the audience before producing the next card as if by magic. Practice this trick in front of a mirror to see it from an audience eye view and get to get the best angle for the trick to be performed.