Indestructible Money Bill Trick

Indestructible Money Bill Trick

A money bill is visibly seen to be speared right through its center but on examination immediately after this, it is found to be unharmed. Visually baffling impromptu magic trick explained.

Effect: A money bill is openly presented to the audience and then folded. A square of paper is attached to the bill and both are folded together to form a pouch. A pen is placed in the center of the pouch and pierced straight through it. This all happens right in front of your audience. the pen is removed and on examining the bill, it is found to be totally undamaged ???

This trick is a very convincing effect and is surprisingly easy to perform. The magic instruction video below here shows the performance of the magic trick and then follows with an explanation of how to do the trick.

There are a few tips to enhance your performance listed after the magic instruction video.

Tips and Hints :

Watch your angles, so that your audience do not see that the pen has been placed between the bill and the paper. Practice in front of a mirror to perfect the angles.

A little bit of entertaining patter will enhance this trick and indeed most tricks. It will give them a more memorable appeal.

Coin Roll Knuckle Trick

A quick tutorial to demonstrate the deceptively easy coin roll sleight where a coin is continually rolled between the knuckles. This coin flourish is commonly seen being used by magicians and even by poker players using poker chips.

Preparation : There is little preparation required other than choosing the right size and weight of coin to perform the trick. The flipping of the coin from finger to finger is assisted by gravity and so a coin with a little weight such as a silver half dollar can help produce a smooth flowing movement.

Method : Start with a coin balanced on your thumb pad and slide the coin onto your first finger at the part of the finger nearest the knuckle. The hand should be held so that the finger joints that are balancing the coin are facing horizontally upwards.

Now to transfer the coin from the first to middle finger, first lower and raise the middle finger so that it pinches the side of the coin flipping it over from first to middle finger.

Repeat this action with the next finger so that the coin flips on to it.

With the coin balanced on the finger next to the little finger. Place little finger on top of the coin and slide the coin under your fingers far enough along so that you can grip it with your thumb.

The thumb can then continue sliding the coin around on to the top of the first finger again. You can then repeat the cycle as many times as you like.

Tips : The only way to get this trick up to speed is practice. You are sure to drop the coin several times, this is normal. Practice doing the move over a soft surface such as paper or cloth. This should cut down on the noise of the coin falling and help stop it from rolling away.

Try tilting your hand at a slight angle when flipping the coin from finger to finger, to help gravity assist you in flipping the coin.

Snap Vanish Quarter Trick

Snap Vanish Quarter Trick

This is an easy to pull off snap vanish trick which can be performed with a quarter or playing card.
The coin or card appears to mysteriously vanish into oblivion when you wave your hand over it.

Find out the easy secret to this amazing coin trick by watching the video demonstration. Don't forget though that you should practice this coin trick until your are confident performing it before trying it in front of your friends or an audience. Great impromptu street magic trick.

This trick is easy to do and you should soon be performing it to a good standard. Take a little time to practice the angle that the coins are directed to, so that they are out of view from your audience.

Elbow Coin Vanish

A coin is seen to be rubbed into your elbow and made to completely vanish into thin air. Learn the secret to this easy to do coin vanish trick.

The elbow coin vanish coin trick is one of the oldest popular coin tricks around. It is still a great trick to learn as it can be performed competently with just a little practice. The magic instruction video below shows the coin trick being performed which is followed by an explanation of the simple but clever secret.

Take a little time to perfect the sleight of hand required when appearing to transfer the coin from hand to hand and you will have another great easy magic trick to add to your collection.

This close up trick can be helped along by the magician chatting to the audience members and making eye contact with them during the performance. This will help to draw some of their attention away from your sleight of hand as they feel obliged to be listening to what you are saying.

Up & Under Impossible Bill Switch Trick

Up & Under Impossible Bill Switch Trick

Amazing free magic lesson where two different money bills are seen to swap positions in a seemingly impossible move.

Effect: Two different money bills are placed one on top of each other, the bills are then rolled up together and the spectator pins each note to the table with their fingertips to ensure the bills cannot move. When the bills are then unrolled a seemingly impossible switch of places has occurred.

Watch this cool magic trick being performed in the video demonstration below, then learn how to perform the magic trick in the free lesson that follows.

You Need:Two different money bills and an audience.

How It's Done: You will see the easy explanation and method in the video. This cool stunt is easy to do but like all tricks, a little practice makes perfect. Also you can enhance this close up magic stunt by adding some entertaining patter of your own.

The beauty of this sleight is that it requires no set up and very little equipment and can be performed almost anywhere.

A good source to enable you to learn coin magic and sleights is Modern Coin Magic: 116 Coin Sleights and 236 Coin Tricks which is a highly regarded book to help you learn some coin tricks.

Magic Money Bill Fold

Magic Money Bill Fold

This is a fantastic piece of impromptu magic that can be performed anywhere at a moments notice.

How To Do The Trick :

The magician takes a dollar bill (or any bill he chooses) out of his pocket and presents it to the audience. While displaying in his hand open palm up with the bill unfolded and flat in the magician's palm, it suddenly begins to move. But its not just moving, its folds itself up. First in half, then sideways until its completely folded neatly in the magician's palm!

You Will Need :

1. A Dollar Bill (or any money bill you choose to use).
2. Magicians thread - . A good alternative is black nylon line, but make sure its extremely thin!
3. Clear Scotch tape.

 

Note: Using invisible thread
One thing to keep in mind when using invisible thread is that you should be wearing light colored clothing to act as the backdrop to the thread not dark shaded ones. Darker shaded clothes cause the light to reflect in a way that reveals the magicians thread. So wear non reflective light colored clothing.

This way it is more "invisible" to the spectators. Also, pay attention to the lighting in the area that you are performing and attempt to have the light source pointing directly at you if you can. You do NOT want the light source to come from behind you as it will will reflect off the thread and reveal the thread to your audience.

Setting up the Self Folding Gimmick

 

The beauty of this money magic trick gimmick is that it's extremely simple to construct. No complex mechanism to this gimmick, just string and tape!

First thing you should do is fold the bill in half 3 times. Take a look at the photo to get a good idea of how to fold.

The next thing to do is to take the invisible thread and using a sewing needle (get the thinnest gauge you can find so it doesn't leave a sizable hole), pass the thread through half of the bill. Take a look at the illustration to get a good idea on where to do this.

I recommend finding a point in the bill where you are passing through just the green part of the bill and not the white. Also the part you are passing through is going to be the bottom of the gimmick and into the middle fold [See photo 4]. The area you are passing the invisible thread through should 4 layers of the bill. I usually place the bill flat on a piece of wood and push the needle down through the bill so that I don't poke myself or widen the hole the needle will make.Carefully pull the thread through the folds.

Once you have the thread through, you need to attach it to the area adjacent to the hole on the other side of the fold (should be the center area). Use the clear tape to do so. Your bill should look like photo 5. Photo 6 shows a different angle where [A] is where the thread passes through and [B] is where the thread is attached. Use a exacto knife to precut the clear tape smaller, or alternatively, use rubber cement or professional modeling glue (not the type that is for plastic parts) to attach the thread. If you do that, make sure it dries completely before you use it, otherwise it will be tacky and eventually break the bond.

Now cut the thread on the opposite side from where you have attached it. Your cut should be about 12-15 inches [or more, you will see how long] away from the bill and attach that end to something you carry in your pocket. I recommend you read through the entire article first before cutting so that you can get a better idea of how long the thread should be. Attach it to something like a wallet or deck of cards or whatever you might carry in your front pocket. It really doesn't matter what it is, because it's just acting as an anchor and will not be seen in the trick. Therefore, make sure its has some weight to it.

Performing the magic trick!

Preparation for this magic trick is pretty simple after you have constructed the gimmick. Just carefully unfold the bill so that its open [photo 7 & 8]. Give the thread enough slack to allow you to adjust the bill. I also would make the line a little slack just so when it starts to pull tight, it will cause a small movement in the bill to make it more dramatic.

Now, to make it clear, when you pull the bill out in front of the audience, it should be folded. Try to be as casual as possible when unfolding. Once unfolded your bill should be laying in your palm like in photo 9. The thread that is coming out the bottom should follow between your fingers next to your palm area like in photo 10. The thread will run from under your hand down into your pocket and attached to the anchor.

Find a comfortable length to hold your arm in front of you and make sure you uphold a natural position. This will dictate how long you should cut the thread also. So make sure you have your hand at a natural position with the palm up displaying the unfolded bill.

It's time for the magic! To make the bill fold itself, gently move your hand away from your body. As your hand moves slowly (and hopefully unnoticed), the bill will start to fold itself! First it will fold itself in half! Then it will fold over in a different direction, and finally it will fold itself one final time! Practice in front of a mirror to determine the best speed and motion to do this with. Once the bill is folded all the way grip it with your thumb and fingers and put it back in your pocket!

Three Card Showdown Magic Trick

Learn this amazing card sleight trick where you appear to know exactly which cards the spectator will pick, even before they do.

The three card showdown trick looks really impressive as the spectator appears to have a completely free choice of cards.

To make this stunt even more amazing is that the magician is forced to make their choice of card BEFORE the spectator has even chosen a card. To predict one card would be impressive. Two would be quite unbelievable. And three ! What would the odds be ???

Learn how to do this cool magic trick by watching the free magic trick video tutorial on this page. It shows the trick being performed which is followed by the annoyingly easy method to perform the trick.

This great sleight requires only a deck of cards and is a useful trick to use in close up magic and street magic.

The sleight can also be incorporated into many other illusions.

If you enjoy magic tricks such as those performed by magicians, then this will give you a very small slice of magic instruction to get you started. Magic is both great to watch and can also make a fun and interesting hobby

Cool Card Tricks

Torn And Restored Card Trick

Effect: A card ( which can even be a signed card ) is ripped into four pieces. The spectator puts a finger on the pieces and the pieces seem to magically restore themselves back into a whole card. !!! Preparation: Before doing the trick, rip off one fourth of a playing card of  the same colour of suit as the one that you will be appearing to tear. Start the trick with the card facing in front of you and fold it into fourths, creasing the card and then unravelling it. Explain to your audience that doing this makes it easier to tear the card evenly.  Performance: Hold the card in front of you, facing the audience, the extra torn card piece should be pressed by your thumb onto the side of the card that is facing you. Rip down the upper middle of the card stopping at the centre. Now fold down the upper right corner and slide out the corner you ripped of earlier as the piece that was ripped of. ( This should look like you have ripped of the corner from the card - the audience cannot see that the real corner is still attached to the card and folded out of their view .) Now put the torn piece behind the card again, being held in position with your thumb. Fold what is now the lower right corner behind the card. As you are bending this piece back, slide the extra piece into view again, pretend to rip it off. Place it behind the card and fold the card in half again. ( really it is still together ) Pretend to rip it in half again, but just slide the loose piece off the pile convincingly to look like it has ripped. Place the piece behind the card which is now folded up. Now even though the card is not ripped, you can fan the pieces to make it look like three or four pieces. Ask a spectator to place their fingers on the " torn " pieces. As you set the pieces on the table, steal the loose piece with your thumb and hide it in your hand by using afinger palm move. Misdirect and place the loose piece in your pocket. Now ask the spectator to examine the card and they will find that it is in one piece. Take a bow, as the audience look completely baffled.

Step By Step Photos  1) Rip extra piece off other card.   2) Fold card into fourths. 3) Hold extra piece in place with thumb. 4)Present "torn" piece to audience. 5) Fold second half of card.   6) Fold third half of card.

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 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: 1) Pack Of Cards 2) Practice, practice, practice.

Simple Card Trick With Power Finish

Effect: The spectator is shown a fanned out set of cards and asked to pick one & concentrate on that card. The chosen card is not revealed by the spectator. The magician appears to read the spectators mind and pulls out or even tears up the spectators secretly chosen card.

Preparation: For this trick you'll need two sets of cards, each with five cards. (The cards should be five different cards, but should resemble each other (for instance, if you had a Jack of spades in one, use a Jack of clubs in the other). ie SET ONE : JC,KS,KH,QS,JD. and SET TWO: JS,KC, KD,QC,JH.

Method: Hide the second set of five cards, but keep them somewhere close, so that you can secretly switch them with the other set of five cards. Now, fan out the five cards. Tell the spectator to remember and concentrate on one of the cards. Now, as you collect the cards, you'll need to switch between the two sets. Now spread out the second set of cards on the table, face down.

Use some play acting and appear to be concentrating deeply as if reading the spectator's thoughts. Place a finger on one of the spread ot cards and slide it out from the rest of the cards. The finishing move is up to you, either

1) Turn over the remaining four cards to show that the spectator's card has been removed.

2) Tear the card that you removed into small pieces, making sure that the spectator does not see the face up side of the torn card.

A simple trick but with a powerful finish. This trick is only as good as the performance and patter that you can use to make it entertaining