Sponge balls are a very cool magic effect. But you will have to master palming first. You will get very good reactions. The best part is that you can simply keep them in your pocket. Here is how to start. Palming Begin by pretending to put a ball in one hand while secretly k ...more
This floating cup is lighter than plastic and lighter than glass, but is it lighter than air? Tune in to find out! You will need a styrofoam cup and scotch tape. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors, so make sure you have friends and fami ...more
This video tutorial shows the execution of a simple yet effective sleight of hand trick using a rope. Narration accompanies the visual explanation of how to pull it off. Watch this how-to video and learn how to perform a mystery knot magic rope trick.
Watch this video to learn how to perform the coin trough a handkerchief magic trick. This tutorial will teach you to make a coin magically go through a handkerchief with out tearing a hole in it.
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 ...more
Learn how to perform a magic pen trick in which you appear to make a pen levitate about your hand.
The first and most basic tenet of origami is creating shapes using a single piece of paper. However, when it comes to modular origami, which is complex and multi-sided, this rule becomes a little more lenient. It's actually rather common in modular origamit o see magic cubes o ...more
Impress your friends by "screwing up" an attempt to make a coin disappear -- and instead making an entire salt shaker go through the table! For this trick you will need a salt or pepper shaker, a stiff napkin, a coin, and a table. This magic trick takes a little bit of misdire ...more
Remember those little tricks your Dad played on you as a kid? Like the old "penny behind your ear" trick? Well, in this tutorial, learn how he did his famous "detached finger" bit. This trick is classic and so simple to do. You don't need any tools or any special props. So, f ...more
Happy weekend! Time to relax and waste time. If you're a child at heart, or you've got a couple young ones hanging around, treat them to these old-school magic tricks, courtesy of Flickr user Jordan Smith. Smith generously scanned and uploaded a selection of cards from a postc ...more
Trippy! Get the kids around the table for this one. Here is the official Steve Spangler explanation: "Milk is mostly water but it also contains vitamins, minerals, proteins, and tiny droplets of fat suspended in solution. Fats and proteins are sensitive to changes in the su ...more
In this tutorial, learn how to trick your audience into thinking you can control things with your mind! With this super simple magic trick you will learn how to make an ordinary cup appear to be floating out of your hands! This trick is so cool, you will have anyone who watch ...more
Have a Rubik's Magic Puzzle that's been failing you? It needs a little adjustment, doesn't it? Well, this four-part video tutorial will show you how to fix it, by restringing the puzzle. See how to successfully restring your Rubik's Magic puzzle. If you're having a hard time ...more
On Wednesday, June 6, the people at Magic Leap finally (FINALLY) decided to give the public a dedicated, slow, feature-by-feature walkthrough of the Magic Leap One: Creator Edition. How was it? About as good as it gets without actually getting to see what images look like thro ...more
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a fantastic magic trick where two money bills seemingly make an amazing transformation, right under the nose of your audience! This tutorial will show you step by step all of the secrets behind this astonishing slight of hand. So, grab a ...more
Improve your magician skills with this magic prop trick video lesson. This magical tutorial will show you how to perform the rubber band magic trick. Doing the melting rubber band trick just takes a little practice and a little bit of illusion. See the reveal of this cool trick.
If you've never gotten a Rubik's Cube because you thought they were too hard, maybe you should try your hands at something smaller, something simpler, something to get you motivated, something called Rubik's Magic. The first video here will show you how to solve the Rubiks Ma ...more
Have fun performing this trick at school…all you'll need are a couple of paper clips! You will need two paper clips and a magnet. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors, so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic t ...more
This week's news that Magic Leap's patents had entered collateral limbo, now in the hands of JPMorgan Chase, threw a dark cloud over the company. Well, that cloud got a bit darker on Friday with the news that two of the company's top executives are exiting the startup. Don't ...more
This is an instructional video on how to perform card shuffles that allow you to place particular cards at the top or bottom of the deck and how to keep them that way. False shuffles, such as the riffle shuffle and Hindu shuffle, are important for card magicians to create the ...more
Fool your friends and amazing your enemies with this trick where you use the power of magic to refill a soda can and pour a delicious beverage for them.
In this video, Justin Kredible will teach you how to perform a ton of cool magic tricks using items you already have around the house. Justin is a master illusionist and in this clip he shows you some of his easiest (yet still fascinating) magic tricks. Like Justin says, he do ...more
This video demonstrates how to do magic loop knitting, this uses one large cable needle. This is not very common, but it is handy to know. If you find you love doing magic loop knitting, you need to look for cable needles with a thin flexable cables. Do magic loop knitting wit ...more
When you run an augmented reality company worth billions of dollars, backed by some of the biggest names in tech, and you haven't even released a product yet, even late night tweetstorms rank as worthy of dissection. Such is the case with Rony Abovitz, CEO of Magic Leap, who d ...more
Try solving Erno Rubik's brain-teasingly fun puzzle... the Rubik's Cube, or better yet, try out the Rubik's Magic. This puzzle mystifies everyone, but not everyone can solve it, unless you watch this video tutorial. See how to solve the Rubik's Magic puzzle, step-by-step. You' ...more
If you have ever played the popular drinking game Thin Ice, then this magic tricks setup should look familiar to you. The magician appears to push a coin positioned on top of a piece of latex through the latex into a glass without puncturing it. This video teaches you how to p ...more
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 ...more
Do you want to be the next David Blaine, Chris Angel or David Copperfield? These magicians know how to do magic right, and they know how to do card tricks right, but why can't you? Just watch this video tutorial to see how to perform the magic "card switch" card trick. See th ...more
brusspup has tons of ingenious tips and tricks for everybody! In this video tutorial, he shows you how to perform the magic stick trick. Magic is only fun if you know how to do it! For some anyway. See the magic stick rick revealed, so you can learn how to perform it. It's ve ...more
The magic ring technique lets you make an initial ring that you can tighten so there is no hole in the center. Just make sure you don’t make the stitches in the ring too tight. Watch this video crocheting tutorial and learn how to crochet a magic ring. Crochet a magic ring. Cl ...more
Remember when your parents used to lecture you that money doesn't come out of thin air? What if you could prove them wrong? In this tutorial, learn how to take a bill and transform it into another type of bill right before your audience's eyes! With this trick, you will seemi ...more
Dark mode themes for mobile apps are all the rage these days, but YouTube is taking that a bit literally with its latest augmented reality experience. On Monday, to promote the release of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which debuts in US theaters on Friday, Disney released a v ...more
A no-carb, gluten-free substitute for breadcrumbs. Sounds and probably tastes like cardboard, right? Unless you're talking about Pork Dust. Yes, you read that right. Pork. DUST. Don't Miss: Caul Fat—Is It Better than Bacon? These savory and rich ground-up pork rinds have abs ...more
How to break a fork with mental power. This takes preparation and knowledge of when a fork will break.
Learn how to do the Amazing Silk Escape with magician Ryan Oakes. You'll be able to entertain your family and friends with this great trick. You will need a clear glass, a rubber band, and two opaque handkerchiefs (each should be a different color). Sometimes we use materials ...more
Make a coin disappear! In this magic video tutorial, you'll learn how to perform a disappearing coin magic trick. With just a snap of your fingers, poof, the coin is gone. Is really not magic, it's just a simple prop trick, where you snap the coin inside your sleeve. Now try r ...more
After many months of endless speculation over the mysterious augmented reality platform Magic Leap, software engineers worldwide have been waiting for any news of what development environment this amazing technology might use. Thanks to Paul Reynolds, the former Magic Leap Sen ...more
Is the augmented reality magic fading down in Plantation, Florida? That's the first question some may be asking following a casual revelation over the weekend that Magic Leap, the maker of the Magic Leap One, has assigned much of its patent portfolio over to JP Morgan Chase a ...more
In this video, we learn how to clean your American Girl doll's skin w/ a magic eraser. First, soak your Mister Clean Magic Eraser and then squeeze the water out. From here, undress your doll and put its hair up. Then, take the eraser and rub it onto the doll's skin to clean it ...more
Learn the Drunken Shuffle card magic trick.
In this video series, Malik the magic guy explains how to do the 21 card trick then enhance it, how to do the clock trick, the paired court cards magic trick, the two pile separation card trick, the 4 Apartment card trick and the Speller trick. Part 1 of 8 - How to Perform car ...more
Ever wanted to know how the famous rising card trick works? This video reveals the secret so that you can do it for yourself. All you need is a pack of these specially-made cards. If you don't want to know how this trick works, then please do not watch the video. Make a card r ...more
Long story short, this is a mod by Xilver, who once upon a time did a spell mod called Midas Magic: Spells of Aurum, for TES Oblivion. Well, now he made one for TES Skyrim. Essentially this adds a bunch of new spells in Skyrim. It has some pretty awesome spells already finish ...more
We see into the future…and you're in front of an audience wowing them with this cool trick! Get ready to learn the Even/Uneven Ropes! All you need is a rope and pair of scissors. You will need 60” of clothesline rope and a pair of scissors. Sometimes we use materials that requ ...more
In this video tutorial, go into the world of Harry Potter and learn how to make your own Harry Potter magic wand. For this magic wand project, you'll need an LED, copper wire, colored markers, plaster, and a straw. Sure, it's not the best magic wand ever, but it's nice and che ...more
Improve your magician skills with this magic prop trick video lesson. This magical tutorial will show you how to perform the broken and restored pencil magic trick. Doing the broken and restored trick just takes a little practice and a little bit of illusion. See the reveal of ...more
Learn how to perform the Blank Deck trick. This trick uses a gaff deck so that you can make blank cards appear to suddenly have faces.
Check out this tutorial for steps on how to perform a very cool slight of hand trick. In this video, learn how to take a solid sugar packet, toss it in the air and catch it - like a ring - around your pointer finger. Your audience will be totally amazed, but you will know the ...more
It's Monday, which means once again, it's time to highlight some of the recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. In this post, we'll also make a flexagon, which is a type of transformable object. Rachel Mansur of Giveaway Tuesdays posted several pictur ...more
Fool your friends, scare your cat, play a game while also admiring your physique! This "magic" mirror lets you do all that and more by letting you display words, pictures, videos, and even some games—all controllable through a mobile phone. Video: . It works by rigging an LED ...more
A wave of all it appears to take to find the selected cards in the Red and Black card trick. Of course, it takes a little set-up to create this illusion. Learn how to perform the Red and Black card trick by watching this video magic tutorial.
This is a sweet little magic trick that has you tearing a bill then magically restoring it to it to normal after. Follow the video and see if you can do it yourself! All you need is a normal bill and to know this magic secret! A great Easy Magic Trick. Use this Easy Magic Tric ...more
Learn how to perform simple palming techniques from this instructional video. Palming allows a magician to hide objects in the palm of their hand, while creating the illusion of having absolute nothing hidden. Watch this video magic tutorial and find out how to palm hidden obj ...more
Graeme Devine, Chief Creative Officer at Magic Leap, spoke at the Games for Change festival about how mixed reality will change the world for the better. While we might need to take our own magic leap to believe in his utopian future, he hinted at a solution to the impending p ...more
Perform an optical illusion trick in which you appear to make a coin vanish from your hand and into a clear cup or glass of water.
Remember that uncle that used to do simple palming tricks, like pulling a coin from out behind an ear? This video magic tutorial shows how to perform several easy illusions using your hands such as the moving thumb trick. Watch this instructional video and learn how to do some ...more
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz doesn't engage in tweetstorms often, but when he does, those tweets are bold, exceedingly confident, and there's usually a strong takeaway regarding what the company is or isn't doing. But on Thursday, Abovitz's latest tweetstorm sent an unusually f ...more
This magic trick is really not so much a feat of illusion as a dizzying demonstration of physics. This video will show you how to do this easy trick with only a humble coin and coat hanger as props that will dazzle your audience for about 20 seconds with practice.
Apply a bit of moisture to your palm and you can magically lift a coin off a table. It's a great trick for any bar bet. Try out the "coin lift" magic trick and challenge your friends. Fun Party Tricks provides tons of great howto videos for cool party tricks. These videos are ...more
Stu Maschwitz, creator of Magic Bullet and veteran visual effects artist, demonstrates the tools within the finishing app Magic Bullet Looks within After Effects. Watch and learn how to build a look from scratch or apply a look from a library of presets available withing Magic ...more