How To: Light a Cigarette with an Empty Lighter
Need a smoke, but no one has any matches and your lighter is fresh out of fuel? This how-to video has got a cool trick you can perform to light your cigarette if you ever run out of lighter fluid. Despite the lighter being out of gas, you can still make a fire to light your cig. All you need is the lighter and a sheet of toilet paper.
How To: Perform Copperfield's ace transportation magic trick
Learn how to do the ace transportation magic trick made famous by David Copperfield. With this easy to learn step by step tutorial you to can become a magician.
How To: Perform the Classic Pick a Card Trick
Magician Chris Webb shows you how to do the "Pick a Card" trick on The Telegraph's YouTube channel. Shuffle the deck of cards.
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: Do the "Jack the bounty hunter" card trick
This card trick is called Jack the Bounty Hunter. After a series of cuts, placements, and sorting, Jack the Bounty Hunter ends up adjacent to a card the spectator picked earlier in the trick. Brief synopsis of the procedure (you need to see the video for the full explanation): First, you set a Jack aside. Then you make two piles of 15 cards and set them aside. The spectator gets a pile, and you get a pile. Cards are cut. The spectator picks a card from the remainder of the deck. The spectator...
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: Mind read with three questions
This trick is a form of "mentalism". This is done by asking three questions, and writing your answers on three separate pieces of paper. A mentalist first asks you a personal question, but instead of writing the 'answer' to that question, he writes the answer to the final 'easy' question...thereby getting a hidden jump on the answers making you think he is reading your mind. But in fact it is a trick.
How To: Do the Extended Thumbaround pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Extended Thumbaround with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Perform the front and back palm card trick
This how-to video is on how to perform the front and back palm card trick. In this video the person shows viewers how to conceal a playing card using one hand. The narrator explains everything from the precise finger placement for the concealment of the card, to revealing the playing card to your audience. He teaches viewers how to hide the card at all times and make it appear in a snap without anybody ever seeing your card. This video on how to perform the palm card trick will show even amat...
How To: Do the Extended Infinity pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Extended Infinity with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Use a stripper deck for basic tricks
Following the Dalton incident, the stripper deck rapidly fell out of favor with poker cheats, but remains popular to this day with magicians. The deck looks perfectly normal but has tapered edges on all the cards. The goal of the magician in using a stripped deck is to have a person choose a card, then replace it in the deck facing the opposite direction, so that the tapered or stripped edge of the card stands out from the smooth edge of all the other cards.
How To: Do the Chinese sticks magic trick
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do the Chinese sticks magic trick. The magician begins by showing the audience the two Chinese sticks together. When he pull the string down on one side, the other one goes up. Do this a few times to make the audience believe there is a string between the sticks. Then separate the two sticks to show the audience that there is no string between the sticks. But the magician is still able to pull the string down on one side and the other side will go ...
How To: Perform a magic bar trick with a cloth napkin
This trick works great in pretty much any bar or restaurant. All you need is a cloth napkin to achieve this funky trick. Bet someone that they will not be able to tie a napkin in a knot without crossing their arms or lifting their fingers. Those suckers will tie themselves in a pretzel before they are able to accomplish this and you can laugh and laugh because you know the secret!
How To: Magically guess a random sentence from a book
In this tutorial, learn the secret behind the magic trick. You know that amazing trick where a magician asks you to choose any line from a book and he will guess it? Well, in this video you will discover the secret behind that very trick. This is much more simple than you would think and anyone can do it with the right set up. So, check it out and start baffling your buddies.
How To: Make 2 Solid Matches Appear to Pass Through Each Other
Looking for a way to impress your friends? Check out this tutorial! All you need are some matches and a bit of practice and you will be able to perform this cool illusion. This trick is also the same as the linking cigarette trick which is so popular on the net right now.
How To: Perform the "vanishing candle" magic trick
Magic Trick: The Vanishing Candle Have you ever heard of the Masked Magician? With the television series Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, the so-called Masked Magician (Val Valentino) revealed secret after secret of the magicians repertoire. Valentino creates “the magic” then proceeds to reveal the reality of the illusions before a captivated television audience.
How To: Con a bartender out of $20 with a magic trick
Learn how to pull an awesome con in the bar with magician Brian Brushwood. Brian Bushwood is an American magician known for his bizarre magic and bar tricks. Watch this instructional video from Scam School to learn this con/magic trick. This magic trick is a sweet con. All you need is a bartender, a $20 bill, a pint glass, a lighter, a napkin, and a friend. You'll impress your friends with the sheer magic of it, and be $20 ahead.
How To: Properly wash and clean your footbag
To play footbag, you only need a footbag (and some feet), but you can't kick that hacky sack around unless it's clean. Watch this video tutorial that will teach you how to properly wash and clean your footbag, to restore it to its original beauty. That little round 32 panel bag of yours won't draw any attention if it's not cleaned the correct way. See how!
How To: Do the Thumbaround Reverse pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Thumbaround Reverse with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Perform the magnetic paper clips magic trick
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 tricks. 1. Hide the magnet underneath the fingers of your right hand by curling your fingertip over it. Magicians call this a finger palm.
How To: Perform a Cut and Restore Rope magic trick
This rope trick will have your audience asking "how'd you do that?" You will need a length of think rope about 3-4 feet long and a pair of scissors. 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: Open a bottle of wine with a Swiss Army knife
This parlor trick video aptly demonstrates how to open a bottle of wine with an ordinary swiss army knife when that feisty cork screw goes missing. This video is a great alternative for college students who seem to inevitably misplace or loan their cork screws and want to seamlessly open and enjoy a nice glass of wine.
How To: Chug a Beer
It doesn't take much skill to drink beer fast, but to chug an entire beer in one gulp is an art. Learn how to execute this bar trick by picking up a few simple techniques. Start watching and start chugging.
How To: Perform the Last 3 card trick
For this tutorial we are picking three Aces because they are the easiest to remember. Make 4 piles of cards. First pile is ten cards. Second pile is 15 cards. Third pile is 15 cards. The last pile will be 9. Take the Ace of Spades (the example card),put it on one pile and put any number of cards on top. Take the Ace of Hearts (another example card), put it on the second pile and put any number of cards on top. Take the last Ace put it on top and put the last pile on top of that one. Stack the...
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!
News: Impress a girl - light her cigarette with your hand
Wait...with only your hand? It's simple. Take a normal Bic-style lighter. Hold down the button to release butane gas into your cupped hand. Then light it.
How To: Perform the four pile card trick
Watch this video to learn how to perform the four pile card trick. This tutorial will teach you a simple magic card trick in which you make the spectators card magically appear.
How To: Perform the Clock Card Trick
Is your bag of tricks missing a certain essential je-ne-sais-quoi? This free video magic lesson will teach you how to perform a world-class "clock" card illusion, a trick that involves no sleight of hand whatsoever. For a complete overview of this card trick, including step-by-step instructions on how to perform it yourself, watch this magician's guide.
How To: Light a Match with Your Teeth
Did you know it's possible to light a match simply by using your teeth? You can look like a total badass if you learn how to do this trick properly, although you might get burned in the process. From Revision3:
How To: Put a Lit Match in Your Mouth Without Burning It
Watch to learn how to make your mouth into a jack-o-lantern without burning the roof of your mouth.
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: Make three stars in one with a single rubber band
Most people can probably make one star with a rubber band.. at the most they can twist two. But in this video, you will learn how to make THREE stars all at once using a single elastic band.
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: Connect six boxes without intersecting lines bar trick
This video will show you how to do a great bar trick puzzle. Connect the boxes to win some bets and free drinks. Once you know how to do it, it's very easy to accomplish. This involves some drawing, but you'll impress friends with this intersecting lines trick.
How To: Perform the NFW card trick
If you've ever seen David Blaine or Criss Angel, there's a good chance you've seen this card trick performed at least once. It's a very common trick, and yet the effect still blows people away.
How To: Do the Asher Twist card trick
If you've ever seen the card trick Asher Twist, you've probably wondered how it was done. Well this magician will show you just how to do it, so maybe you can start doing it yourself! This trick requires excellent slight of hand to create a simple yet effective illusion. Check it out!
How To: Do the Infinity pen spinning trick
Learn how to do the Infinity with this pen spinning tutorial.
How To: Do the Jordan count card trick
The Jordan Count is the exact opposite of the Elmsley count. The Elmsley count places the card on the bottom. The Jordan Count hides the bottom card, and it places the cards back in their starting position.
How To: Jump an Ink Signature from One Card to Another
The card trick in this tutorial is great for beginners and seasoned magicians alike. In the video you will learn how to present a deck of cards to two spectators and amaze them with slight of hand.
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