Magic & Parlor Tricks: Page 31

You can learn how to do the multiple Hofzinser card control trick. You can do this with one card or several cards. You can bring four cards from all through out the deck to the bottom at the end.

You can learn how to do the jumping kings card trick. You need four decks of 13 cards each, four kings, and three other cards. You put the three other cards on three of the decks and the four kings on the last deck.

You can learn how to do a rope trick. All you need is rope and two fingers. You put the rope around your finger and a friend's finger and then remove the rope with your fingers connected.

You can learn how to make a pen vanish completely. To do this, you need an elastic band, safety pin, and pen. You tie the pin to the elastic and the top of the pen and attach it up your sleeve.

This video demonstrates the magic ring trick. It is thoroughly shown and explained, so watch this video and amaze the neighborhood kids.

You can learn how to do the moving card trick. First, you put all of the cards together, as in you put all four of the aces together. Then, you separate the cards into four decks and make them into one deck. While you are mixing the deck, make sure that you keep the cards in order.

Break the toothpicks, set them up in a star pattern and then use drops of water to make them move. Pretty cool. It looks alive.

This is a short small and sweet little magic trick that takes advantage of the "hand is faster than the eye" principle. This slight of hand is performed by an enthusiastic pre-pubescent.

This video shows how to cut a hole in a 3x5 card large enough for a 6'3" to walk through. Surprise your friends or win a bet.

This video is a demonstration of how to perform the Cup and Balls trick by Christian Lee. You will need: 3 cups, a napkin and of course...magic. This age old magic trick has befuddled pub crawlers for years. The trick revolves around a hidden ball. Find out more in this informative and entertaining video!

Silent comedy is a noble art form that has been around for years. Requirements are a sofa and sense of the absurd. Different techniques demonstrated include: the stairs, the elevator, the escalator, the moving walkway, swimming, the unicycle, bull riding, etc. This is an informative and entertaining video.

This excellent version of "Ambitious Card" uses a clever slight-of-hand move that looks hard to learn, but it really isn't. Give it a try. The spectator will see his card placed smack in the center of the deck, and suddenly pops up to the top. The method is shown very carefully and slowly, but note that there are some audio problems (which doesn't affect the explanation.)

This is an amazing video of the dragon illusion (a variation of the hollow face illusion) in effect, and also includes a great video on how to make it. You can download a PDF and save it to your computer. Then you can print so you too can build your own dragon illusion. No matter where you walk around the room your dragon is in, it will follow you by watching you. Its eyes seem to trace your every move. Freak out your friends with this magical marvel.

For all you casino junkies, you can finally learn how to shuffle like those dealers. What's the big deal? Dealers shuffle in a way that guarantees no one can see the faces of the cards. You'll need to scroll down the page to get to the actual video.

Watch and learn a basic tutorial on how to make a card vanish, using a back palm. Follow along with an aspiring young magician as he gracefully shows the technique. Hint: It's all about the hands.

Learn how to do an In Jog false shuffle, used to retain a stack of cards on the top of the deck. The video quality is a bit off, but the tutorial is clear and straightforward.

Nick Reade is here to help Videojug show you how to do a maths magic trick. What's a maths magic trick? watch and find out, but I bet it has something to do with numbers!

Learn how to impress your friends with card tricks using the important move called the double lift. Close-up Magician and Comic Wayne Phelps teaches you one method to perform this frequently used card slight.

There's no sound and the video quality is a tad dated but you still get the gist. Watch this how-to video and learn how to draw a dot in the middle of a circle without lifting your pen. This oldie but goodie may still stump some of your friends. Show off this magic trick anytime.

Here's something you can do with an empty beer bottle. Learn how to take the bottom out in quite the dramatic form. Perfect for entertaining your fellow frat buddies during the morning after clean up.