Hot Magic & Parlor Tricks How-Tos
How To: Win free beers with this quicksilver match trick
Watch this video to learn how to win free beers with this quicksilver match trick. This trick will fool all of you bar buddies when you magically switch the place of two match right before there eyes.
How To: Win drinks with the 6 matches 4 triangles bar trick
Watch this video to learn how to win drinks with the 6 matches 4 triangles bar trick. This tutorial will teach you and awesome scam that will fool everyone every time. You have make 4 equilateral triangles using only 6 matches.
How To: Perform an impossible knot magic trick
Watch this video to learn how to perform impossible knot magic trick. This tutorial will teach you to make knot without moving your hands.
How To: Perform a chosen card to top of the deck magic trick
This is a very simple card trick to learn, but still amazing to watch. All it takes is a simple sleight of hand, the double lift, and of course, a regular deck of playing cards. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to bring a chosen card to the top of the deck of cards trick.
How To: Perform the amazing vanishing salt shaker magic trick
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 misdirection, but has amazing results. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to do a disappearing salt shaker trick.
How To: Fold a bottle cap twice
Folding a bottle cap twice seems impossible to do. This how to video will teach you step by step instruction to make you look like the strongest guy in the bar. Use this trick to win bets or impress the ladies.
How To: Perform the coin matrix magic trick in no time flat
Watch this video to learn how to perform the coin matrix magic trick. This tutorial will teach you how to magically make 4 coins under four different card all reappear under one card.
How To: Perform the two bill switch magic trick
Watch this video to learn how to perform the two bill switch magic trick. This tutorial will teach you to make two different dollar bills switch places magically.
How To: Perform the coin through a handkerchief magic 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.
How To: Perform a 3 cup mind reading magic trick
Watch this how to video to learn to perform a three cup mind reading magic trick. This tutorial teaches you to magically find an item that has been place under one of three cups when your back has been turned.
How To: Trick hot chicks into talking to you at the bar
This how-to video shows a guaranteed, never fail way to get even the hottest girls at the bar to talk with you for at least 20 minutes.
How To: Perform the eat and restore a dollar bill magic trick
Talk about a cheap lunch, learn how to rip a piece off a dollar, eat it, and then make the bill whole again. This video magic tutorial shows how to perform a simple trick that takes just two one dollar bills. Watch this instructional video and learn how to do the eat and restore dollar bill trick.
How To: Perform longarm spinning and reels with Poi
Watch this video to learn to do cool tricks with POI. This tutorial will teach you several longarm tricks which are tricks you do with your arm fully extended.
How To: Do the Red Bull can liquid suspension trick
The Red Bull Can Liquid Suspension Trick, is demonstrated in this video.
How To: Do a trick with Red Bull
This tutorial video will show you how to do a magical Red Bull trick. This trick will make people think that you're some kind of magician.
How To: Perform the x-ray vision bar trick
This tutorial video will teach you to do a bar trick that will get you free beers all night. Everyone at the bar will surely think you can see right through the bottlecaps.
How To: Do speed stacks
This tutorial video will show you how to do one of the most basic elements of cup stacking: the three cup stack. The three cup stack is an integral part of advanced cup stacking.
How To: Make magic sand
Magic Sand will retain it's shape when poured into water and then when the water is poured off, the sand will still be dry. I bet you 3M never imagined Scotch guard could be used for something like this! A great project for the kids (or those of you who are really just grown-up kids).
How To: Perform the heal and reseal soda can magic trick
In this trick, a seemingly empty soda can is healed and resealed as an unopened can with soda still inside. To create the prop you will need a regular can of soda, a thumbtack, a marker, a piece of paper, and some scissors. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perform the healed and resealed soda can trick.
How To: Perform David Blaine's card magic trick
Learn how to perform David Blaine's card trick in this instructional video by a fellow magician who figured out this magic trick and breaks it down step by step. In this trick, a chosen card seems to switch places with the one on the table. All it takes is a duplicate card, and the ability to perform a double lift. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perfrom David Blaine's card change trick.
How To: Palm objects for magic tricks
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 objects, like coins, cards, or even poker chips, for any sort of magic trick.
How To: Perform a quarter change magic trick
Learn how to perform the giant quarter change in this instructional video which takes you through this simple size changing coin magic trick step by step. You will need a a quarter and a prop giant quarter. Palming is an essential skill for many magic tricks, and creates the illusion of pulling an object out of thin air or changing objects into something else. Watch this video magic tutorial and find out how to perform a quarter change magic trick.
How To: Perform a coin stand magic trick
Learn how to do two simple coin vanishing tricks with a coin stand and with just your hands from this instructional video. A gimmick coin stand will make coins disappear into a false hollow. Watch this video magic tutorial and find out how to perform some coin vanishing tricks with just your hands or with the help of a coin stand prop.
How To: Perform magic tricks with body manipulation
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 easy magic tricks with just palming and hand or body manipulation.
How To: Perform a palming soda can tab magic trick
A magician's heart is easy to open, with a soda can tab. This simple prop trick just takes a soda can pull tab and a simple sleight of hand, the ability to palm small objects behind fingers. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perform this soda can tab palming trick.
How To: Do basic false shuffles for magic card tricks
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 illusion of shuffling cards, without losing track of a desired card or cards. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to do basic false and riffle shuffles for card tricks.
How To: Spin a staff
This video staff spinning tutorial series demonstrates a variety of different beginning spins: the basic spin, the figure eight spin, and the primary backspin. Staff spinning doesn't take anything but practice, and some good tips don't hurt. Watch these instructional videos and learn how to spin a staff like a pro.
How To: Perform a double lift card sleight
The double-lift — taking two cards off the top of a deck while pretending you're just removing one — is a fundamental card sleight that is the basis for hundreds of card tricks. It may take some practice, but will be useful in lots of card tricks. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perform a double lift card sleight in a car trick.
How To: Turn a cigarette into a flower
Watch this video to learn how to convert a simple cigarette into a small and beautiful flower. Great to do at bars and give to girls, they always find it cute.
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: Make smudge gaff cards for magic card decks
Watch this video to learn how to make smudged gaff cards. Gaff cards are used for magic tricks and look different then normal playing cards.
How To: Create gaff cards for magic trick decks
Watch this how to video to learn to make gaff cards. Gaff cards are special looking playing cards used for magic tricks. This easy to learn hack can save you up to $30.
How To: Perform 3 easy to do magic tricks
Watch this video to learn to perform three different magic tricks. This tutorial will teach you two card tricks and one coin illusion.
How To: Perform a Chinese suicide trick on a Diabolo
Watch this video to learn how to do a Chinese suicide on a Diabolo juggling toy. This video will teach you an impressive trick that is very easy to do.
How To: Perform the soap and pepper water trick
Okay, you have tons of ground pepper, and tons of water. What can you do with it all?
How To: Do the *Twilight Zone* Zippo lighter trick
Learn how to steal a flame from a Zippo and put it back on. This trick is called Twilight zone because you grab the flame with your hand and then replace it magically.
How To: Perform the three beat weave poi move
Check out this how-to video to perform three beat weave poi. This poi lesson is for beginners who already know how to spin the two beat weave. The three beat weave poi move is an essential component of your poi twirling move-base. It'll be used a lot, so you should learn how to do it well. Here is a very comprehensive tutorial on how to do so.
How To: Perform the basic two handed spiral for poi
Perform the basic two handed spiral poi move with tips from this how-to video. This poi how-to video is for beginners and those at the intermediate level. The basic two handed spiral poi move is also known as hand spirals, spiral wraps, and double hand-wraps. To do this poi move, you need to have good split-time and wall-plane control.
How To: Perform butterfly low reels for poi
Perform butterfly low reels for poi with tips from this how-to video. This poi video is for beginners. To perform butterfly low reels, you must first know how to do basic butterfly spinning for poi. This move is very cool and will lead to some wonderful things once you've completed your poi reels training.
How To: Perform butterfly high reels for poi
Perform butterfly high reels for poi beginners. To do this poi move, it is a prerequisite that you know how to do the basic butterfly, spinning, and butterfly low reels.