Hot Magic & Parlor Tricks How-Tos
How To: Perform the "Synapse" and enhance your card-handling skills as a magician
Enhance your visual skills and demonstrate your manual dexterity as a magician by incorporating the "Synapse" card fluorish by Ayres into your repertoire. Playing card fluorishes are typically performed as part of larger magic performances and can also be shown on their own as individual exhibitions of skill.
How To: Perform the "RockIt" fluorish and add to your card-handling magic skills
Enhance your visual skills and demonstrate your manual dexterity as a magician by incorporating the "RockIt" card fluorish by Ayres into your repertoire. Playing card fluorishes are typically performed as part of larger magic performances and can also be shown on their own as individual exhibitions of skill.
How To: Make a deck of cards disappear
Here's an easy do-it-yourself illusion that will let you make a deck of cards vanish! This detailed video shows you the magic trick, the reveal and what you'll need, to create the illusion. You're going to want to have a deck of cards, including the deck's box, scissors, some scraps of cardboard, some clear tape and some glue. Then, abracadabra!
How To: Breathe fire safely and impressively using corn starch
Learn to breathe fire safely using corn starch instead of a flammable liquid. Using only a mouthful corn starch and an open flame, it's possible to breathe fire and impress your friends and family. This trick must not be attempted without professional supervision.
How To: Win free drinks with this crafty nut in a bottle bar trick
You're at the bar with an empty bottle and really wish you had a full one. Well, this super easy bar trick by Mr. G will show you how to turn your frown upside down. You'll need a nut, that empty bottle of yours and someone willing to bet you they can blow a nut into the bottle. Sound easy? It's not!
How To: Win free drinks with Scam School's 'penetrating straws' bar trick.
Ta da! Magic, with straws! What could be better for a bar trick? Scam School shows how to amaze, impress and win free drinks with 2 straws (or any 2 flexible objects). David Copperfield, eat your heart out! Err.. drink your heart out?
How To: Win free drinks with two slick matchbox bar tricks from Scam School
Make some new bar friends (or enemies) and win yourself some free drinks with Scam School's two new tricks! All you'll need is a box of matches, a flat surface and a couple of willing bar folk to pull off this trick. Mmm, nothing tastes better than free beer!
How To: Perform an easy magic trick with a coat hanger and a coin
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.
How To: Do the Deck Divination Effect mentalism magic trick
Mentalism and card magic work great together, as the trick that you will learn how to do in this video so eloquently demonstrates. It's called the Deck Divination Effect, and this video will show you the trick and then exactly how to do it for your next close-up magic show.
How To: Do a Russian Roulette vodka trick at a party
Party magic might be the most fun kind of magic of all, especially when alcohol is involved. This video will teach you a cheap party magic trick called Russian Roulette with vodka, where you pretend to guess the vodka shot from among a bunch of water shots.
How To: Perform Criss Angel's Metamorphosis magic trick
This trick from Criss Angel requires two magicians that appear to transform into each other. Learn how to perform Criss Angel's metamorphosis trick by watching this video magic tutorial.
How To: Perform the "coin bend" magic trick
Magic is something almost everybody wants to learn, so why not learn now? Magic tricks can be done by anybody, you just need a little confidence and a little sleight of hand to pull off the illusion. This video tutorial will show you how to perform the "coin bend" magic trick. Be a magician to your friends and your family! This is basic magic for beginners, so don't fret, see the reveal... learn how to bend an ordinary coin in half.
How To: Perform the floating dollar bill magic trick
With this easy to learn step by step tutorial you can learn how to perform the floating dollar bill magic trick. Amaze your friends by levitating a dollar bill right in front of their eyes.
How To: Bite a quarter and spit it back together
This is a classic trick David Blaine did in his first special and here the secret is revealed. Bite a quarter and spit it back together.
How To: Perform the 3 card monte magic trick
In this video, you'll be shown how to do the famous 3 card monte magic trick. For your audience, all they have to do is follow the ace. What your audience doesn't know is that the magic trick isn't as simple as that. With a little sleight of hand, you'll amaze your friends with your magic skill.
How To: Do the Matching Mates beginner self-working card magic trick
Self-working card tricks are the easiest and most intuitive to perform, requiring no sleight of hand at all and relying instead on math. In this video you'll learn how to do Matching Mates, a beginner self-working card magic trick that will get your card magic up and running.
How To: Create a cool illusion with two twisted wires
Optical illusions are thrilling and abundant, and this one is both cool and novel. All you need are two pieces of twisted metal wires like those show in the video. Slide them together, then untwist to created a really cool illusion.
How To: Do the Healed n' Sealed magic trick
Magic tricks that will work well in crowd on drunk people are some of the most useful ones you can learn, and this trick is that in spades. It's called Healed n' Sealed, requires the construction of a trick can, and you will learn how to do it in this video.
How To: Trick someone with a bottle cap, an empty bottle, and air
Are you the kind of person who's always looking for a new way to scam people into buying them beer with one-sided bets? Then this is right in your wheelhouse. Watch this video to learn why it is impossible to blow a folded bottle cap into a bottle from it's rim and how you can use this to trick bar patrons and partygoers.
How To: Do the Japanese Shoelace Tying Trick Without Hands
Tie your shoelaces without hands? Sounds impossible, but that's what everyone will think when you complete this Japanese shoe tying trick.
How To: Start Learning Magic
Especially today, with the internet making information so readily available, people of all ages, all around the world, are trying to learn magic tricks. Unfortunately, going about this the wrong way won't make you into a magician at all, but will instead make you into someone who simply knows how a few tricks work.
How To: Do the dematerializing coin trick
How cool would it be if you could become invisible? While this video won't show you quite how to do that, it will teach you how to make a coin disappear into thin air. Which, by our standards, is still pretty awesome.
How To: Levitate Any Object
In this tutorial, we learn how to levitate any object. You will need four batteries, two empty cans, a playing card, and a ball of tin foil to do this trick.
How To: Perform "the coin fold" trick
In this video, we learn how to perform "the coin fold" trick. First, borrow a quarter and grab a piece of paper. Take the quarter and fold it up inside of the paper. This will prevent you from doing any slide of hand or trickery. Make sure they can see the coin inside of the paper. Next, you will need to take out your magic wand, which is in your back pocket. Wave it over the paper, and the coin should no longer be inside the paper. To do this, you will need to make sure the coin is inside of...
How To: Link rubber bands trick
In this tutorial, we learn how to link rubber bands trick. To start, you will need to have two rubber bands. After you have these, you will count to '3' and then link the rubber bands together. This is a very simple trick to do, just hold the hands in each of your hands. Then, stretch these apart, putting your thumb on the bottom part of the top rubber band. Then, when you count to '3', you will quickly move and put your middle finger through the other rubber band, making them link together. ...
How To: Separate two glasses without touching them
In this video tutorial, we learn how to separate two beer glasses without touching them. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own bar trick routine, watch this free video lesson.
How To: Perform brusspup's "Amazing Shampoo Trick"
In this video tutorial from YouTube's brusspup, we learn how to perform the "Amazing Shampoo" magic trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Perform brusspup's "Infinity Mirror" illusion
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Infinity Mirror" magic trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Perform brusspup's "Amazing Dragon Illusion"
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Amazing Dragon Illusion" magic trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "Amazing Stick Trick"
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Amazing Stick" magic trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "Sybil" top-packet retention card trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Sybil" top-pack retention card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "Message Morph" card trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Message Morph" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Do an easy false cut when performing card tricks
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform a simple-but-effective false cut when doing sleight-of-hand card tricks. For more information about the technique and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this cut into your own routines, watch this free video card-magic lesson.
How To: Perform Doc Eason's "All Screwed Up" prop trick routine
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "All Screwd Up" prop trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video magic lesson.
How To: Present the same effect 3 different ways when performing card tricks
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform variations on the same effect when performing card tricks. For more information about these presentation techniques and their execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "down and dirty" card trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Down and Dirty" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "Symmetry" card flourish trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Symmetry" card flourish. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this flourish into your own routines, watch this free video card trick magic lesson.
How To: Palm like a professional magician when performing card tricks
In this video tutorial, we learn how to how to palm like a professional when doing sleight-of-hand card tricks. For more information about the technique and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Perform the "The Ten of Hearts" card trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "The Ten of Hearts" (or "TheTenofHearts") card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
How To: Impress your friends with an easy ACAAN card trick
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform a simple ACAAN card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.