Hot Magic & Parlor Tricks How-Tos
How To: Build a scaffold out of a dollar bill and win bets
In this two part video, learn how to build a scaffold or a bridge between two glasses that is strong enough to support another glass on top of it.
How To: Pick up a glass or beer bottle with only a straw
In this video, bet your friends that they can not lift an entire glass using only a plastic straw. They will most likely struggle, push the glass around a bit and try to balance it all, to no avail. Then, you come along and save the day with this trick!
How To: Balance a penny on a hanger and spin it
In this tutorial, learn how to do an amazing trick using a penny, a hanger and gravity. This trick sounds crazy but, as you will soon learn, is actually extremely simple. If you have a steady hand and a sturdy hanger, you are good to go!
How To: Pick up a shot glass using only the palm of your hand
Here is another way to win some free drinks or cash at a bar or party. In this tutorial, learn how to bet your friend and win - every time!
How To: Perform a bar trick using a bandana or cloth napkin
In this tutorial, learn how to trick people in a bar or at a party. This trick requires only a small piece of cloth like a napkin or bandana. You ask an opponent to try and tie the cloth in a knot without crossing their arms or letting go of the ends of the fabric. This may sound impossible but with a simple slight of hand you'll be able to tie it and win your bet!
How To: Perform a self lighting candle trick
In this trick - which is perfect for any restaurant or bar - you will learn how to light a candle without actually ever touching a flame to the wick. Don't think it's possible? Think again! You will learn exactly how to do this illusion and amaze everyone around you. Score some free drinks or a couple bucks with this supernatural feeling goof.
How To: Balance a toothpick, forks and objects on a toothpick
This trick is fascinating! Check out this tutorial for advice on how to balance heavy objects like two forks on a single toothpick. This video will show you how to take two forks, two toothpicks, a wine bottle and a cork and make it all balance. You can thank gravity and this clip for all the free beers you are about to get!
How To: Remove a Cork from Inside a Wine Bottle
In this video, learn a cool bar trick. In it, you will see how to remove a cork from inside a bottle without breaking it.
How To: Do the whiskey versus water bar trick to win bets
If you are looking for a cool new way to hustle free drinks at the bar or cash from your friends, check out this tutorial. In this video, you will learn an incredibly interesting trick using just whiskey, water, two shot glasses and a card or driver's license. Bet a friend that you can make make water and whiskey switch shot glasses without pouring or dumping either glass.
How To: Perform an amazing 'pick a card' magic trick
In this video, learn how to do the world's most amazing card trick! This trick, sometimes called "Black and Red" or "Pick a card".
How To: Shotgun a beer using just your finger
In this tutorial, learn how to shotgun a beer using only the tip of your thumb - and of course your mouth!
How To: Make a beverage vanish into thin air with Trickbusters
In this tutorial, learn how to make someone's beverage completely disappear with a special trick. It will appear as though you are simply leaning over your friend's glass but when you lift your arm their drink will have disappeared! If you would like to know how to do this trick and successfully annoy your friends, follow along with this tutorial. The Trickbusters will debunk the illusion and explain the secrets behind it.
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 tap water glow in color coming out of the tap
In this tutorial, learn how to assemble a funky faucet that will make your tap water glow many colors as you use it. In this video, you will receive step by step instructions on how to make your water look unreal. This activity is super fun and you will amaze any guests who try and use your sink after dark!
How To: Make a Beer Bottle Explode by Tapping It
Here is a cool trick that you can do to amaze your friends: make a beer bottle explode right in front of their eyes! All you need is a little skill and your bare hands, and that sturdy bottle will smash to pieces in your palms.
How To: Saw through your neck with floss like Criss Angel
In this tutorial, learn the secrets begind the mystery of Criss Angel's saw through the neck trick. You will learn how to take a piece of dental floss and make it look as though you are pentrating your neck straight through. At the end of the trick, pull the floss back out and there isn't even a scratch! Amazing!
How To: Make a magic wallet out of paper
In this tutorial, learn how to make a magic wallet. These wallets are made so that no matter how you turn them you won't lose your bills. The paper or money can pass from section to section of your wallet like magic and not fall off.
How To: Perform the pen pentrating real money magic trick
Looking for a cool trick to impress your friends? Check out this tutorial from Stephen Ablett. In it, he will show you how to stick a pen through a dollar bill and take it out again, leaving the bill totally intact!
How To: Make a normal coin vanish in your bare hands
There is no better way to amaze people than with a vanishing act. When something tangible is there and then disappears, it is bound to blow anyone's mind.
How To: Tie your cigarette in a knot and still smoke it
This tutorial is a great way to fool your friends. In this video, learn how to basically beat up your cigarette and still be able to smoke it.
How To: Perform a smoking fingers party trick
Making your fingers smoke when you rub them together is a great trick to make you look like a hybrid of Gordon Gecko and the devil. Are those really two different things? This video demonstrates how to make the effect happen using only a match strike, a lighter, some scissors, and, of course, your hand. A very cool magic trick.
How To: Push a Coin Through the Bottom of a Glass
This magic trick requires no equipment or setup and is sure to wow the crowd in any bar. The magician appears to thrust a coin upwards through the bottom of a pint glass, when really they use a French transfer to switch the coin to their other hand and drop it into the top of the glass with the hand that is holding the glass.
How To: Perform a coin penetration magic trick
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 perform this simple, easy trick with only a few basic materials.
How To: Freeze a beer in two seconds
This is a great con that you can use to impress your friends. Next time you have buddies over for a beer, goof on them with this funny trick.
How To: Perform a bending rubber coin illusion
In this tutorial, learn how to confuse and impress anyone with this funky illusion. In this video, you will learn how to adjust your fingers to make it appear as though an ordinary coin has turned to rubber in your hands.
How To: Make a coin appear out of a dollar bill
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a fun pub trick. Use a dollar bill, a coin and some slight of hand in order to impress your friends.
How To: Open any beer bottle with a piece of normal paper
This is an awesome trick that will impress any bar patron you run into. Follow along with this tutorial and learn how to use an ordinary piece of paper as a bottle opener! That's right!
How To: Perform an amazing magic toothpick trick
Looking for a sure fire way to win a bar bet? Check out this tutorial. This super easy magic trick will amaze even the most skeptical of audiences and guarantee you free drinks all night!
How To: Stump everyone in the bar with a cork trick
In this tutorial, presented by Scam School, learn how to master a complicated trick that you can perform in any bar. With this trick, you can challenge everyone in the bar and no one will be able to do it. You will stump and amaze everyone for sure! So, follow along and practice!
How To: Cut a lime in half using only a cigarette
Normally we wouldn't tell you to emulate prisoners in jail, but there's one fun trick that we can pick up from the Texas State Prison system.
How To: Put out a candle with an empty glass
Amaze and amuse your friends with this fun magic trick! Using only vinegar and baking soda, which you may remember from some of the bottle-bomb-making videos elsewhere on the site, you can create carbon dioxide which, since it's heavier than air, can be used to invisibly fill a glass and then be poured onto a candle, extinguishing it without looking like it's done anything at all! No word on how long the gas will stay in the glass, so set this one up right before you want to do it and then hi...
How To: Double the Value of Your Card with a Magic Trick
This is a fun trick to perform on your friends, anywhere. First, explain to your buddies that your deck of cards is special and acts just like an ATM. They'll naturally be confused and ask you to prove it. That is when you take a low number card from your deck, swipe it, and turn it into a card worth twice as much!
How To: Magically Link Paperclips Without Touching Them
If you are looking to win an easy bar bet, check out this video. In it, you will learn how to link two paperclips together using magic and without ever touching the clips!
How To: Levitate a Paper Cup Using Magic
In this tutorial, learn how to trick your audience into thinking you can control things with your mind!
How To: Perform a Magic Trick with a Sugar Packet
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 secret.
How To: Do a Magic Trick Anytime, Anywhere and Close Up
When you do a magic trick, people will automatically try and guess your secret. This makes it difficult to do complicated tricks that must be performed from a distance to look real.
How To: Make a Coin Vanish in Front of Your Eyes
In this tutorial, learn how to make an ordinary coin vanish before your very eyes! For this trick, you will need a normal coin and a tube of lip balm. The lip balm helps the coin to secretly stick to the back of your hand.
How To: Smoke an Entire Cigarette Without Losing Any Ash
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a simple bar trick that will win you lots of free drinks! In this clip, you will learn the secret to smoking an entire cigarette without losing any ash at all! You will build a perfectly shaped ash stick where your paper cig used to be.
How To: Challenge a Friend to a Bent Cigarette Challenge
If you are looking for a bet that you are sure to win, check out this clip. In it, you will learn exactly how to bend a cigarette in half without breaking it! No one will believe you when you say you can crunch a cig so that both ends touch and still have an unbroken smokable cigarette.
How To: Make a Card Vanish and Reappear with Magic
One of the most basic, but most impressive card tricks is how to make a card vanish and reappear with ease.