Hot Magic & Parlor Tricks How-Tos
How To: Do double vertical wrist rolls
Check out this tutorial if you are having trouble with your double vertical wrist rolls. This video is short, sweet and informative, and here to help! This clip will break it down for you - step by step and forward and reverse.
How To: Remove paper from between a bottle & coin seamlessly
Check out this cool trick. In this video, Mr. G teaches you how to win a bar bet with this funky science-based trick. Place a piece of paper in between a glass wine bottle and a coin and bet someone that you can remove the paper without disturbing the coin or bottle at all. The secret is tricky and involves basically burning the paper away until you can snap it right off. So, follow along and win yourself a ton of free drinks next time you're out!
How To: Perform the "Flip the Winning Hand" card trick
Aspiring card shark? Sink your pearly whites into this easy, impressive illusion. In this free video magic lesson, you'll learn how to perform the "Flip the Winning Hand" using sleight of hand. For more information, including a step-by-step breakdown of this no-gimmick trick, watch this prestidigitator's guide.
How To: Perform the "Metamorphosis" card trick
Got a deck of standard playing cards? Looking for your next great illusion? Prefer that it be Kafkaesque? Look no further. In this free video magic lesson, you'll learn how perform the "Metamorphosis" card trick. For more information, including a step-by-step breakdown, and to get started impressing your friends and family with this great trick, watch this prestidigitator's guide.
How To: Perform the "Serenade of the Kings" card trick
Got a deck of standard playing cards? Looking for your next great illusion? Look no further. In this free video magic lesson, you'll learn how perform the "Serenade of the Kings" card trick. For more information, including a step-by-step breakdown of the trick, and to get started using it to impress your friends and family, watch this prestidigitator's guide.
How To: Perform the "Joker Sandwich" card trick
Got a deck of standard playing cards? Looking for your next great illusion? Look no further. In this free video magic lesson, you'll learn how perform the "Joker Sandwich" card trick. For more information, including a step-by-step breakdown of the trick, and to get started impressing your friends and family, watch this prestidigitator's guide.
How To: Perform the "Clockwork" card prediction magic trick
Aspiring card shark? Sink your pearly whites into this easy, impressive illusion. In this free video magic lesson, you'll learn how to perform the "Clockwork" card prediction trick. For more information, including a step-by-step breakdown of the illusion, watch this prestidigitator's guide.
How To: Do vortex suicides with your diabolo
There are many cool juggling tricks that you can perform using a diabolo. In this video, learn how to do vortex suicides with your teacher, Marijn Sax. Suicides are super hard to do and once you get the hang of them, you will be sure to impress anyone who watches. Have fun!
How To: Perform the coin matrix magic trick
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a coin magic trick called the "coin matrix". This trick is very cool and easy to perform anywhere you can find some coins, making it perfect for bars, restaurants, parties and anywhere else that needs a little magic.
How To: Balance 10 nails on top of one single nail
This is a very cool trick. In this video, you will learn how to make a platform and set up for a cool bar game/trick. Once you have built the platform, you are ready to challenge your friends to this crazy mind game.
How To: Fool people with the 2 wine cork bar trick
In this trick, bet someone that they can't transfer two corks between their hands and separate them without getting stuck. Unless you know the trick, you won't be able to do this. Check out this tutorial and let Scuba show you exactly how to do this funky illusion and win many bets.
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: Perform the hand on body magic trick
This trick is great for anyone who is easy to fool - from little kids to drunk bar patrons. In this two part video, you will learn how to perform a super simple trick - no props needed - that will make everyone laugh. Ask a friend to touch a spot anywhere on their body with one hand that they are unable to touch with the other hand. Watch them stuggle and then check out part two of this clip to see the solution!
How To: Put a hole in a dollar bill big enough to fit a body
In this video, learn a cool bar trick that will win you tons and tons of beers. In this two part tutorial, you will learn exactly how to bet someone that they can't fit a human body through a hole in a single dollar bill. They will be completely confused and have no idea what to do.
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: Do the "3 knife scaffold trick" and win bar bets
This video will show you how to perform a great bar trick/puzzle/proposition bet called the "Three Knife Scaffold". This trick is super easy, it just takes a bit of know-how. In this tutorial, learn how to place your knives in order to fool your friends and win any bets they might make.
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: Make a cigarette or straw magically roll across a bar
In this clip, learn a classic bar trick. This instructional video will show you how to use deflection and slight of hand to make a cigarette or pen appear to magically walk across a table. You will amaze your friends and impress plenty of people in the bar or restaurant with this gag.
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: Do the ring and chain trick
In this tutorial, learn how to trick everyone you know. This video will show you exactly how to get a ring to catch on a simple chain with a simple hand movement - no trick chains. People will be completely amazed and not able to challenge you. Have fun!
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: 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: Make a soda or beer can balance on its side
Looking to impress your gullible friends and win a bar bet? Check out this tutorial if you are!
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.