Card Trick 5
Effect:
The magician spills the deck onto the table.
He picks one of the cards up with a magic handkerchief, says a magic word
and poof! the card disappears
Supplies:
~a deck of cards (or part of a deck)
~a toothpick (or a thin popsicle stick)
~a handkerchief that is not see-through and that has a hem
~scissors
~OPTIONAL: magic
puppet
Preparation:
Cut the toothpick so that it's the same width as one
of the cards (the width is the shorter side of the card.) Push the
toothpick into the hem of the handkerchief, making sure it won't fall out.
Secret:
Spread the deck of cards out on the table... you may
want to fiddle with this a bit, using a magic
puppet, to draw the audience's attention to the cards and the puppet.
Place the handkerchief overtop of the cards with the
toothpick hem facing down. Don't fiddle with this part... you don't
want them to guess that the handkerchief is special.
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With your thumb and finger, pick up the
handkerchief, holding onto the toothpick (Say something like,
"I will now pick up a card"). This will trick
the audience into thinking there is a card under the
handkerchief.
Pick up the edges of
the toothpick so it looks like you’re picking up a card.
The red in the diagram
represents the toothpick, but it will be invisible to the
audience.
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Say some magic words, wave a wand or wave your magic
puppet over the handkerchief.
Flap it in the air, letting go of the toothpick part
and just holding the corner.
Presto! The "card" has disappeared.
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