Magic Tricks and Kids

Performing magic tricks for people is always fun. I can
honestly say I will never get bored or tired of doing magic
tricks for people as long as I live. There is something about
getting that reaction of disbelief from people. Having that
satisfaction just for a moment that what your spectators just
witnessed you do, may have indeed been real magic. To be able
to put doubt in their head, even know they know it really is
just a trick , they some how start to question themselves that
maybe, just maybe, you truly are magical. Just to watch
someone s eyes, the laughter, and even the odd screams, it is
something I will always cherish and continue to appreciate when
I perform magic tricks. But there is something a little more
special when doing magic tricks for specific people. The people
that I am referring to are kids.

The Imagination of Kids

Magic tricks and kids is quite a combination. Kids seem to have
a very different perception of the world than adults. What goes
on in their little minds, I don t think we will ever understand
or grasp but it is pure entertainment and just plain innocent
fun. For instance, when I performed a very famous coin trick
for a little boy, the boy was maybe 6 years old, his expression
and the words that came out of his mouth were priceless. I made
the coin disappear in front of his eyes and did the classic move
of pulling the coin out from his ear. Well, this boy s mouth
went as wide as the moon, I mean I could of just put my hand in
his mouth and easily removed his tonsils for him, hopefully he
won t need that done down the road, but it s those type of
reactions that I love. Then, the words that end up coming out
that mouth are even more priceless. Something that you can
never prepare yourself for, and I quote, Wow, can you pull more
money out of my ear so I can buy a new bike! . Well, I couldn t
stop laughing for about a minute, I am not sure if he understood
what just happened but it s instances like these where reality
just doesn t matter, just pure innocent fun.

Magic in their Eyes

Kids alone, just being themselves, bring their own type of magic
to us. One place that comes to my mind is Disney World. When
kids see or hear about Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck, their eyes
light up, a smile comes to their face, just a magical glow all
around. I get this same look when I pull a rabbit from a hat,
or make a worm crawl out of my pocket and onto my arm. It s
really not hard to make kids laugh and be astonished at what you
do. You know they are not out there to try and figure out how
you did that or try and spoil your magic trick, they are there
to be entertained, they are there for the magic.

About the Author

Dion Semeniuk is the owner of the popular online magic shop, This is Magic! To learn more about magic tricks and to receive your very own free magic trick videos so you can do magic also, visit http://www.thisismagic.com

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Magicians have their secrets but they won’t tell. It’s a sworn oath for magicians not to tell the audience how a trick is done. There are 3 secrets though that they’ve shared all throughout the years. Here are their 3 secrets.

The first secret is that some tricks are done through sleight of hand. These are ways with which they skillfully hide an object and make it reappear on another hand. New magicians hide things up their sleeves. Those are old tricks and very few used them now.

Sleights of hand require a lot of practice to master. Beginners of magic use specially created gimmicks to create the illusion. Professional magicians make use of their impressive sleight of hand. It requires a lot of time, patience and hand coordination to fully understand and do.

Another secret is the art of misdirection. See this blank paper? And as audience looks at the blank paper, he is carefully getting another piece with his other hand. This is misdirection. Another type of misdirection is the kind that doesn’t let the audience see what’s really causing the tricks. You might have seen that a magician has a lot of assistants who also do incredible stuff, but what you didn’t know is that they are helping the magician perform the magic just with their presence.

Another kind of misdirection is the appropriate use of words. For example, a magician will tell you to look at the ‘empty’ box. We tend to look at the box as empty just because he said it. This causes our mind to wonder when the magician gets a rabbit out of it.

Misdirection takes a lot of practice and lots of time in planning. It requires body coordination (one body doing something while the other is doing another thing) and quick thinking. Misdirection is an art and magicians are proud of it.

Another secret is their patter or a magician’s constant talk. Misdirection is achieved mostly because of patter. The magician will ask you to look at his right hand and as you are looking, you won’t notice what his left hand is doing. This is a really clever way to achieve the illusion that what happens next becomes so magical with the wink of an eye.

Patter usually takes the form of a story, where a magician will tell you of something that happened to him someday. Sometimes it’s so funny that we actually forget to look at what their hands are doing or what their assistants are giving them.

About the author:

Preston Houer has been involved with the art of illusion and sleight of hand for over 30 years. Let Preston show you how to Have Fun With Magic. Visit His Site Today! http://www.have-fun-with-magic.com

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