Tricks is one of the skills that are part of art, it is to make a skill with what is credible and turn it into impossible. Children is an audience that they generally love, they observe how with the skill of the hands makes movements where they make objects and things appear and disappear, and they see that as magic.
Children begin to suspect from the age of 4 that magic forms a very ingenious ability where its result has been manipulated in a discreet way. They observe that this game tries to fascinate an entire audience, and they already begin to interpret it as a magic trick. For this reason, in this article we can make a small selection of some of them so that they can learn to be little magicians.
How to practice and be a good magician: magic tricks
Some of the magic tricks are easy to understand and are usually designed so that the little ones can already practice at home and enter the world of magic. The steps are simple and it takes practice to create that atmosphere of mystery. You can use first-hand materials such as fabrics, rope, paper, tissues, balls ... and use short and direct tricks so that they do not try to remember a large number of steps.
Within his prowess as a little magician You can not miss your clothes, magic materials, magic wand and even background music. Nor should we forget the comic touch to decorate with better emphasis that small performance and The magical words.
Why is it good for them to practice magic?
- It requires discipline. We already know that making them recreate something that takes time and dedication is good for them. In this case they must practice a lot to master the trick.
- They use memory: they must memorize the steps very well so that the show is perfect.
- Enhance your creativity helping them to develop their imagination and that will make them gain much more confidence in themselves.
- Increase your communication power: This type of skill and ability makes them want to express themselves safely in front of an audience and thus lose certain fears and better train their speech and expression.
Magic tricks for kids
The coin that disappears in a glass of water
This magic trick is very simple.
- We need: a coin, an empty transparent glass and some water.
- Performance: place the coin on a table and place the base of the glass on top of it. Little by little we will pour the water and we will observe that the coin is disappearing. The trick is to see that there is an optical illusion, since when the light passes through the water it is not reflected and we observe that the image of the coin disappears.
The balloon that is pierced by a sharp object and does not explode
It is surely one of the tricks that have been seen the most but that continue to impress everyone. We all know that a balloon when it is punctured immediately explodes, but in this case it does not.
- Makings: a globe and a pointed needle that is sharp, or any fine rod that is sharpened with a sharp end, can be made of wood or metal.
- Performance: We will inflate the balloon and then proceed to pierce it with the sharp object. We will observe that as we go through it from one end to the other, the balloon does not explode, so it will seem like a magic trick.
Guess the card in the deck
- Makings: we need a deck
- Performance: We ask one of the spectators to choose a card from the deck. They have to memorize it and not tell the magician what it is. Next, the magician opens the block of the deck and asks that it be put away. With the block of cards in his hand, he teaches one by one until he finally reaches the card that was chosen and makes him believe that he is a magician who guesses everything.
The trick is the next step ...
When the spectator is asked to put away the card, the magician has two blocks of cards in his hands. Above one of the blocks is where you will place the letter but you must observe the last card that appears at the end of the other block, which will be the one that is positioned or placed above the letter you are going to save. In this way, when you have the two blocks together, you will begin to draw each card one by one. When you get to the card you visualized before closing the block, it will tell you that the next card that comes next was the card chosen by the spectator. In this way you have already guessed what the letter was.