A knot mysteriously appears in the corner of a handkerchief

Effect: A knot mysteriously appears in the corner of a handkerchief. Secret:Before your performance, secretly tie a knot in one corner of a handkerchief. Show the handkerchief but hold it with the knot hidden in your right hand. The left hand now lifts the bottom end of the handkerchief and places it in the right hand along with the top corner. Give the handkerchief a shake and drop the unknotted end. Repeat this two or three times. On the second...

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A cup or glass vanishes with Cup Through Table trick

Effect: A cup or glass vanishes when wrapped in a sheet of paper. Secret: A piece of paper wrapped around the cup or glass will retain the shape of the cup  even after the magician has secretly dropped the cup into his lap. Props: A cup or glass, any small object and a sheet of newspaper or tissue paper. Preparation: Select a piece of newspaper slightly larger than the cup so that it will cover it completely with some overlap. Presentation:...

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A 10p coin changes to two 5p coins

Effect: A 10p coin changes to two 5p coins. Secret: To make the special wallet required you need two sheets of paper, folded as shown. Open out the folds and glue the shaded areas together. Put two 5p coins in the centre of the top sheet and fold it around them. Fold up the bottom sheet and turn the whole lot over. Place a borrowed 10p in the centre of the empty sheet and fold the paper around it. As you do this secretly turn the whole packet...

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Disappear a pencil

Effect: A pencil disappears. Secret: Show a pencil or pen and drape a large handkerchief over it. As soon as the pencil is out of sight,secretly extend your forefinger under the handkerchief as you allow the pencil to drop down your sleeve. Take the handkerchief with the other hand as if holding the pencil through the material. Throw the handkerchief into the air and the pencil has vanishe...

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Find The Coin

Effect: A coin is covered with any one of three cups and the cups are then moved around. You can say immediately which cup is covering the coin. Secret: Attached to the coin is a long hair. When the coin has been covered the three cups can be moved around as much as anyone wants. Although your back has been turned while this has been going on you can easily locate which cup hides the coin. All you have to do is look for the hair sticking out...

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Currency note turns itself over

Effect: A currency note turns itself over. Secret: Hold the note in your left hand then fold it in half lengthways towards you. Next fold it in half away from you. Finally, fold the note in half again, this time towards your body. Now slowly unfold the note from the front, making each movement in the same direction. The note is now upside down! Strangely enough, this trick is more baffling if you do it really slowly but, like all tricks, you...

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First Read This - Three Golden Rules

Three Golden Rules 1. Never give away the secret Otherwise, the power of the effect is gone, and not only will the spectator feel cheated that they were fooled into thinking you could perform a miracle, but they will hate you for it. Any leverage you believed you would have gained by revealing the secret will last a mere few seconds, and will be instantly forgotten about as soon as they know how it’s done. If you had kept the secret,they will forever...

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