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 or third attempt allow the knotted corner to drop, retaining your grip on the other corner. All you have done is change the corner you are holding but it appears that the knot has formed by magic.

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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: Place the cup over any small object and wrap the paper around it. Ask the audience what is under the cup. Everyone will, of course, suspect that you are about to vanish the object. Lift the paper and cup to reassure everyone that the object is still on the table. Moving the wrapped cup slightly towards you, just clear of the table relax your hold so that the cup is allowed to quietly drop into your lap, out of sight of the audience, of course, whose attention is still focused on the object.The paper will retain the shape of the cup. When you again place the paper over the object, you must maintain the illusion that you are replacing both paper and cup. Wave your hand mysteriously over the "cup" and claim that you will make the object vanish. When you lift the "cup" the object is still there. Remove the object but replace the "cup". Tell the audience that something must have gone wrong and you are unable to vanish the object, so you have decided to vanish the cup instead! At that moment dramatically smash your hand down onto the paper which will flatten, giving the appearance that the "cup" has penetrated the table. Bring the cup from under the table(removing it from your lap, in one smooth movement) and replace it on the table.

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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 over.Open the paper to reveal the two coins.

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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 vanished!

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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 from beneath one of the cups and that tells you all you need to know!

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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 must practise it thoroughly to make sure you can do it perfectly before showing it to anyone.

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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 be astonished by the effect.

  2. Never perform the same trick twice
 The first time a spectator sees an effect, they are watching to see what will happen, to be amazed and entertained. The second time, they are trying to work out how it has been done. When their focus has changed, they may see the secret. This will not only destroy the trick for them, but they are usually cruel enough to spoil it for others as well, and reveal the secret to everyone they see. Ruining your act, and destroying the trick for anyone at the event who has yet to see the effect. Avoid doing a trick more than once; they havealready seen the effect, how will performing it a second time be any different? There isn’t any reason to do this, and it can only be disastrous for the performer.
  3. Practice, Practice, Practice!
 Wait until you have perfected the effect before performing it. To perform a trick un-prepared will most likely reveal the secret and make you look like an idiot. Only when you are confident that you can perform the trick effectively should you try it on real spectators. Try performing in front of a mirror, and then to family members. Don’t show your friends until it’s a little more polished.
 Ask for feedback on what trick was most effective, and what was not.
Discover which tricks they liked the most, and which tricks they did not understand. Everybody performs differently, and so some of these tricks may not suit your particular style. Therefore, the audience may not understand the effect you are trying to achieve, not because the effect didn't work, but because your style of performance did not allow them to imagine that you were capable of performing such a feat.

 Pick the tricks that suit your character the most. If possible, adapt them to fit a unique way of performing, which applies only to you.
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