Make a big deal out of how solid the table is and how hard it will be to make the small object pass through the solid tabletop. Napkin/piece of paper that just covers cup and can hold it's shape Small object that will fit under cup (coin, small ball, key) This really looks like pure magic to an audience, so kids will definitely be impressed! This is an exercise in 'misdirection' as magicians call it - planting a red herring so that the audience is distracted from what's really going on. Grip a 5p piece between thumbs and index finger and use it to trick your kids into thinking it's the tip of the handle. Now pretend to straighten the spoon by running your hands over it and lifting it up for your audience to see.Īnother variation, and a little more convincing for more clued-up audiences: Let the spoon slide down your hand silently on to the table but cover with your hands so your audience thinks it's been bent. Rest the tip of the spoon on the table and pretend to be really struggling to bend it. Make it look like you're really exerting pressure on it. Make sure both your thumbs are on top at the tip of the handle. Hold the handle of the spoon with both hands like a shovel. This one is very simple so kids will definitely be practising it at the dinner table! Remember when Uri Geller was an A-lister? Well, now you can follow in his footsteps and blow your kids' minds with your mind-bending spoon skills. Pull the card out and ask 'is THIS your card?' and watch their jaw drop to the floor. The card you're looking for should be the only one of its colour amongst a load of opposite colour cards.

To find the card, look through the deck. Split the cards somewhere in the middle and place the bottom half on the top half to shuffle them. Fan out the bottom of the deck and ask them to insert the card back in the deck. Get your child to pick a card and ask them to remember it. Fan out a few cards from the top of the deck. Before you start the show, divide the pack into black and red. But it's one of the simplest tricks in the book. Another classic you may have seen and been awed by a hundred times already.

Easy magic trick with coins