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The Vanishing Coin

 There’s some preparation to perform this one, but it’s worth it.  You stack a playing card on top of one ring.  Then stack the second ring on top of the playing card.   The entire ring and card assembly is moved on top of the coin.  When you remove the top ring and card, the coin is shown to have completely disappeared.   Stack the ring and card back on top of the coin and  remove the entire assembly, and the coin returns.  The rings and playing  card are then laid onto the paper as they were at the start of the trick. 

Here’s the secret.  You’ll notice that the rings, card and coin are sitting on a piece of paper.  You obtain a  second sheet of the same paper and cut a circle that is the same diameter as the second (gimmicked) ring.  This is glued onto the bottom of the second ring.  This figure shows how the circular piece of paper is glued to the bottom of the ring. When you lay the ring on top of a coin, the matching paper that’s glued to the ring covers the coin and makes it look as if the coin has vanished.  It’s actually still there, you just can’t see it.  You can purchase the rings from any hardware store.  I found these rings for a little more than  50 cents apiece. If you like, you can perform this same trick using a clear drinking glass and cover the gimmicked glass with a napkin.

Once you have your prepared ring, you’re ready to perform the trick. Set-up the rings and card as in the first figure. If you like you can borrow a coin. Notice that the playing card is inserted underneath the ungimmicked ring to subtly imply that both rings are alright and not altered. Simply follow the steps outlined above in the presentation of the effect. 

Clip Card

In this easy magic trick, you show a spectator five cards and ask them to  remember the position of the middle card (in this case a queen). You turn around the five cards and ask the spectator to clip the middle card (queen) using a paper clip. Most spectators will clip the middle card. But when you turn the cards around, you show that their paper clip is nowhere near the queen. There’s no real secret. It’s based on the fact that a group of cards   displays in different ways when shown in the front versus the back.

Materials: Five old playing cards, no need to ruin a good deck, rubber cement and a paper clip. It helps to select five cards with one that contrasts against the others. Here, we’ve chosen a red queen to reside in the center among four black number cards.

 Preparation: Glue the cards to each other as in the picture. Make sure that the contrasting card is in the middle.

Display the group of cards to your spectator and ask him to remember the location of the queen.  Turn the cards around and ask the spectator to clip the queen using the paper clip. (Most spectators will clip the middle card.)  Just for fun, if you like, you can actually clip the queen to show the paper clip’s location on the back side of the cards.  The location of the overlapped queen is not where you would expect it to be.

Paper Clipped

Effect:
Two paper clips are attached to a dollar bill.  After pulling the ends of the dollar bill, the paper clips link and jump from the dollar.

Secret:
There is no real secret.  Simply follow the instructions and the trick almost works by itself.

Materials:
A dollar bill and two paper clips.  Form the dollar bill into an “S” pattern.  When you look down at the top of the bill, you should see the letter “S.”  Attach the paper clips to close the “S.”    The top  of the “S” attaches to the loop below it.  And the bottom of the “S” attaches to the loop above it.  Slowly pull the ends of the dollar bill. The paper clips will slide along the bill and come together in the center.    After coming together, the paper clips will link and jump off of the bill. .

Pull both ends of the bill away from each other quickly.  After coming together, the paper clips will link and jump off of the bill. 

 

 

The jumping rubber band

Materials: A rubberband. If you like, you can also use a hair band.

Hold your hand naturally and wrap the rubber band around your pinkie and ring fingers. Let the rubber band rest at the base of your fingers. The back of your hand should be facing your audience (The picture shows your hand from your view).

With your other hand, stretch the rubber band and insert the tips of your pinky, ring, middle and first fingers into it.

Rest your fingers in the rubber band against the palm of your hand. Notice how all of the fingers are resting inside of the rubber band and how the band is held against the fingertips.

At this point, you should be able to simply open (straighten) all of your fingers to make the rubber band "jump" to your index and middle fingers. If the rubber band doesn't jump, please review the instructions. Note that by reversing the direction, you can make the rubber band jump back to the original fingers.

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