Magic Card Tricks for Kids

Every time, a magician performs a trick, the audience is awed. A magic trick can be as complicated as making a person vanish, to as simple as, fishing out a quarter from someone's ear. Magic tricks are nothing but illusions, which make the trick seem unbelievable. This process of creating illusions, is the secret that is guarded by every magician. Here are some secrets of magic card tricks for kids, which you can perform.

Magic Card Tricks
Magic card tricks is a popular form of entertainment, that is the opening act of most magic performances. These tricks never cease to astonish. If you want to learn these card tricks, then here are a few easy ones. Ensure that you practice these card tricks first and only then perform it in front of an audience. These card tricks are very simple and do not need any props other than some household regulars.

The Clip and Card Trick: This is one of the simplest magic card tricks for kids. For this trick, all you need is 5 cards, a gluestick and a paper clip.

• Glue the 5 cards, in such a way that when the cards are fanned, the number on all the cards can be read. Let the middle card be a Jack and the remaining 4 cards have different numbers.
• Show these 5 cards to the spectators and ask them to concentrate on the middle card.
• Now put the set of cards face down, and ask one of the spectators to clip the middle card.
• After he/she does this, turn the cards to face the audience and 'ta-da'! The person would have clipped the wrong card.

The secret of the trick is that, the cards when displayed from the front, look different versus the back.

Guessing The Card Trick: This is an old and easy magic card tricks for kids.To perform this trick, you need a deck of 52 cards.

• Look quickly at the bottom card of the deck, and memorize it. Let's say, it is the Queen of Hearts.
• Spread the deck of cards, face down on a table.
• Ask somebody to pick a card and memorize it.
• Then ask the spectator to cut the deck in two parts. Separate these two halves.
• Now ask the person to put their card on top of the deck, that is placed on the right side. Place the deck that was kept on the left side, on the deck that is on the right hand side.
• Lay the cards on the table face up. Now look for the bottom card, that is the Queen of Hearts. The card which is immediately to the left of this card, is the card that the person chose.

The Rising Card Trick: This is one of the classic magic card tricks for kids.

• For this trick, you need to learn how to locate the spectator's card, which you can do by using the guessing card trick that has been explained above.
• After you figure out the spectator's card, put this card on the top of the deck.
• Now hold the deck face up, in your left hand. Put your first finger of the right hand, on top of the deck and the thumb around the deck. Place the rest of the fingers, behind the deck.
• The secret of rising the card is that you move the last card with your little finger, and simultaneously move your first finger, which is on top of the deck.

Magnetic Magic Hand: Are you wondering about how to do magic card tricks for kids, which will amaze them? Try this one.For this trick you need some old playing cards, a pair of scissors and a glue stick.

• Cut a small flap, in the middle of the card. Pull the flap out, from the face-down side of the card.
• Stick this card, back to back, on top of another card, keeping the flap free. This is the magic card required for the trick.
• The flap should be of the right size so that you can hold it horizontally between your middle finger and the ring finger. The flap should not be so big, that it can been seen by your spectators.
• Hold the gimmick card between your fingers by the flap and arrange 6 cards around the magic card. Make sure the magic card lies, at the bottom of all the cards, so that when you turn your palm to face the audience, the weight of the rest of cards, will be held by the magic card.
• Now show these cards to the audience, by holding your palm up. Keep a thumb placed on the magic card.
• Now shift your palm down, and release the thumb. Voila! All the cards will be still sticking to your palm.

Vanishing Card Trick: Ever tried to make something vanish and failed? Try this magic card trick to make a card vanish.

• For this trick, you need a hemmed handkerchief, a toothpick and a deck of cards.
• Take a toothpick and carve it, so that it matches the width of a playing card. The excess of the toothpick can be removed using a pair of scissors or a penknife.
• Insert this toothpick into the hem of the handkerchief.
• Fan out the deck of cards on a table. Lay the handkerchief on top of the deck. Make sure that the part of the handkerchief with the toothpick, is near you.
• Now hold the toothpick, between your fingers and say something like "I am going to make this card invisible..." This, will give the illusion, that you are holding a card.
• Shake the handkerchief a bit and pull. Open the handkerchief and show it to the audience. Read more, on magic and optical illusions.

Whenever you are performing these magic tricks for kids, use phrases that famous magicians use. Say things like, now you will see the amazing magic of... or abracadabra, etc. This will make your magic card tricks for kids, more mesmerizing. So gather your audience, and perform these magic card tricks for kids with flair and watch the audience oohing and aahing.