Magic Tricks for Beginners

Magic is nothing but an illusion created by a magician. It is a form of art that entertains and fascinates people of all ages. Most of us after seeing a magic trick, wish that someday even we can astonish at least our family and friends by performing it. And why not, any body can learn magic provided it has been taught under proper and correct guidance. Moreover, one doesn't need special skills to learn and perform magic, but do require correct timing and of-course the trick to do the magic. Therefore, here are some magic tricks for beginners with coins and cards, that are easy to understand and learn.

Magic Tricks with Cards

Four Jacks
It is an easy card magic trick, in which four jacks are kept in different parts of the deck and in a flash, they are found together at the top.

Procedure: To start, place the four jacks on top of the deck and any three other cards on top of the jacks. The cards have to be arranged in a way, that the jacks are fanned out and the group of three cards remains on top of the deck. Now display the deck from the front, so that your audience can see the fanned cards but the top three cards which are hidden by the jacks, they are unable to see. Push the jacks into the deck, your audience will think that the four jacks are on top of the deck, but actually they are at positions four, five, six and seven in the deck. Take the top (non-jack) card, without showing it and keep it in the lower half of the deck. Likewise take the second and third cards and without showing them, keep them into the deck. Now show the top card to be jack by just turning it over and then leaving it on top. Push the other cards (non-jacks) into the deck, your audience will think that the other jacks have got lost in the deck, but actually they're all on top of the deck. Finally, turnover the top four cards of the deck to show that the jacks have come back to the top.

Aces From Your Pocket
In this easy magic trick, a member from the audience shuffles a deck, divides it and drops it into the inner pocket of your coat. You ask that person to call out a number between "1" and "10." You remove the number of cards from the deck in your pocket, and then lay down the next card on the table. After repeating this three times when you turn over the four separate cards on the table, they are all aces.

Procedure: For this trick you need to wear a jacket with an inner pocket. Before you start the trick, take out all the aces from the deck and put them into your pocket, with their faces towards your body. Now give the deck to someone from the audience to shuffle and divide. Ask that person to put the deck into the same pocket having the aces. As you hold open your pocket, slip your hand in to hide the aces and push the deck of cards against the outer edge of the pocket. Ask for a number between 1 and 10, put your hand in to your pocket to count cards from the top of the deck. Now when you get to the last number, take out one of the aces and keep the packet on the table with the ace face down away from the packet. Repeat this step until you have removed all four aces and finally turn over the four cards on the table to reveal all the aces.

Magic Tricks with Coins

Coin Through The Hat
It is a simple coin trick in which you keep an empty glass on a table and over it place a hat with the open side up. You'll toss a coin into the hat which appears to penetrate through the hat and is heard falling into the glass.

Procedure: For this trick you need two duplicate coins, a glass tumbler and a hat (a derby hat will do or can borrow someone's hat in the audience). Place a coin in a finger palm position in the right hand, show the glass, take the hat in your left hand and keep it crown down in the right hand over the coin. Now let the coin to slip down to the tips of your right fingers under cover of the hat. Using both hands, keep the hat over the glass, so that the coin is held on the edge of the glass by the weight of the hat. Now take the other coin, (the duplicate coin), in the left hand, perform the French Drop i.e. the coin between the fingers and thumb, with fingers facing the audience and thumb behind, and then retain the coin in the left hand. Make a throwing motion towards the hat with your right hand, slightly touching the rim of the hat, and the coin will fall into the glass. Pick up the hat in the right hand and instantly slip the coin from your left hand into your pocket. Now keep the hat aside, pick up the glass and let the coin in the glass fall into the hands of one of your audience member.

Traveling Coin
Here you borrow a coin, which you place beneath your left foot and when you raise your foot, the coin disappears and appears underneath your right foot.

Procedure: For this trick you have to sit on a chair. Take two coins with one coin secretly kept underneath your right heel. You will lift your right foot slightly and draw it backwards without revealing the coin. Now take the first coin and pretend to place it beneath your left foot, but drop it in your pants cuff. When you'll raise your right foot, the coin will appear there, showing as if the coin has traveled from left to right foot.

These were some amazing yet simple magic tricks for beginners, that can be implemented easily. No matter how simple they are, practice well before performing and once succeeded, don't forget to bow graciously when you are applauded loudly!