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Cutting a Lady in Half

October 18, 2013 by Colette Kelly 10 Comments

Cutting a lady in halfCutting a Lady in Half 

You will need:

  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Masking tape
  • Beads or buttons or stickers for the ‘handles’
  • The ‘lady’ printout
  • The ‘bamboo effect’ printout
  • The ‘magic box’ printout

* Click on the links for the print outs.

download instructions button s

A few tips before you start:

Print all the graphic elements out before you start.

It works best if you can print the ‘magic box’ graphic on cardboard. If you can’t print on cardboard, glue the printout to an A4 sheet of cardboard.

Using cardboard gives the box a little bit more stiffness than just using paper.

Ask a grow up for help with cutting the ‘doors’ and slits in your ‘magic box’ printout.

 

Making your magic box:

Cutting a lady in halfStep 1:

Cut along the solid black line that makes the outline of the ‘magic box’ graphic where you see the scissor symbol.

Cutting a lady in halfStep 2:

Cut the two slits in the back of the ‘magic box’ as shown on the magic box graphic and in the picture.

 

Cutting a lady in halfStep 3:

Now cut the bamboo effect out. This will be the front of your ‘magic box’, just like a real life ‘Cutting a Lady in Half’ illusion.

Step 4:

Cover the back of the bamboo effect paper with glue. It needs to stick down flat without any bubbles. Glue it to the non printed side of the ‘magic box’ paper. Make sure that it is matching up with the ‘front of the box’ on the reverse side. Don’t stick it over the slits you’ve cut in step 3. (See pictures below).

Cutting a lady in half

 

Cutting a lady in half

Step 5:

Cut the bamboo effect paper that is sticking over the edge of the box off like shown in the picture.

 

 

 

 

Cutting a lady in halfStep 6:

Now it is time to cut the ‘doors’ in your box. Cut along the solid black lines as shown to make two flaps. DON’T cut the doors off.  Fold the doors on the dotted lines.

Cutting a lady in halfStep 7:

Fold your ‘magic box’ on the dotted line that is running across the middle of the graphic. You are only a few steps away from completing your ‘Cutting a Lady in Half Magic Box’.

 

Step 8:

Using masking tape, stick the bottom front edge to the bottom back edge. (See pictures below). You now have a sleeve. Stick masking tape over the folded edge as well to make it look the same as the bottom edge.

Cutting a lady in half

Cutting a lady in halfStep 9:

Glue a couple of buttons or beads on the ‘doors’ of the ‘magic box’ for extra effect. You can use stickers or draw handles should you wish.

 

Preparing the ‘Lady’:

Cutting a lady in half

Step 10:

  1. Fold the ‘lady’ graphic in half along the long edge.
  2. Cover the inside with glue and stick down.
  3. Trim the edge off along the dotted line.

 

Almost there!

You have your ‘gimmick’ for ‘Cutting the Lady in Half’ magic trick.

Ready for the handling?

 

 

 

Cutting a lady in half

 

Loading your ‘magic box’:

  1. Slide your ‘lady’ into the side of the ‘magic box’.
  2. What the audience doesn’t see is that the ‘lady’ weaves through the slits in the back of the ‘magic box’.
  3. Getting ready to cut the lady in half, the audience sees the ‘magic box’ and the ‘lady’ being cut in half.
  4. The audience doesn’t see the scissors avoiding the ‘lady’ and only cutting through the ‘magic box’.

 

 

Well done!

Ta-Da! You have done the ‘Cutting a Lady in Half’ illusion!

Cutting a lady in half

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Comments

  1. Kimberly Crowder says

    October 21, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    Please send a link to the magic box and bamboo printout for the cutting a lady in half trick.

    Reply
    • hitesh says

      December 17, 2013 at 11:07 am

      Please send a link to the magic box and bamboo printout for the cutting a lady in half trick.

      Reply
    • SiliconMagic says

      October 25, 2016 at 11:47 pm

      Awesome

      Reply
  2. ove says

    May 8, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Very GOOD trick at your site.100% NICE

    Reply
  3. Darius says

    December 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    This SO impressing and easy!WOW!

    Reply
  4. Dianne says

    March 26, 2015 at 9:38 am

    Please send a link for the lady and bamboo box. It is not with the instructions.

    Reply
    • Colette Kelly says

      March 26, 2015 at 1:23 pm

      Hi Dianne, the links are on the webpage: http://magictricksforkids.org/cutting-a-lady-in-half/
      Have fun!

      Reply
  5. Sheela says

    January 15, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    Make a video how to make magic box and picture of lady

    Reply
  6. TypicalZ says

    October 26, 2016 at 12:00 am

    This Is So Good

    Reply
  7. Cal says

    October 30, 2016 at 7:15 pm

    Nice illusion…Whos the cutie with you? your daughter?

    Reply

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