Join us on Facebook
Magic Tricks For Kids
  • Home
  • Magic Lessons
    • Magic Lessons #1 – Paper Bag Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #2 – Change Bag Magic Prop
    • Magic Lessons #3 – Audience Magic Tricks
    • Magic Lessons #4 – Halloween Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #5 – Magic Paddle Move
    • Magic Lessons #6 – Knife Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #7 – Vanishing Coin Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #8 – Stage Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #9 – Magic Seeds Wand
    • Magic Lessons #10 – Rubber Band Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #11 – Water Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #12 – Food Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #13 – Jumping Carrot Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #14 – Match Box Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #15 – Newspaper Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #16 – Win a Coin Toss
    • Magic Lessons #17 – Money Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #18 – Penetrating Matches Trick
    • Magic Lessons #19 – Finger Illusion Trick
    • Magic Lessons #20 – Instant Star Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #21 – Torn and Restored Napkin
    • Magic Lessons #22 – Jumping Rubber Band Trick
    • Magic Lessons #23 – Cut and Restored Balloon Trick
    • Magic Lessons #24 – Balloon Penetration Trick
    • Magic Lessons #25 – Disappearing Sugar Trick
    • Magic Lessons #26 – Cups and Balls Trick
    • Magic Lessons #27 – Linking Shoelace Trick
    • Magic Lessons #28 – Age Prediction Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #29 – Clipped Card Trick
    • Magic Lessons #30 – Paper Rose Napkin Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #31 – Comedy Card Trick
    • Magic Lessons #32 – Jumping Flea Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #33 – Jingle Bell Monte
    • Magic Lessons #34 – Sneaky Card Sleight
    • Magic Lessons #35 – Frog Prince Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #36 – Hindu Force
    • Magic Lessons #37 – Bigger Smaller Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #38 – False Shuffle
    • Magic Lessons #39 – Fantastic Mr Plastic Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #40 – Magic Force Bag
    • Magic Lessons #41 – Quiz Show Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #42 – That Magician Is Me
    • Magic Lessons #43 – Appearing Wand Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #44 – Can I Call You?
    • Magic Lessons #45 – Towel Elephant
    • Magic Lessons #46 – Elephants Never Forget Trick
    • Magic Lessons #47 – Sheikh Mabooty
    • Magic Lessons #48 – Smart Feller
    • Magic Lessons #49 – CSI Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #50 – Coin Fold Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #51 – Crazy Matchbox Trick
    • Magic Lessons #52 – Mystery of the Missing Sock
    • Magic Lessons #53 – Pencil Magic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #54 – It’s Magic Time
    • Magic Lessons #55 – Glass Through Table Trick
    • Magic Lessons #56 – Magazine Prediction Trick
    • Magic Lessons #57 – Nut and Bolt Trick
    • Magic Lessons #58 – Lucky Coin Trick
    • Magic Lessons #59 – Sneaky Shoelace Trick
    • Magic Lessons #60 – Misdirection Lesson
    • Magic Lessons #61 – Jumping Bean Trick
    • Magic Lessons #62 – Secret Magic Code
    • Magic Lessons #63 – Grandma’s Bra Trick
    • Magic Lessons #64 – Magic Pen Trick
    • Magic Lessons #65 – Safety Pin Trick
    • Magic Lessons #66 – Floating Steel Ball
    • Magic Lessons #67 – String Trick
    • Magic Lessons #68 – Dice Trick
    • Magic Lessons #69 – Behind Back Card Force
    • Magic Lessons #70 – Long Card Trick
    • Magic Lessons #71 – Get Down Trick
    • Magic Lessons #72 – Easy Card Force
    • Magic Lessons #73 – Missing Card Hotline
    • Magic Lessons #74 – Magic String Trick
    • Magic Lessons #75 – Magic Mail Box
    • Magic Lessons #76 – Card-O-Matic Trick
    • Magic Lessons #77 – Need a Magic Hand?
    • Magic Lessons #78 – My Friend Has Three Eyes
  • All Tricks Index
  • Magicians Dictionary
  • About US
  • History of Magic
    • Fox Sisters
    • Kuda Bux
    • Al Goshman
    • Richard Potter
    • Shin Lim
    • Nate Leipzig
    • Max Malini
    • Dedi the Magician
    • Orson Welles
    • Fred Kaps
    • Cardini
    • Derren Brown
    • Charles Dickens
    • Ali Bongo
    • The Amazing Kreskin
    • Theodore Hardeen
    • David Blaine
    • Louis Haselmayer
    • Joseph Dunninger
    • Burling Hull
    • Penn and Teller
    • Haruo Shimada
    • Professor Louis Hoffmann
    • Hieronymus Scotto
    • Theodore Annemann
    • Zanzigs
    • Talma
    • Murray
    • Uri Geller
    • James Randi
    • Tommy Cooper
    • Stewart James
    • John Henry Anderson
    • Annie Abbott
    • Kalanag
    • Dante the Magician
    • Al Koran
    • Paul Daniels
    • Matthias Burchinger
    • Siegfried and Roy
    • Harry Blackstone Sr.
    • Robert Harbin
    • Dai Vernon
    • Criss Angel
    • Juliana Chen
    • Lance Burton
    • John Nevil Maskelyne
    • Mark Wilson
    • Dynamo
    • David Copperfield
    • Chung Ling Soo
    • Edgar Wilson Benyon
    • Doug Henning
    • Aldo Colombini
    • Jean Eugène Robert Houdin
    • Harry Houdini

Magic Lessons #8 – Stage Magic Trick

August 2, 2013 by Julian Mather

Magic Lessons #8 – Stage Magic Trick

Stage Magic Trick - Magic Lessons #8 - Magic Tricks For KidsHow do you find a stage magic trick?

When you are searching for magic tricks, do you click your way through the online magic store catalogues? Are you on magic shop mailing lists and when you get an email in your inbox saying new magic tricks have been released you get really excited?

I hope you are.

Ken and I were just the same. But then something happened to us.

What in the world could possibly stop us getting excited about new magic tricks?

Simply, we started to realise that so many new tricks are just old tricks dressed up with a new name and some new packaging. We also started to realise that we were spending money to re-purchase something we already owned that we weren’t using because we thought it was old and tired.

We both opened our eyes and realised there is GOLD IN OLD. The closer we looked into this the more we found. Magicians from decades past didn’t get standing ovations from their audience because the magic was ‘bad’. It was, and still is, good magic.

This stage magic trick is old and it is GOLD.

I know so because I use this in my shows that earn me money.

It has two great strengths for me as a stage magic trick:

  1. Few people have seen this because we have moved on to a time when newspapers are getting fewer and fewer. This means there is a real surprise element added to my magic show.
  2. It is not a magic trick (in the strictest sense of the word). It does however work perfectly with magic tricks because it adds variety. It is certainly my experience that audiences love variety in shows.

Here are a few extra tips for this stage magic trick lesson:

– The biggest tip I can give you on making this is to use a brand new box cutter blade. Ask your parents to help you out.

– This makes it fast and easy. Try and devise your own way to make these cuts. Please tell me if you work out a better way. I love to find smarter ways to do things.

– Newspaper is perfect for this magic production. It is much thinner and lighter than regular paper you would find in your printer for example. I have Julian Tree Demo - Stage Magic Trick - Magic Tricks For Kidsfound I can roll up to about 40 sheets to make a tree that grows to nearly three metres in height. You can’t go too much higher than this because the weight of paper and even a slight breeze will cause the tree to fold in the middle and unceremoniously fall to one side. And believe me it doesn’t look that great when this bends and flops to one side. Bad magic.

Your audience will love it if it just goes 3 feet into the air. An impressive stage magic trick for sure.

Another tip: when you extend it to about two thirds of its length it is better to shake the last third to the floor so it touches the ground. This is an applause cue with your hands out to the side and it really shows the height compared to your own height.

 

Follow the Magic Tricks For Kids Team to Keep Up With New Posts!

YouTube

Twitter

Facebook

 

Did you enjoy this Stage Magic Trick? To learn more easy magic tricks Click here!

Filed Under: Easy Magic Tricks for Kids, Magic Lessons, Magic Tricks You Can Make, Simple Magic Tricks Tagged With: Magic Lessons #8, magic tricks for kids, Paper Tree Magic Trick, Stage Magic Trick

Easy Card Tricks For Kids

Easy Card Tricks For Kids Card magic is … Click the picture to see more

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Youtube
  • Twitter

Welcome

  • All Tricks Index
  • Magic Lessons
  • Magician's Dictionary
  • History of Magic

Information

  • About Us
  • Info for Parents
  • Terms of Service
    Privacy Policy
© 2023 - The Magic Tricks For Kids.
All Rights Reserved
Design by Muse