Magic tricks aim to astonish and bewilder people. Magic tricks are illusions that aim to entertain a large number of people or just a single person.

Magic tricks can be done in close proximity or with the aid of a large stage at a certain distance from its audience. However the trick is done, successful magic is one that can keep audiences wonder in awe at what has just happened.

There are many different types of magic tricks that performers practice and use to entertain and to astonish. Different magicians try to specialize in one or a couple of the different methods in order to master.

Different types of magic tricks usually take years to learn and to master. Here are some of the different types of magic tricks that magicians try to perform and master.

Below are some different types of magic tricks:

Stage Magic

Stage magic is probably the most popular of all types of magic tricks. Also known as platform magic or stand-up magic, stage magic generally refers to magic being performed for a medium to a large number of spectators.

There are many versions of the voodoo magic trick. What you are trying to do here is simply to make the person believe you know what they are thinking of or what they had written down.

Here are the examples of voodoo magic tricks you can do:

One example is telling the person what they had written down on a piece of paper. For this, you will need to round up somebody and ask them if they want to perform a magic trick If they are more than happy, tell them to write something in a piece of paper. When they are finished, you instruct them to crumple the piece of paper and put it on the ashtray.

You then light it up using a match or a lighter and when it is completely burned, you get the burned piece of paper and rub this on your arms. When you are done, you tell the person what was written on the paper.

The key to making this magic trick work is being able to look at the paper before this is completely burned. You should do this magic trick without the other person noticing so they won’t know how you did it.

Ever seen someone tear a piece of paper and within a few seconds witness it put back together? If you think about it, that is not possible. But if you know the secret of this magic trick, you can achieve the same results.

Steps to perform the torn and restored magic trick:

For this magic trick, you will need to prepare a few things. Lets say you are using a playing card and before you perform the trick, rip off already a piece of the card of the same color and suit you will be using to make people believe that is going to be the one you are going to tear.

When you are ready, place the card facing in front of you and fold it into four pieces. Crease it and then unravel it. While you are doing that, explain to those who are watching that you are doing this so the card can be torn evenly.

In essence you are holding two cards with the extra torn card piece pressed by your thumb onto the side of the card that is facing you. You rip down the upper middle piece of the card stopping at the center and then fold down the upper right corner and slide out the card which you ripped earlier making people believe that you just tore it in front of them.

Ever seen a magician make someone float in the air? Have you ever wondered how this was done? Well, with some help, you can perform levitation magic trick and amaze the audience.

How to perform the levitation magic trick?

For levitation magic trick, you need a special type of couch that has a secret compartment where the person can slide into and stay in until the trick is over.

You can call someone from the audience or just let your assistant help you by letting them sit in a reclining position and then covering them with a piece of cloth.

After some time, you command that person to rise and once she has risen to a height about a foot from the couch, you remove the couch and walk around that person. Unknown to the audience, the person does not really levitate and what they see is simply a mesh like screen that is shaped like the body of the subject.

To make the levitation magic trick more believable, you tell the person to rise a few feet more way above your head.  This is made possible by the four strings of invisible thread attached to the mesh and controlled by another person who follows your lead by telling them when to raise or lower the cloth.

There is nothing more entertaining to do at parties or gatherings than doing a number of simple magic tricks.

There are a number of simple magic tricks that are fairly easy to learn. You do not need to have extraordinary talent to do simple magic tricks for entertainment.

All you will need is some time to read and understand the simple magic trick as well as to practice. There are some simple magic tricks that you can try out.

Here are some simple magic tricks that you can try out:

The Non-Bursting Balloon

If you have ever seen magicians push a needle into a balloon only to amazingly see it still inflated and not bursting, this simple magic trick will give you in on the secret. For this simple magic trick, you will need an inflated balloon, a sharp pin long enough for your audience to see and a tiny piece of transparent adhesive tape.

To prepare for this simple magic trick, you take a small piece of adhesive tape and place it somewhere in the part of the balloon where you wish to push the sharp pin into. Make sure to stick it so that it evenly adheres to the rubber surface of the balloon.

The hand is faster than the eye and this is so true once you have mastered performing the vanishing magic trick with a coin. The key to this magic trick is the position of the coin and for this to work; you will need two of them.

Performing a vanishing magic trick with a coin:

The first you have to do to perform this magic trick is lay one coin in the palm of each hand. The coin on the left should be placed in the middle of the palm. The coin on the right should be near the thumb.

In one quick motion, you should flip both hands and then let it face down on the table. You must quickly move the coin on the right hand to the left without anyone noticing then twitch the right thumb a bit to deceive people into thinking that both coins are there.

You then ask the audience where the coins are. The deception you caused earlier will make many believe that the coins are on the right but when you open it, they are wrong because the two coins are both under your left hand which they will see when you open up your hand.

Can we really read the person’s mind? No but when you perform mind reading magic tricks, anything is possible so lets discuss some of them.

Some of the mind reading magic tricks:

Name of the dead

The first mind reading magic trick is called name of the dead. For this magic trick you will need a sheet of paper and three volunteers. You tear the paper into three pieces and tell two of the participants to write on each sheet the name of a person who is still alive.

The third person will be instructed to write the name of someone who has already passed on.

Take note that when you cut the paper into three pieces, the top and bottom will have only one rough edge while the one in the center will have rough edges on both sides. To make people believe you can read their minds, all you have to do is give the center piece to the one who will write the name of the person who is already dead.

You don’t need high tech props to perform magic tricks. If you look in your pocket or even in your kitchen, all the tools you are there. The only thing to do now is learn how to have fun with magic tricks.

Here are some of the magic tricks that you can do at home:

The first is called the Everlasting Ash Trick. The objective here is to smoke the cigarette without letting any of the ash fall off. For this magic trick, you will need a cigarette and a paper clip.

Before you begin the magic trick, straighten the paper clip and carefully stick this down to the cigarette as close to the middle as possible. You have to be sure that no one sees the paper clip before performing this magic trick so that when you light it, no ash will fall off.

Another magic trick you can do with cigarettes is the Bending Cigarette Trick. Here, you tell people you can bend a cigarette stick without breaking it.

There are various magic trick tips that will help you learn magic faster. With a number of magic tricks to learn, you must also have to know some of the important principles behind most magic tricks.

The principles involved in doing magic tricks:

Among the principles involved in doing magic tricks is sleight of hand.

Sleight of hand is actually a technique used in magic where a magician makes use of certain hand movements to manipulate objects, such as coins and cards. Sleight of hand is a technique that magicians and performers use in order to produce a certain effect.

Sleight of hand is that technique where the magician tries to show an audience something and lets them see it in a certain way. It is like trying to force upon a spectator to see a certain object in effect that will lead them to believe that it is so.

But the fact of the matter is that it may not actually be how the spectator actually sees it. It can be quite confusing but learning more about sleight of hand magic tricks would help you further understand about the process.

There are many magic tricks for beginners that require just a bit of time and patience to learn.

But mostly magic tricks for beginners really do not require that much effort in terms of skills. There are certain magic tricks for beginners that work with just a bit of showmanship and presentation.

Here are some of the magic tricks for beginners:

One of the magic tricks for beginners is the vanishing coin trick. All you need is a coin and a table to place it with. It is one of the magic tricks for beginners that will need some bit of showmanship in order to be baffling enough.

What you need to do is to put a coin in the center of the table. While seated by the table, try to get the attention of friends or anyone who cares to see your magic trick.

The important thing on this magic trick for beginners is to have some bit of confidence. You will need to press on the coin and let it slide towards you. But the way to do this is to keep your index, middle and ring finger always closes together.