Teach a bit of magic for kids

[charleychacko]

The most important question to figure - is the age range of the group. The ages will give a better idea of what level of difficulty you can present them.

Some suggestions given to me were:

Teach them how to make a flapper board (Thanks to magicdiscoman for that gem of an idea)

Stop Light Cards

There were a few others. To date, I've used both of those ideas, as well as these:

Sponge balls (I went out and bought a big bag of them and passed them out. Taught them two basic vanishes and a 1 to 2 multiplication. I got a bit of criticism from a few people (none here) that I was exposing methods that were too widespread and would ruin future reactions. However, I quieted those complaints when AFTER the teaching session I performed an entire 5 minute sponge routine that not one kid could figure out (I was rather happy with myself that day).

Princess Card Trick - This can be REALLY expensive if you don't print your own cards. I printed my own, and this went down really well.

To my own surprise, I was also able to teach a group of kids how to do a five card mental prediction effect using a down under deal. I thought it might have been over their heads, but only one kid had a bit of trouble, and after a few minutes of showing him, he had it cold.

The effect is actually pretty strong. I use it from time to time with a spectator of any age. PM me if you're interested. It only requires normal cards, so you can snag up a few cheap decks and build the packets for them.