info@magofelix.com- ● Air floating matches
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Effect:
· You can turn an open matchbox upside down and the matches doesn´t fall.Materials:
· Matchbox (with matches).Presentation and Secret:
· Open a matchbox half way. (Image Nº1).
· then turn it upside down and continue opening the box until both parts are separated. (Image Nº2).· The matches doesn´t fal!
· Suddenly, alter a soft move, all the matches falls on the table.
· The secret is this. Put a previously cutted match across the box, obstructing and touching the edges. (Image Nº3). -
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· Doing this the matches doesn´t fall. To make them fall all you need to do is removing the obstructing match.
- ● The different card
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Effect:
· Someone in the audience pick a card, and for everybody surprise, that card is the only one with a different back.Materials:
· Two decks of cards with different back colour.Presentation and Secret:
· The cards are shown regularly, noticing that all are different cards (Image Nº1)
· Turn the deck face up and Start passing them until the spectator picks one. That card will be the only one with a different back!
·The secret is in using half deck in red and half deck in blue. (Image Nº2)
· When showing the back of the deck you will open it only for a side, hiding the different ones. (Before the middle). (Image Nº3)
· When you turn the deck face up, the cards will be picked from the other side of the deck, and there is the card selected by the spectator. -
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- Important: When passing the cards in order to the spectator ´s selection, do it slowly and bring him the freedom of choice to the person. This is a hint for a major effect.
- ● Air floating rope
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Effect:
· A rope floates in the air, and then a bottle floates.(Image Nº1, Image Nº2)Materials:
· A long neck opaque bottle, or painted, a piece of cork, cutre or knife.Presentation and Secret:
· The performer Lodz a bottle, puts a rope into it, turns the bottle and the rope doesn´t fall. Then he takes from the rope and the flyng object now is the bottle. The secret is in putting a small cork ball into the bottle, so when you turn the bottle upside down, the ball rolls to the neck and obstructs the space between the rope and the bottle, so it gets stucked. The rope can´t fall and the same thing happens with the bottle.(Image Nº3) -
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Important: The bottle must be opaque, so the ball is not shown, or you must paint the bottle.
- ● The elevator deck
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Effect:
· Two card are putted in the middle of the deck , then, alter magical moves, the cards appears at the top of the deck.Materials:
· A deck of cards.Presentation and Secret:
· You rapidly show two cards that are on the table face down (6 of hearts, and 7 of diamonds). (Image Nº1)
· Then you lose them in the middle of the deck.(Image Nº2) · Just some magic moves, and the cards appears at the top!
· The secret is to previously preparing the 6 of diamonds , 6 of hearts, 7 of diamonds, and 7 of hearts.(Image Nº3)
· You leave a 6-7 set face down on the table, and the other set on top.
· The cards you selected look alike, so people tend to confuse them. You show a different pair of cards, but no one will notice. -
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Important: Make magic moves and say magical words after putting the cards on the middle of the deck, so you gain some time in order to make the people forget about the cards you originally showed.
- ● Sounding invisible matches
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Effect:
· The magician shows an empty matchbox, but when he shakes it, it sound like a full of matches one.Materials:
· 2 matchboxes and elastic rubber bandPresentation and Secret:
· The performer picks a matchbox, shakes it, and it sounds like a regular one, but when he opens the box, it is empty! The matches are gone.
· The secret is in wrapping the rubber band around your wrist, and with it holding the regular matchbox, hiding it with the sleeve.
· Then, when you shake the empty box, you move the other box too, so it sounds under the sleeve.
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- ● Unbreakable balloon
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Effect:
· Performer picks a needle and pierces the balloon, but it doesn´t pop.Materials:
· A balloon, a needle and cellophanePresentation and Secret:
· Performer picks a needle and suddenly pierces the balloon, but it doesn´t pop.
· The secret is in previously gluing a piece of cellophane on the balloon, and piercing right there. -
- ● The acrobat olive
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Effect:
· Performer puts an olive in a fingertip and it doesn´t fall.(Image Nº1)Materials:
· A olive and toothpickPresentation and Secret:
· You pick an olive and putt it in the fingertip. With the other hand you make magic moves hypnotizing the olive. The olive stays there.
· The secret is in holding a toothpick with the thumb, so when you put the olive you nail the toothpick into it.(Image Nº2) -
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Important: You can´t place spectators at your side.
- ● Cork in the bottle
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Effect:
· Performer takes a cork out from into the bottle without breaking it.Materials:
· A bottle, cork, knife and silk handkerchief or similarPresentation and Secret:
· You challenge the audience to take out the cork without breaking it.(Image Nº1)
· They won´t be able. The secret is putting into the bottle half of a handkerchief and pull softly until the cork gets stuck in the bottle´s neck.(Image Nº2)
· Then, it only takes a harder pull so the cork can get out.(Image Nº3) -
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- Important: Use a thin silk handkerchief, and cut around the cork a little (with cutter or knife) so you will be able to put it into the bottle.