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Levitate

Description: This trick makes one look like they are levitating. David Blaine has been known to pull this trick off.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions:
Face away from your audience. Turn your mount leg away from the audience at about 30-60 degrees. The idea is that your left leg and heel hide your mount leg.

You will need to psych up your audience a little for added effect. Delay a little by pretending to show that your getting ready.

With both feet on the ground lift yourself up on your right foot being careful to keep your heels of both feet together.

Result: If this is is done right, your audience will not see your right foot and it will look like you lift yourself off the ground.

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  • Filed under: Body Magic, Magic
  • Cut a card deck with one hand

    Description: Cut a deck of cards using one hand.

    Difficulty: Easy

    Instructions:
    1. Obtain a deck of cards
    2. Hold the deck of cards between your thumb and all four fingers of one hand.
    3. Pull the base of your thumb away from the bottom part of the deck so about half the deck falls into your palm.
    4. Push the top of the fallen cards towards your thumb using your index finger.
    5. Drop your fingers back so the cards touching your fingers drop behind the cards you just pushed against your thumb.
    6. Close your hand to combine all cards into one deck.
    Result: A complete cut deck of cards.

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  • Filed under: Cards, Magic
  • Which hand is the rubber band in?

    Description: This is a simple magic trick to choose which hand the rubber band fell into.

    Difficulty: Easy

    Instructions:
    Bend the rubber band so both sides of the band are equal length.
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    Grab one end of the band between your middle finger and palm of your right hand.
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    Then grab the other end of the band between your middle finger and palm of your left hand.
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    Close both hands and stretch the rubber band.
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    With an audience watching gently loosen the grip of one of the hands. The rubber band will snap into the other hand faster than your audience can see. Then they must guess which hand the rubber band is in.
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    Result: You overturn the hand with the rubber band and amaze your audience.
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  • Filed under: Magic
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