Today I’m doing another magic class as party of a “company picnic”. This company was looking for a kids event for their picnic and someone thought of doing a magic show…but they wanted an hour and a half show!! I told them that a 30 minute show with a short break then an hour kids [...]
I just finished doing a magic class for group of kids in Seattle. One thing that all the parents mentioned to me was that I did a great job explaining how the do the tricks in “the kids langauge”.
What that means was that I spoke with using complicated words, sometimes my explanations of the magic tricks were longer [...]
When I was a kid growing up I found one of the best places to learn magic tricks was within walking distance from my house, it was the library! Just about every library is going to have a book on magic tricks for kids.
The nice thing about books from your library is that they are [...]
I know it’s too early to start talking about the holidays, but unfortunately in a retail business you have to start thinking early or you’ll go crazy by Thanksgiving. For me the holiday rush starts in October (around Halloween) with people doing thier early Christmas shopping.
Today I ordered all the stock of magic tricks I [...]
I just dropped off another shipment of Amazing Magic Kits to Market Magic Shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. They sell these kits like there is no tomorrow!
If you are in the Seattle area, taking your kids to a real magic shop to get thier magic kit can be a very fun and exciting trip [...]
Halloween is just around the corner, and that’s a good time for your kid to use the magic tricks that they have learned from thier magic kit. For thier costume they could be a magician, they already have the tricks all they need is a hat and cape to be like the magicians in the [...]
When parent’s call me to order the Amazing Magic Kit for thier kids and I get to chat with them a little bit, I frequently hear that shopping for a magic kit online can be stressful. One thing that parent’s don’t always know is how reputable a company that sells magic kits is.
Here are some [...]
Right now I’m working on my fall/winter schecdule of live magic shows that I present. My next LIVE and public show will be on New Year’s Eve in Spokane, Washington. This show is part of Spokane’s First Night program which is an evening of family friendly live performances.
Taking your kids to a magic show is a [...]
A good rule of thumb about practice for learing any of the magic tricks in the Amazing Magic Kit is to be able to do it 10 times in row. That means ten times without messing up or having to stop the magic trick to try to remember what to do next.
Remember that this isn’t [...]
Last week I was at a magic shop dropping off some magic kits and I saw something that shocked me!
A lady and her son asked the man behind the counter to show them a magic trick. The demonstrator did his trick then the mom told her son, “You’ll never be able to do magic tricks [...]