Summer time is a wonderful time for a kit to get a magic kit and learn to do the magic tricks from the kit. In 2003 the Amazing Magic Kit won the Dr. Toy award for “Best Vacation Product”. Below is the criteria for the getting the award from Dr. Toy’s website: Summer is a [...]
Yesterday was “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” day, so I asked my almost 4 year old daughter if she wanted to go with me to do two magic shows. Of course she said YES! We’ve been working on one magic trick and one juggling trick at home that we show her friends, but [...]
If you are shopping online for a magic kit, here are a few tips to help your get the best magic kit for your kids: Find a site that clearly shows a time frame of when your kit will ship. There’s nothing worse for a kid than expecting a magic kit to arrive in 2-3 [...]
This is just a reminder there are some dates that I will be out of town. On April 25 – 27, 2008 I’ll be on the road performing and all magic kit orders placed during that time will ship out on Monday April 28th! Also from May 6-14 I will be on vacation and all [...]
The other day I got an email asking me if I gave discounts on bulk orders of the Amazing Magic Kit. He wanted some kits for an afterschool program. I do offer discounts on order of 12 or more magic kits. You will need to call or email me for more information on bulk magic [...]
Today is “Tax Day” and I thought I’d think of a magic trick to go along with it. The obvious choice is the Disappearing Coin Trick that comes with the Amazing Magic Kit. This trick can be seen in the demo video for the Amazing Magic Kit, it’s the one where the giant coin is [...]
It’s spring time and many schools have a their kids do a report on Houdini. There are a lot of great books about him. However I have link to where you can read a book written by him: http://www.amazingmagickit.com/houdini/houdini-book-chapter1.html Now this book is free, and the magic tricks in it aren’t for kids to perform, [...]
When you kids are learning magic tricks from a magic kit or just a single magic trick here’s a little tip. Basically there are two parts to a magic trick that you kid needs to learn. The “secret action” that makes the trick work an what the audience sees. Your kid should practice the doing [...]
People always ask me, "If I only got one trick for my kid, what should it be?" Well usually my answer is the Ball Vase magic trick . In this trick a little ball disappears and reappears inside a little vase. This is a great first magic trick for kids ages 6-12. This magic trick [...]
Right now I’m reading Steve Martin’s new book Born Standing Up. This book is about how he became one of the top stand up comedians in the world (before becoming an A list actor). That reminded me of this video clip of his magic act from a long time ago (his hair is black!!). Have [...]