Right now is a great time to learn magic tricks. When I was a kid the only medium for learning magic tricks was books, now there are videos which can really help speed up the learning process. Another great thing is the internet, you can see magic acts from around the world then when I [...]
The best part of having a magic kit isn’t learning the magic tricks, it’s putting on a magic show for your friends. Putting on a magic show is easy, simply pick 4 or 5 tricks from your magic kit and invite some people over and do a show. Your show doesn’t need to be very [...]
After your kid has learned magic tricks from the Amazing Magic Kit an good next step is a magic card trick deck. Before you go out and get a magic deck of cards be sure your kid is able to confidently shuffle a deck of cards. This is the minimum skill requirement for using any [...]
If you are considering getting your kid a magic kit it’s a good ideas to take them to a live magic show. You can do this before or after you get them the magic kit. Seeing an real magician will get them excited about magic tricks and inspire them to learn the tricks in the [...]
This morning I was trying to think of a magic trick that can be done with Easter things (eggs, chocolate bunnies, etc). Then I remembered a classic magic trick / stunt where you balance an egg on it’s point (that’s the pointy end). It’s pretty easy to do. First of all have someone try to [...]
One thing people always ask me when they find out I’m magician is “can you read my mind”. Well mind reading and magic tricks are two different things (however very closely related). In the Amazing Magic Kit your kid will learn a couple mind reading type magic tricks. Here’s a little interactive mind reading magic [...]
Yesterday I watched about half of a documentary called Make Believe. My Tivo found it for me (I have the nerdy-iest Tivo suggestions ever!) on Showtime. This is a documentary follows several kids from across the world as the get ready to compete in one of the largest magic competitions (for kids) in the world. [...]
Learning magic tricks no matter how easy they are will take practice. No matter what any one tells you, you will have to practice to correctly learn to perform magic tricks. You could have a box that does all the work, you simply have to open and close a door…but even something that simple takes [...]
Here’s a quick heads up that I’ll be out of town from 4/12/11 to 4/15/11. So all Amazing Magic Kit orders that would normally ship out those days will ship out on Monday 4/18/11 when I get back from a few days on the road. If you need a magic kit by a certain date [...]