User Manual

DISAPPEARING SALT
MATERIALS: thumb tip/handkerchief*/ salt*
TRICK: Make salt placed into a handkerchief disap-
pear!
SECRET: You use your thumb tip to secretly remove
the salt.
SECRET SETUP: Have some salt and a handkerchief
ready. Put the thumb tip in a pocket.
SHOW:
1. Reach into your pocket and secretly slip the thumb
tip onto your thumb. Place the handkerchief over the
st of your other hand.
2. Say, “I’ll make a little hole in the handkerchief with
my thumb.” Push your thumb into the handkerchief,
leaving the thumb tip in it. See FIGURE 1. Your
ngers will be holding the thumb tip through the
handkerchief.
3. Ask a volunteer to pour a little salt into the hand-
kerchief. See FIGURE 2. Be careful not to let the
volunteer see the thumb tip.
4. Say, “I’ll pack the salt
down well.” As you push
your thumb into the
handkerchief, insert it
rmly into the thumb tip.
5. Ask a volunteer to hold
out the palms of her
hands “to catch the salt.”
Take hold of the
handkerchief with your
thumb tip hidden
behind it. See FIGURE 3.
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TRICKS WITH THE THuMB TIP
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Shake the handkerchief and then drop it into the
volunteer’s hands. As she examines the handkerchief,
secretly drop the thumb tip (containing the salt) into
your pocket
DIMES TO QUARTERS
MATERIALS: thumb tip/ve dimes*/ two quarters*
TRICK: Five dimes change into two quarters!
SECRET: The dimes are placed into the thumb tip
palmed in your hand with the two quarters.
SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your
thumb. Palm the two quarters in the opposite hand.
SHOW:
1. Tell your audience to watch closely as you trans-
form ve dimes into two quarters.
2. Bring your hands together and secretly palm the
thumb tip along side the two quarters.
3. Count the ve dimes aloud as you drop them into
your closed st. Push the thumb tip over your thumb
with the last count.
4. As you draw your top hand away from the closed
st, point to your hand. Open your other hand and
present two quarters.
SUGAR TO CANDY
Materials: thumb tip/ one small piece of wrapped
hard candy*, about a teaspoon of sugar or one sugar
packet*
TRICK: Sugar poured into your hand magically turns
into a piece of candy!
SECRET: The sugar is really poured into the thumb
tip palmed in your hand with a piece of candy.
SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your
thumb and palm a piece of candy in the opposite
hand before performing the trick.
SHOW:
1. As you talk to your audience, slide your hands to-
gether and palm the thumb tip alongside the candy.
2. Ask a volunteer to open the sugar packet, or take
the teaspoon of sugar and pour it into the thumb tip
pretending to be pouring it into your st.
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