User Manual

TRICKS WITH THuMB TIP
3. Take the rst nger of your opposite hand, push it
into your thumb tip and tap the sugar down. Now
tap with your thumb pressing into the gadget and
removing it from your palm. Hide your thumb behind
your other ngers.
4. Once again, push your rst nger in your st and
say some magic words as you open your hand. Pres-
ent the candy to your audience.
CUT & RESTORE STRING
MATERIALS: thumb tip/ two pieces of string, each
about 12” in length*/ one pair of scissors*
TRICK: Small pieces of cut up string are magically
restored into one piece!
SECRET: The cut up pieces of string are dropped into
the thumb tip palmed alongside the full length of
string
SECRET SETUP: Place the thumb tip over your
thumb. Palm the full length of string in the opposite
hand.
SHOW:
1. Hand someone a piece of string and scissors.
Ask the volunteer to cut up into as many pieces as
they wish.
2. While they are cutting the string, secretly slide the
thumb tip into the other hand over the full length of
string.
3. Ask the volunteer for the cut up pieces and drop
them into your st/thumb tip.
4. Push your rst nger into your st tapping the
string into the thumb tip. Now repeat with your
thumb. Pull the thumb tip out with your thumb and
slide it behind your ngers.
5. Wave your hand over your st saying some magic
words. Open your hand and show the full length of
string to your audience.
SALT TO PEPPER:
MATIERIALS: thumb tip/ salt*/ pepper*
TRICK: Drop some salt into a handkerchief and it
changes into pepper!
The secret: You use your thumb tip to secretly remove
the salt and replace it with pepper.
SECRET SET UP: Prepare yourself as you did for
“Disappearing Salt.” In addition, secretly store some
whole pepper corns in the same pocket as the Thumb
tip.
SHOW:
1. Follow exactly instructions 1 – 4 for “Disappearing
Salt.” Before proceeding to number 5, secretly take
the pepper out of your pocket with the hand that will
go into the handkerchief. Push your thumb down into
the handkerchief while holding the pepper in the rest
of your hand. Then follow the directions for number
5. When you shake out your handkerchief, open your
hand at the same time so the pepper will fall into
the volunteer’s palms. It will seem that the salt has
changed to pepper!
BALANCING CARD
MATERIALS: thumb tip/ double-sided tape/ playing
card
TRICK: A playing card standing up with its face to
the audience is balanced on the back of your hand!
SECRET: The back of the card is attached to the
thumb tip.
SECRET SETUP: Attach a piece of double-sided tape
to the bottom of the ngerprint side of the thumb tip.
Push the thumb tip on your thumb.
SHOW:
1. Tell your audience you will magically balance a
playing card on the back of your hand.
2. Show the face of the card with the hand opposite
the thumb tip, grasp it with both hands, then press
the bottom back end of the card on the thumb tip. Be
1
6