Instructions / Assembly

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3. Place the other handkerchief in your pocket.
4. Take hold of the plastic handkerchief vanisher. Position your hand so that the audience cannot see the
vanisher, keeping your fist loose.
SHOW:
1. Hold the hand that is hiding the handkerchief vanisher in a natural bent position. See FIGURES 3 & 3.1.
2. With your other hand, show the inside of the magic hat to the audience. Place the hat onto the table.
3. With your free hand, remove the handkerchief from your pocket and place it over your fist.
TIP: Remember to keep the back of your hand facing the audience to help hide the Vanisher.
4. Again with your free hand, use your fingers to stuff the handkerchief into the vanisher. The audience will
think it is going into your fist. See FIGURE 4.
5. Once the handkerchief is completely out of sight, loosen your fist and let the vanisher spring back under
your coat. At the same time, bring both hands forward, rubbing them together and then open your hands to
show that the handkerchief is gone. See FIGURE 5.
6. Now reach into the hat. Remove the handkerchief from the secret compartment and pull it out of the
hat to show the audience. The audience will think that it is the same handkerchief that you vanished.
See FIGURE 6.
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37. QUARTER THROUGH HAT
Balance the magic hat on a cup. Drop a quarter into the hat, and it passes right through into the cup!
PROPS USED: Magic Hat, 1 Clear Cup
SUPPULIES NEEDED: 2 quarters
THE SECRET: There are really two quarters. When you balance the hat on the cup, you secretly place a
quarter on the lip of the cup. The hat keeps the quarter balanced against the lip. When you drop the quarter
from your pocket into the hat, you move the Hat with your other hand. This causes the secret quarter to
drop into the cup. As you lift the hat off the cup, the quarter inside slides into the secret compartment so
the hat looks empty.
SECRET SETUP: Place one quarter into your pocket. Hide the other quarter in your hand. See FIGURE 1.
SHOW:
1. Place the cup on the table. Now show the magic hat to the audience, inside and out.
2. Now rest the magic hat on the cup. Your hand with the secret quarter should be on the bottom of the
magic hat to help position it over the cup. See FIGURE 2.
3. As you lower the hat onto the cup, rest the coin on the lip of the cup. See FIGURE 3. The weight of the
magic hat will help keep the coin in place. To help the magic hat balance, make sure the cup is centered
under the hat.