Instructions / Assembly

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2. While your back is turned, ask the person to place the closed box into your hands. Keep the box behind
your back and turn to face the audience. While holding the box behind your back, remove the lid and place
it on the side of the color cube (see FIGURES 1 & 2).
3. Now bring the box in front of you, keeping the open side facing you. Tell the person who is helping with
the trick that you need help again. Say, "Think very hard of the color that's facing up." While saying this
quickly glance at the open side to see the color facing you.
4. Put the box against your forehead with the open side facing you. Pretend to think hard for a moment.
Then say the color. Your audience will be amazed! With your free hand, remove the lid and turn the open
end of the box toward the audience so that they can see the color.
4. COIN THROUGH THE LID
See a quarter slide through the lid of a box and land inside!
PROPS USED: Clear Quarter Box & Lid, Double-Sided Tape, Playing Card
(you can use one from the Mystery Deck)
SUPPLIES NEEDED: 2 quarters
THE SECRET: A second quarter is hidden on the underside of the lid.
SECRET SETUP: Push a quarter up into the underside of the lid. It will stick
there, hidden from view. See FIGURE 1. Close the box and have it ready
on the table. Take the playing card and put a small piece of double-sided
tape in the center of one side of the card. The double-sided tape should be
cut first, then peeled from its backing. Place the card on the table tape side
down. Put a quarter on the table, too.
SHOW:
1. Lift the lid of the box, holding it so the audience cannot see the hidden
quarter inside. Show the audience that the plastic box is empty.
2. Put the lid back on the box. Pick up the quarter and show it to the
audience. Put the quarter on top of the closed box.
3. Pick up the card, keeping the side with the tape facing you. Place it on top
of the quarter on the lid. See FIGURE 2.
4. Say, “Watch the quarter go through the lid of the box!” Hold the box between your thumb and fingers
with your pointer finger holding the card down against the lid.
5. Lift the card and box together a few inches. Then bring them down hard against the top of the table. At
the same time, press down hard on the card in the center or tap it with your pointer finger. See FIGURE 3.
The quarter hidden on the underside of the lid will drop into the box and the quarter on the lid will stick to
the tape.
6. Remove the card keeping the side with the quarter hidden on it away from the audience. Lay it down on
the table. Show the audience that there is nothing on top of the lid. Take the lid off and show the audience
the quarter in the box. They’ll be amazed at your magical abilities!
5. CUPS & BALLS
One by one, three balls magically pass through solid cups.
PROPS USED: 3 Cups and 4 Fuzzy Balls.
THE SECRET: A secret fourth ball is used to make it seem like the balls are
traveling through the cups.
SECRET SETUP: See FIGURE 1: Before your trick, stack the 3 cups and
place 1 ball into the middle cup.
SHOW: See the following pages for step-by-step instructions.
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