10 Easy Magic Tricks Anyone Can Learn

Hold a coin between your fingers and pretend to place it in your other hand (but secretly keep it in the original hand). Close the empty hand as if the coin is inside, then dramatically open it to show it’s gone.

Hold a pencil loosely between your thumb and fingers. Shake your hand slightly while moving the pencil up and down—the optical illusion makes it look bendy.

Place a rubber band over your first two fingers. Secretly stretch it down with your thumb, then release—it will “jump” to your lower fingers.

Press the object firmly into your palm and tilt your hand back slowly—friction keeps it in place.

Ask them to pick a number (1-10), multiply by 2, add 8, divide by 2, and subtract their original number. The answer will always be 4!

Bend a card slightly and place it on top of the deck. Blow gently on the bend—it will appear to rise on its own.

Hold a toothpick and secretly break a small piece off with your thumb. Rub the toothpick, hiding the broken part, and reveal it “restored.”

Hold a lace between your fingers and swing it in a loop—momentum makes it appear to knot itself.

Use a cup with a hidden sponge inside—pour water in, let the sponge absorb it, then turn the cup upside down.

Pretend to drop the coin into your opposite hand (but secretly keep it in the first hand). Open the empty hand to show the coin is gone.