20 Cool Magic Tricks for Kids to Impress and Awe

While kids are waiting for their letter from Hogwarts, they can learn magic tricks by reading the posts on this list, including how to break an apple in half with their bare hands and how to turn water in to ice with just a tap of their wand.

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Walk Through Paper Trick

The best magicians involve their audience in their tricks – young tricksters can ask friends and family whether they think he or she can cut a hole in a piece of paper that’s big enough to walk through… before proving them wrong by following the simple steps in this post.

Betcha Can't Crack an Egg

If they’re up to the challenge, kids can attempt to crack an egg with their bare hands. Sounds easy, right? Kids will learn about pressure while attempting this trick (and as they’ll also learn that they’re not as strong as they think, you’ll still have most of your carton of eggs).

Make an Egg Fit Through an Impossibly Small Hole

This egg-cellent trick is an experiment kids can do at home to learn about air pressure. If you’re happy to give up more of your eggs in the name of magic, read this article to help kids try out the trick using a boiled egg, a glass jar and a couple of lit matches.

Sliced Banana Trick

How come every banana you start to peel from the bunch is already sliced? Is it magic… or have your kids just been watching this video? Kids will see how to slice the fruit under the skin so, to the rest of the family, it looks like it hasn’t been messed with.

Instant Ice Trick

Jesus turned water in to wine, and with this magic trick, kids can turn water in to ice with a tap. This video will show them how to impress with easy-to-follow instructions. If everything else in your freezer looks like it’s been there since the Ice Age, you’ll know what they’ve been up to.

Floating Ketchup Trick

However many times you tell kids not to play with their food, when they watch this video they won’t be able to resist showing you their super powers – with just a bottle of water and a sachet of ketchup they can recreate the trick to amaze the family around the kitchen table.

How to Do the Coin Through Table Trick

As any parent knows, kids make money disappear. They’ll be after your quarters to practice the trick in this video, which shows them how to impress an eagle-eyed audience with the ‘coin through the table’ trick. The video talks them through each step, with close-up shots to help them master it like a pro.

How to Draw a Boy Using the Word Boy

Aspiring cartoonists will be mesmerized by this video, as they learn how to draw a character of a boy starting off with the word “boy” written on the page. They can add a cool hairstyle or change the character’s facial expressions as they show off the trick to their friends.

How to Do the Floating Coffee Cup Trick

Keep hold of your cup of coffee with both hands, as kids will be after it to practice this floating coffee cup trick. They can watch the video to learn how to stun their caffeine-deprived audience… and you can even practice it on your colleagues in the office.

How to Do the Colour Card Trick

Check out this article to help kids learn 3 magic tricks to put on their own show (rabbit and top hat not required), including the ‘color card’ trick, the ‘vanishing coin’ trick and the ‘jumping card’ trick. They’ll be excited to practice and show off their talent to the rest of the family.

Need a Magic Hand?

If your kids, like most, have a pile of dolls with detached limbs, they can use one of the severed arms for this ‘need a hand’ trick. They can watch the video to see how to attach the arm to their pinkie to have their own (rather unglamorous) magician’s assistant.

Crack an Apple in Half With Your Bare Hands

Whether they read the step-by-step instructions or watch the video, kids can learn how to master this trick in no time, however they remember information best. The result is that they’ll be able to demonstrate their superhuman strength by ripping open an apple with their hands.

Card-O-Matic Trick

Kids will look like a pro practicing their tricks with their own Card-O-Matic machine. And you don’t need to go searching for your tools, all that’s needed to make it is a pair of scissors, a pencil and a rubber band. Read the article and download the template to get started.

Baggie and a Pencil Magic Trick

For their next trick, kids can read this post to learn how to captivate their audience by putting a sharp pencil through a baggie filled with water without spilling a drop (your fruit is safe). They’ll also learn about polymers through an experiment that’ll stick in their mind more than words in a textbook.

Easy Magic Tricks for Kids

If you’re wondering where your spoons have gone, chances are that the kids have taken them to practice the ‘bend the spoon’ trick on this page. There are 4 other tricks your little magicians can have a go at, including ‘vanishing coin’ and ‘find the card’.

Magic Show for Kids

When they’ve got a few tricks up their sleeve, help the kids to organize a magic show to showcase their talent. Give this article a read to find tips for putting on a frighteningly impressive show this Halloween that’ll have the audience crying out for more.

The Climbing Ring

It’s important for kids to remember the first law of magic… a magician never reveals their secrets. Once they’ve mastered keeping quiet, the tricks are easy. This post includes 9 new magic tricks for them to add to their box, including the ‘floating ring’ trick and the ‘magnetic hand card’ trick.

My Friend Has Three Eyes

As well as focussing on what their hands are doing, this article guides kids on what to say to captivate their audience. This trick has a name that does just that: ‘my friend has 3 eyes’. All that’s needed is a trustworthy friend in the audience who won’t give the game away.

Rising Ring Trick

Kids will have their audience staring open-mouthed in awe at this trick. By reading the tips in this article, they can practice the ‘rising ring’ trick so that it looks like they’re making a ring float up in to the air. Spooky. (Hide your jewelry!)