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Practise your budding magic skills with these four amazing tricks!
Strong Paper
Materials:
- 2 books of similar width
- Sheet of paper
- Small paper cup, half full of water
- Put a sheet of paper on top of two books that have been laid flat and set six inches apart.
- Ask your friends if the paper “bridge” can hold a cup of water. They'll probably say no.
- By folding the paper into accordian pleats—make at least ten folds—the paper becomes very strong. Set the folded paper on top of the books, and put the paper cup on it. No spills, no sweat.
Genie in the Bottle
Materials:
- Tell your friends you have a genie in a bottle of carbonated water. If you feed the genie, she will make a dime dance on top of the bottle.
- Pour a tablespoon of baking soda in the water, and ask the genie to make the dime dance. Immediately lay a dime on the mouth of the bottle. Watch it move!
Ice Cube Lift
Materials:
- Drop an ice cube into an eight-ounce glass filled with cold water. Ask your friends if they can pick up the ice with a piece of thin cotton string. Let them try.
- Lower a four-inch piece of string into the water until it rests on the ice cube. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of salt—calling it “magic powder”—into the water, over the cube.
- Wait about 45 seconds, and you'll be able to pull the ice out—stuck to the string!
Penny Shiner
Materials:
Here's how to polish pennies for all your cool tricks.
- Drop your pennies into a jar. Fill the jar with vinegar and add a tablespoon of salt. Put the lid on and shake.
- The next day, your pennies are as shiny as can be!
All text copyright © 2002 by Lynn Gordon, from 52 Cool Tricks for Kids
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