The secrets behind some of the most classic, but baffling, magic tricks have been exposed, in a fascinating video shared online.
Uploaded to international Facebook group Five Minute Crafts, they show how to do simple tricks including hiding a ball under a cup, and lighting a matchstick with what appears to be a used match.
In one instance a McDonald’s straw appears to move another straw as if by magic, but it is revealed it is down to the static energy.
Meanwhile an envelope is cut in half leaving the 50 Euro note inside in one piece – simply by using a windowed letter.
1. The magic flame
Tricks uploaded to Facebook group Five Minute Crafts show how a magician appears to light an old used match on the matchbox, leaving viewers baffled
However it is soon revealed that the matchstick has been carved and coloured with a black felt tip to make it look used, before it is placed among other used matchsticks
The magician then picks the marked matchstick out of the mound, surprising onlookers when it still catches fire
In the first trick of the eye-opening video, a magician appears to light an old used match on a matchbox, leaving viewers baffled.
However it is soon revealed that the matchstick has been carved and coloured with a black felt tip to make it look used, before it is placed among other used matchsticks.
The magician then picks the marked matchstick out of the mound, surprising onlookers when it still catches fire.
2. The hidden dice
The magician puts a dice into a cup and turns it upside down, only for nothing to fall out
He is left empty-handed, confusing onlookers as to where the the dice has gone
However it is soon revealed that he has cut a hole into the back of the cup, holding the dice up as he turns it around
Next the magician puts a dice into a cup and turns it upside down, only for nothing to fall out.
He is left empty-handed, confusing onlookers as to where the the dice has gone.
However it is soon revealed that he has cut a hole into the back of the cup, holding the dice up as he turns it around.
3. The moving straw
Next, the magician appeared to slice right through a straw with a playing card
However he soon revealed that he had cut the straw in half, and glued two halves of a magnet to the inside of them
He then slides the card between the two pieces, making it appear as magic
Next, the magician appeared to slice right through a straw with a playing card.
However he soon revealed that he had cut the straw in half, and glued two halves of a magnet to the inside of them.
He then slides the card between the two pieces, making it appear as magic.
4. The moving McDonald’s straw
And in perhaps the easiest magic trick that can be done during any late night snack run, the magician appeared to make a straw move with another
He later revealed that he had simply rubbed the straw’s sleeve onto both straws, creating a static energy which made them move
And in perhaps the easiest magic trick that can be done during any late night snack run, the magician appeared to make a straw move with another.
He later revealed that he had simply rubbed the straw’s sleeve onto both straws, creating a static energy which made them move.
5. The invincible cash note
Elsewhere an envelope is cut in half, miraculously leaving the 50 Euro note inside in one piece
Viewers are left wondering how the envelope is in two pieces but the note is left in one
However it is soon revealed that the magician has used a windowed envelope, slicing around it to leave the note in one piece
Elsewhere an envelope is cut in half, miraculously leaving the 50 Euro note inside in one piece.
However it is soon revealed that the magician has used a windowed envelope, slicing around it to leave the note in one piece.