So what's the best way for a beginner to
vanish a coin? You're about to find out.
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Hello everyone. In this video I'm going
to try and answer the question: what is
the best vanish for a beginner or kid?
First we're going to show you the coin
vanishes, we'll show you how to do them
and then in the end I'm going to pick the
one that I think is the best. Let's get
started.
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For this trick you're going to need two
pieces of paper
the same color. You'll need some glue.
You'll need a clear cup, some scissors
and something to mark with. Take your
clear cup. You're going to take the mouth of
the cup and place it on your piece of paper.
Using your marker, trace a circle using
your scissors. Cut out the circle. Now you
have a disc that matches the mouth of
your cup. Take your glue. You have your
cup prepared and here's the secret. You
wouldn't want your cup to look like this,
but of course when you place it on the
paper it looks to be ordinary and that
of course is the secret to the trick. Now
let's show you how to perform the trick.
Of course now, but at this point you
already understand the gimmick, it's a
clear glass plastic cup. In this case and
what we've done, is we've cut out a piece
of material put it over the mouth of the
cup which matches the paper underneath.
Now when the cup is just sitting like
this, it looks completely innocent. But of
course, whatever it covers will disappear.
So what you do is you take your hand,
blocking the view here. Place it over the
coin. Snap your fingers. And the coin has
vanished. But of course, you know that
it's underneath this material right here.
And once again, you can snap your
fingers, remove the cup and everything
appears to be normal.
It's a great trick. It's a visual kind of a
craft project that you put together
yourself. One downside is that it does
require a table but you can pretty much
perform this trick on any flat surface.
But you do have to carry the props which
include a cup and the pieces of paper.
There's also a version with rings that's
perhaps a little more compact and a bit
more portable and I'll teach that in a
follow-up video.
Three sheets of paper here and a coin.
For security we're going to fold the
coin into here. Now notice that there's
another sheet of paper here. Fold that in
and one more paper here. Now for the
magic. I'm going to snap mhy fingers and if the
magic has worked, we're going to unfold this,
one unfold this one, and unfold this one.
And the coin has vanished for this trick.
You're going to need three sheets of paper.
Here I have a blue sheet of paper and
what I've done is just taking a regular
eight-and-a-half by 11 sheet and lop
this off so it's a eight and a half by
eight and a half square. Second one is a
little smaller and we have two smaller
pieces that match, that are identical and
are even smaller. So two of these are the
key. They have to be identical and then
what you do is take each sheet of paper
and fold it in thirds so you have
something that approximates a square. And
what you're going to do is take your
glue and glue these two pieces
back-to-back.
As much as possible, you want these two
to fold in virtually the identical or
same way. So you just create a single
packet here. As you've learned in the
construction, this inner piece of paper
has two sides. So what you do is you
start out with one side, fold this nice
and tight and have the folded side on
the bottom so you can show three pieces
of paper here.
Of course, spectators don't know about
this other folded piece under here. Now a
little bit of misdirection is involved. You
show the coin, place it in the center
paper and fold it up. Now at this point, I
like to lift up the paper and then point
to the second piece of paper saying
here's a second piece of paper. Now watch
this hand. What I did was I lifted it up
like this and then when I put it in, I
turned it over and so now the empty side
will be up. It's a little sneaky. Let me
show that to you again.
So I I lift it up. Watch my hand and then
as I put it down I turn it over so now
the empty side is on top. So all you have
to do now just fold these up. Say that there's
a magic spell and everyone's amazed
that when you unfold the papers
the coin will be gone. This paper trick is
a great one for vanishing coins. It's one
that you can easily carry around with
you because you just have this series of
folded papers. So this is another
classic of magic that is often something
you'll find in magic sets. But we've
shown you here how to make your own. So I
do like this method and it's great for
beginners.
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Here's the setup. You'll just need a
handkerchief but notice how I have this
at a in a diamond shape. Place the coin
in a little off-center slightly up and
slightly to the left. So here's what
happens. You fold in half. The coin is
right here at this point.
Now the next fold is going to happen
here at the center but the coin is
actually a little bit to the side of it.
So let's do that. At this point the coin
is right here. Now you just take this and
loosely roll it up. You grab the corners,
grab it firmly and then pull and it
appears that the coin has vanished. But
what's really happened is that the coin is
actually in a fold of this handkerchief.
Right there.
Just the way you folded it keeps the
coin in the handkerchief. Now if you want
you can kind of show it like this and
hold it and slide it and let the coin
slide down into your hand.
It's rather impromptu. You can use a
napkin and so it's great if you're
eating dinner somewhere and you have a
napkin, a cloth napkin and you're
probably sitting at a table, which will
allow you to perform this trick. On the
downside, you do end up with a coin in
your hand. So when you perform this
expect that spectators might suspect
there's something in your hand. They may
challenge you with it. Just some thoughts,
but it's a great visual trick.
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Here's how the coin vanish happens with
the piece of paper. If you look at the
paper, it folds down this way but the
other fold goes the other way. That's the
secret to the trick. The coin goes in this,
fold down, this folds up forward and
forward, but the coin is actually right
here. To spectators on the other side,
it looks as if the coin has been folded into
the envelope, but of course it is not and
now the coin can slip into your hand. And
then, as you reach in for a pen or
something you get rid of the coin. What's
really great about this is you'll notice
there's an outline of the coin here from
when you folded it in. And of course, when
you unfold it the coin has vanished. I
really like this trick. While it's not
that difficult to perform you often find
professional magicians relying on this
very technique and so it's great. It's
portable - all you need is a piece of
paper and a coin. The other fun thing is
that you actually hold the paper up and
the coin is already gone and so
something that throws off spectators is
that they think the coin is still in the
paper and then at that point you vanish
it and then it seemingly goes into
nowhere. And so again, it's a fantastic
trick. I really like this one. Some people
find it difficult, particularly
beginners, to learn and perform but I
think it's well worth the time. Here's
how to do a simple vanish of a coin. Now
what I'm doing is I'm holding the coin
between my second finger and my thumb
here and what you have to practice is
this. You have to practice releasing your
thumb and allowing the coin to drop.
Release the thumb and the coin drops. Now the
other hand is going to reach in. Now
notice how my thumb goes underneath the
coin here and this is where the vanish
happens. Because my thumb goes underneath.
Now watch. My thumb releases the coin
into the hand and then my right hand
grabs and looks like it took the coin. So
when
performing magic with your hands, all you
need to do this very basic sleight of
hand are your hands and a coin. You can
do this anytime, anywhere with any coin
and you don't need a table. And so I
think that this is probably the best
technique to invest in and learn and
that's why I'm giving it my recommendation
to learn what's called the French
drop vanish. Anyway, I hope you have fun
performing these coin vanishes for your
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the future. Thank you for watching. See
you next time.
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