Entertain friends and family members with your very own silk scarf magic trick.
People of all ages love magic tricks, and now you can be a magician as well. You don't need to spend a fortune on expensive magic props; you can make your own sleight of hand displays with a little imagination and ingenuity. The magic scarf trick is a classic. Wow your audience by pulling a silk scarf out of an empty tube. With a few household items and a magic silk scarf, you can recreate this trick at home.
Instructions
1. Cut a circle from a piece of cardboard that is the same size as the inside of a large cardboard tube.
2. Measure the circumference of your wand with a tape measure then measure the length of the long tube. Cut a rectangle from the second piece of cardboard 2 inches shorter than the long tube and 1/2-inch wider than the circumference of your wand. Roll the rectangle into a tube and overlap it by 1/4-inch. Glue it down to form a small tube.
3. Cut a hole on the edge of the cardboard circle that is the same size as the small tube. Paint the inside and outside of both tubes and both sides of the circle you made in Step 1 with black poster paint.
4. Glue the small tube to the inside of the large tube. The small tube should be placed in the middle of the large tube, 1 inch from both sides. Wait for the glue to dry.
5. Glue the circle on the inside end of the large tube. Make sure that the hole in the circle is aligned with the small tube. The circle should be touching the small tube and will, therefore, be 1 inch from the end of the large tube.
6. Stick the scarf inside the large tube prior to the performance. Show your audience the side of the tube with the cardboard circle. Since everything is painted black, it will seem as though the tube is empty. Reinforce this illusion by placing your wand through the small hole in the cardboard circle and into the small tube. Move your wand in a circle while rotating the large tube in your other hand. It will look as though you are swirling your wand around the inside of an empty tube.
7. Turn the large tube around and pull the scarf out. It will look as though you have pulled the scarf out of an empty tube.
