Would
you like to turn four pennies into five without attending
the Harry Potter’s Hogwart School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry? Well, this can’t really be done but learn lots
of magic tricks that make people think you can! Telephone Moaning Myrtle for help. Simple and fun for kids… using things from around
the house!
The Show:
The Magician or Wizard puts three small boxes in a row
on a table - like the "Peanut Shell" game of the olden
days and tells the guests that Headless Nick is in one
of the boxes but that he keeps jumping from box to box.
He/she selects one of the boxes and shakes it and everyone
hears it rattle. Mix the boxes up, then have one of
the guests to find Headless Nick. The guest can shake
all of the boxes but none of them will rattle - Headless
Nick has vanished! The Magician/Wizard then says how
odd that is and selects a box and when it is shaken,
everyone hears the rattle again. Another guest is selected
but none of the boxes rattle because Headless Nick has
again left. Each time a guest can't find Headless Nick,
the Magician/Wizard picks a box, shakes it and it rattles.
The Secret:
There are really four small boxes, but only three on
the table. The fourth box has some marbles or small
objects in it. It is hidden inside the sleeve of the
Magician/Wizard and is bound to his/her arm with a tight
rubber band so that it won't fall. Each time Headless
Nick is suppose to be in the box, the Magician/Wizard
uses the hand/arm that is hiding the fourth box so that
when the box is moved around, the rattle will be heard.
When the game is to end, the Magician/Wizard feels a
tickle in his ear, scratches, listens and then says
that "Headless Nick is tired of playing and is going
back to Hogwarts!"