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There are many, many such tricks. All of them will require practice to *present well* even though the techniques are easy.
The book "Magic for Dummies" by David Pogue and a long list of excellent contributors actually has some wonderful easy-to-do magic with ordinary objects. Also, the book "Magic with Everyday Objects" by George Schindler is a classic.
Here are some easy tricks I'd recommend that you learn. But again, you have to rehearse your presentation so that you're not just saying, "Okay, now watch this...now I do this...now I do this...and look at that!" You need to be engaging, to describe what you're doing CLEARLY (even if it's not what you're actually doing!!), to build up the trick so that the climax is more exciting.
Cups and Balls. There are many very basic routines using three cups and three balls (really four balls). The only requirement is that the cups be opaque...and there are a lot of things you can do for the balls, such as simply balling up a tissue or using a child's pom-pom decoration.The Jumping Rubber Band. It's not quite as amazing as the Crazy Man's Handcuffs routine you were pointed to in one of the answers, but it's still very cool and takes only one rubber band. (Although, if you have two, you can make it look even cooler.)Carp Warp. This is done with two playing cards, though there are variations using one card and one dollar bill or other paper currency. It does destroy the card or cards, but it creates a stunning topological mystery in which a card appears to be folded inside-out and outside-in at the same time.The Trick That Fooled Copperfield. Another very weird-looking topological mystery with cards.The Paddle Move. This is a very easy, very convincing sleight of hand move that creates a terrific illusion that you're seeing both sides of the object, but you're really only seeing one. It can be done with a large number of common objects such as swizzle sticks, table knives, and chopsticks.Out of This World by Paul Curry. A card trick that uses a totally ordinary deck of cards (it doesn't even have to be a complete deck) and no sleight of hand at all. It's so clever that it's a joy to perform. The people who view it will be convinced that you're either a master of sleight of hand, or that you secretly switched decks right under their noses.
Instructions for all these tricks can be found on Youtube, although you will always be better off finding them in magic books where they're taught with attention to detail.
The book "Magic for Dummies" by David Pogue and a long list of excellent contributors actually has some wonderful easy-to-do magic with ordinary objects. Also, the book "Magic with Everyday Objects" by George Schindler is a classic.
Here are some easy tricks I'd recommend that you learn. But again, you have to rehearse your presentation so that you're not just saying, "Okay, now watch this...now I do this...now I do this...and look at that!" You need to be engaging, to describe what you're doing CLEARLY (even if it's not what you're actually doing!!), to build up the trick so that the climax is more exciting.
Cups and Balls. There are many very basic routines using three cups and three balls (really four balls). The only requirement is that the cups be opaque...and there are a lot of things you can do for the balls, such as simply balling up a tissue or using a child's pom-pom decoration.The Jumping Rubber Band. It's not quite as amazing as the Crazy Man's Handcuffs routine you were pointed to in one of the answers, but it's still very cool and takes only one rubber band. (Although, if you have two, you can make it look even cooler.)Carp Warp. This is done with two playing cards, though there are variations using one card and one dollar bill or other paper currency. It does destroy the card or cards, but it creates a stunning topological mystery in which a card appears to be folded inside-out and outside-in at the same time.The Trick That Fooled Copperfield. Another very weird-looking topological mystery with cards.The Paddle Move. This is a very easy, very convincing sleight of hand move that creates a terrific illusion that you're seeing both sides of the object, but you're really only seeing one. It can be done with a large number of common objects such as swizzle sticks, table knives, and chopsticks.Out of This World by Paul Curry. A card trick that uses a totally ordinary deck of cards (it doesn't even have to be a complete deck) and no sleight of hand at all. It's so clever that it's a joy to perform. The people who view it will be convinced that you're either a master of sleight of hand, or that you secretly switched decks right under their noses.
Instructions for all these tricks can be found on Youtube, although you will always be better off finding them in magic books where they're taught with attention to detail.
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