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Greetings.

I am a new face here, but I have just searched the Internet for a trick that my son saw in a Houdini shop when we were in Vegas. After searching for the UFO trick and finally finding these forums, it looks like the trick is probably too difficult for him.

He is eight years old and was disappointed when I told him it was not really "mind control" that made the card spin in mid air. I am seeking a recommendation or two (or more) on what might be a good, impressive trick or set of tricks or book(s) for an eight year old boy to easily learn and perform.

Thank you.

~Sleet~

Maybe one of the self-working card decks such as "Cheek to Cheek" or mental photography. These are easy to do. There are loads more so over to everyone else!

get him a stripper deck one basic principle to learn but a thousand tricks he can do with them and enough confidense to learn real slights with a rock solid back up uf things go wrong.

Or maybe a DVD, might be a bit challenging but will also give him the oppertunity to see the tricks as well as learn them. People usually recommend Born To Perform with Oz Perlman for beginners and I have this DVD and personally I think it will bo ok for an 8 year old. Or look for tricks by a magician called Wayne Dobson. He develops reasonably simple yet high impact tricks.

As for stripper deck, excellent idea, one fo my first tricks.

Good luck and its really nice to see some one as young as 8 interested in magic.

A good start might be to go down to the public library and take out a few books on magic for beginners. That's how I started when I was about the same age, and it gives you a chance to see how serious he is about learning without spending too much money.

There are a whole range of magic sets sold at Hamley's - Marvins magic (they're probably sold elsewhere - but I haven't spent too much time in the UK). That could also be a good way for him to get a taste of magic. See if he 'gets the bug' and then start looking at other stuff.

Another recomendation would be Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic - although that may be a bit advanced for an 8 yr old.

I agree with Taneous

Perhaps a copy of Nicholas Einhorn's Practical Encyclopedia of Magic may do the trick, along with a deck of cards.

There's lot of content to work through and I'm sure that you could help him out. Nothing inside is too difficult.

What about the sponge bunnies? Just don't teach him that one joke...

Ask him what kind of stuff interest him. He might not know of course, so if there are any magic shops in your area take him there and the guy behind the counter could give a few demos of what there is. There has been many good suggestions. Librarys almost always have atleast 1 good book on magic. Then there are those kits that come with a DVD, cups and balls, sponges, TT, silk, ect all the stuff for a beginner. And I know I have seen them created for your sons age range. I saw a good one for 40-50 I think. I will search for that link if you want it, and if I find it I will post it.

But I agree that maybe you should do the library thing first, to see how much interest is there. We all knew that kid who wanted to be a rockstar so his parents went out and got him a Gibson Les Paul (Really nice EXPENSIVE guitars... I love mine ) and he strummed it once and put it down.

Anyway, hope I have given some help.

if you want marvins magic they are stocked by most toy shops including toys r us

i agree with the getting books as well from a liabary as if he finds the book to hard going you havent wasted £20!

Get him banachek's psi series DVD's

How about "Karl Fulves' Self-Working Card Tricks." There are some lovely productions in there and plenty of stuff to get his teeth into once he figures out which way is up. It's written in an easy style, so I'd get him that and two or three regular decks (after all, cards do go missing).

..amazon stock marvin stuff...

that should do ya...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/sea ... 85-9215626

Greetings Sleet

I would advise that you bought him either a magic wiglee which uses a similar principle to the UFO card and is great fun to play with and looks sooo good or buy him a cup and ball trick and go from there if you need info on where to buy please feel free to P.M me.

I would not recommend buying your goblin cards as it will be a game of 52 pickup most of the time .

Hope this helps

Dean

Misanthropy wrote:Get him banachek's psi series DVD's

ok then.

dat8962 wrote:
Perhaps a copy of Nicholas Einhorn's Practical Encyclopedia of Magic may do the trick, along with a deck of cards.

There's lot of content to work through and I'm sure that you could help him out. Nothing inside is too difficult.

I think that would be a great book to start with, seriously. It's very good for price and contains alot, as well as the history of magic. An 8 year old will udnerstand it easily, it has pictures of every move and a lot of the things you'd need to know to start out.

Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic the young persons bible.