Hi, I am not a magician by any stretch of the imagination (maybe one day), but I am utterly fascinated by all things magic. I am due to go on holiday soon and wish to impress my 8 year old niece with some magic tricks, so I am looking to buy some tricks that can a) be simply performed by a novice, and b) be impressive to an 8 year old (and hopefully to the parents). I want her to really believe that I can do magic.

I have looked at various on-line stores and there seems to be a tremendous number of items out there, so I was hoping that maybe some people here could give their recommendations. Some of the things I am looking at are the "Notepad Surprise" by Sean Bogunia and one of the "Pen thru anything" tricks (there seems to be so many to choose from). Preferably I want items that can be examined afterwards (although if the trick is impressive enough this doesn't have to be true.
Thanks