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...change bag magic? Or is for more like three year olds?

Will five year olds just think 'it's obviously a bag with t** c******s..."?

The reason I ask, some friends asked me to do a show for their kids, and I thought, why not?

There are a lot of posts on here about kids shows and have been reading through them, but haven't found an answer to this question yet.

Hope someone can help!

I'd say you'll be okay with 5 year olds and a change bag. Hell, they're used on adults so why not? 5 year olds are still usually at the wonderful age of having no cynicism. By the age of 7 that's usually gone sadly.

Thank you for the reply!

5 year old girl with 14 friends about the same age. I hope they don't beat me up! Older brother will be there. He's 7. Sounds like a trouble maker to me!

I performed at an 8 year old girl's birthday party about a year ago and used a change bag several times (cut and restored rope and a russian roulette game with a custard pie... obviously ending up with it on my face..). Kids really enjoyed being part of the trick and pulling things from the bag, and they showed no sign of 'working it out'.

absolutly I use seversl in my kids sets one as a balloon force bag, one as a magic sleeve, broken zipper, and one with a climax to a colour changing silk routine, all ages apreciate them and never seem to question thema sanything but magical.
there like the colouring book or professors nightmare, classic children never seem to tire of.

I've seen adults fooled by the use of a change bag and fon't think that you'll have any problems with a group of five year olds.

Last Christmas I did a few things for the family (which incuded a 5 year old and a 7 year old) and one of them was 'Spotty Dog' which I bought (on impulse!) from Barrie's Magic at the Ipswich Convention. You might have seen Tommy Cooper doing this on one of his TV shows which was repeated several times recently. Details at http://barriesmagic.co.uk/index.php?opt ... e&Itemid=1 put Spotted Dog into the Search Function there.

Lots of room for groans as well as shouts and laughs and the 7 year old acted as my assistant pulling the hankies out of the bag and putting them back again.

Change bag is perfect, it's all up to you to make it work. (It will also work on adults. scary I know)

How funny that change bags work on adults!

I'm going to make my own, I think. I should be able to make one out of a pair of cordury trousers.

Thank you so much for your help, everyone. I feel ready to do the show now.

Paul Daniels did a great routine with a double change bag and a pile of socks. Very entertaining

jim

I hope he washed them.

I actually don't 'know' how change bags work but I guess the principle is pretty basic. I've thought of a few ways that one could be made.

If you have Mark Wilson's Course in magic I believe he gives instructions on how to make one out of a paper bag. There are lots of resources for this. 75 Tricks with a svengali deck, Tarbel, I think in one of the Fulves books, and there are plenty on the market.

Also consider totally transaprent bags, net bags as well as paper bags and gaffed versions of standard supermarket bags...

http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic24181.php&highlight=change+bag case in point one from me and one from Miles More Magic

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