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okey dokey then i asume you don't want to start paying out loads of money then.
card tricks that work are card to forhead / glasses my personal favourate basicly they select a card you loose it in the deck and attempt to turn it over in the deck behind your back, they look for it and can't find it because its stuck to your forhead / glasses.
colour changing kings to aces, scan and print to a4 and laminate.
vanishing lady, queen inbetween two aces changes to an ace, produce lady from top pocket (small version) use a flapper card for a4 version.
anything big bold and colourfull, professors nightmare with bright yellow ropes, cut and restored rope, make it funny by giving the knot away and say if anyone asks what it is just tell them its a fraid knot.
mutiplying sponge cubes, kill a bathroom sponge, kill two for colour changing sponges.
cups and sponges, candy machine, weard that rabbit go, lion to lady all make at home stuff blue peater style.