by JGoodall » Mar 24th, '10, 19:52
I find that a net force bag if much the best type. Especially those that look like a small shopping bag. (Sorry I can't find the right type atm apart from on ebay)
The one is use is white but is opaque the whole way through and has a handle to make it look like a shopping bag. I always prefer to use props that look authentic and like you could buy them from somewhere other than a magic shop.
The other massive advantage of a white net force bag is that you can have some notes already loaded into the bag - and if you line them up along the bottom of the bag, and have the bag on the table it looks totally empty.
The way that I use this is by having the colour "RED" written on around seven pieces of paper in the second section and then ask the audience to shout out colours that you then write down. Odds are that someone will say red... and you place these into the second section.
Jack