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Just a random bit of fun to see what we can come up with.

My housemate bought some of these the other day and it was a real blast from the past... the passing round of sweets and crisps at school and there'd be one kid who wasn't allowed sweets or crisps but would crack out the tiny little red box his mum put in his lunch every day, and meekly try to share his fist full of dry yet squidgy fruit nuggets...

Anyway, I saved a few empty boxes from the recycling bin and would love to work them into some kind of routine. Card to sunshine raisin box would be the obvious if boring one... I can't help but notice they're perfectly sized for palming, so some kind of switch-based routine would also be possible...

Anyone?

there the right size for a tip. so how about having a box fill up with rasins again?
or....
Do you know the old trick where you take a wand out of a tiny purse?

Farlsborough wrote: Card to sunshine raisin box would be the obvious if boring one...

Your thinking way too much like a magician.

funsize twix from raisin box?

do you know why they call these sunlight rasins? well, its because each box contains rasins, and a little sunlight....

"delightfull" idea eh?

Obscenely large raisin out of raisin box?

How about some patter based on how any knowledgeable magician always puts one of these boxes in the corner of his top hat...

A box of raisins.

Pour some water in, shake it about.

Now it's a box of grapes!

- Rob

make a deck shell...

Floating 'raise' in box

Raisin! Raising!

If only I were clever enough to raise something out of the raison box!

queen of clubs wrote:How about some patter based on how any knowledgeable magician always puts one of these boxes in the corner of his top hat...

Ew! Are you heading where I think you're heading?

What about the old rattling matchbox 'monte' effect - find the only box with raisins in it?

Not sure if this is what TerryC had in mind, but:

Have a card chosen 'at random'.

Say that you will make his card rise up.

Produce the pack of Sun Maid raisins. When the spectator looks confused, or laughs, say that you find these little packets are perfect for raisin' things.

Then have a miniature version of the chosen card rise up out of the raisin box.

Assuming a Mercury-folded card would fit into one of these boxes, perhaps you could do something with that? Just brainstorming.