So, it is this time of year again… Love is in the air!!
Valentine’s Day is a very special day for many couples. If you perform magic for a couple on Valentine’s Day it can be a real treat to do something amazing that relates to it.
The more you can tailor your magic to your surroundings, the more meaning it has. As a result, the reactions and emotions your magic evokes can dramatically increase.
Here are some suggestions of the most relevant magic tricks you can do for a couple.
Magic to perform for couples
Anniversary Waltz – This is a classic magic trick that is perfect for any situation where you find yourself performing for a couple. To different SIGNED selections end up being fused together into one playing card for a souvenir that will frame the moment forever.
OCL – Ben Williams – Any magic trick where you link something to something else is ideal for couples. Ben Williams has devised the worlds first and ONLY linking playing card trick where the linked rings can be examined! Two card rings are torn from a single playing card; each playing card ring is signed by the couple. These card rings are then rubbed together and impossibly link! These linked playing card rings can then be examined and if you like kept as a souvenir by the couple!
Linking Hearts – Paul Romhany – This is the classic linking rings routine made perfect for Valentine’s Day. Instead of linking circular metal rings, you magically link and unlink heart shaped rings, this gives you ample amount of room to create a perfect patter line for your couple. The unique design of the heart shaped rings has allowed for a whole range of new visual links and unlinks.
Twilight Angels – Paul Harris – Twilight Angels has been a staple magic trick we have always suggested when anyone wants a great effect to perform for a couple. One of the angels on the back design of a SIGNED playing card is moved in the most magical way. It is then revealed sitting next to the other angel on the opposite side of the card!
That’s Amore – Nathan Kranzo – INSTANT DOWNLOAD – A collection of 19 great magic tricks specially devised for couples. Great names like Nathan Kranzo, Reed McClintock, Gregory Wilson and Luke Dancy have all contributed to this amazing PDF. This is an Instant Download PDF so you can be learning these secrets in just a few minutes!
Souvenir Linking Loverbands – Every once in a while a magic trick comes along that is devised to be performed for a couple. Souvenir Linking Loverbands is one of those magic tricks. It is a simple premise; you show two rubber bands that are shaped like hearts, and then you link them together forever! This is another perfect magic trick that leaves the couple with a souvenir that frames the moment of magic forever.
Want to impress that special someone?
Maybe you’re not looking for a magic trick to show a couple; instead you may want to create a moment for someone special in your life.
There are lots of great ways to use magic to create a lasting moment between you and another person, magic tricks can really help establish a connection between you and someone else. In order to help out anyone looking for some magic like this, we have devised a list to suit this situation.
Psypher – Robert Smith – To read another person’s mind is one sure fire way of creating a moment between two people. Psypher is one of the best devises on the market for mind reading, reliable to use it allows you to concentrate fully on your performance; which is exactly what you would want to do if you were looking to establish a connection between you and someone else.
Into the Abyss – Oz Pearlman – This is a collection of 3 extremely strong presentations for mind reading. Oz describes how to perform these mind reading miracles so you can really get the most from performing them. This is a great set of routines to practice your cold reading, in fact, Oz teaches you some basics to get you started.
Slide – By Titanas and De’Mon – Slide is a super easy torn and restored signed card trick. What makes it perfect for that someone special is that you sign half of the card and the spectator signs the other half. The card is torn in half; they can clearly see your signed half and their signed half; you touch them together for a moment and they stick! However they are off centre, then, slowly and magically the piece slides into perfect alignment, you then hand the signed card back for inspection. Slide lends itself perfectly to patter about attraction and ‘perfect fits’.
Firestarters – Jay Sankey – This is a DVD specifically filmed to teach great ways to use your magic to help begin that connection with someone. Jam packed full of visual routines that all have that special creative thinking Sankey applies to all of his magic. This DVD is perfect for anyone looking for someone special.
Napkin rose – Michael Mode – To create a moment for someone; sometimes it is best to create something! Napkin Rose by Michael Mode is one of the best little giveaways you can create for someone special. You take a simple napkin from anywhere, and with a minute or two you have folded it into a beautiful rose!
Folding Money Fooling – Robert Neale – If you liked the idea of creating something special for your someone special then why not look into this. Not exactly magic but very touching, Folding Money Fooling is a collection of great origami you can do with banknotes. Taking something ordinary like a banknote and then to folding it into something amazing sometimes can be just as powerful as a magic trick. Imagine how that someone special would react if you turned a banknote into a butterfly that actually had wings that fluttered!
So these are some of our suggestions as to what magic tricks you can use to frame the moment for your spectators (or indeed that someone special) on Valentine’s Day. As mentioned previously, to make your magic topical can really help increase the emotions and reactions from your magic. Use this opportunity to go out and give your someone a memory that will last for a lifetime!
We got a letter today from one of the magicians who receives our coaching and advice. Glen has been a regular customer at the Merchant of Magic for quite a while and even came and helped out in the bricks and mortar shop to gain experience last Christmas. But Glen had a problem. He was asked to work at a venue which requires it’s performers to work for tips. That’s very rare in the UK, and Glen being a typical English gentleman, he found it very difficult to find a way to approach this. He wanted to know how magicians get tips in in the UK.
Derren Brown presents his mind reading skills much the same way that historical entertainers demonstrated psychic and paranormal abilities. However, he often states to the audience that the secrets to his powers are, in fact, a combination of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship. The revelation of a method hides the true secret and heightens the interest of the spectators.