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Nesting Boxes have a long
history in magic. These coffin shaped nesting boxes come
in three types - nesting Vampires, nesting Mummies, and
nesting Skeletons. Take your pick or make all of them.
The nests of coffin shaped boxes become magical when you
borrow a small object from someone (like a finger ring, a
coin, a dollar bill, etc.), make it disappear, and then
discover it inside the smallest coffin shaped box of the
nest. There are different routines for each of the three
types. Dollar Tree SOURCE. Easy to make; requires some sleight of hand
skills to perform.
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| DS03-02
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You will need more than
one Dollar Store item for this effect, and might have to
spend a bit more than a couple of bucks to make a deluxe
version. Beside using a mat, you can also have the
Wee-Gee Design on a plate. Instead of the usual Ouija
planchette, we'll be using a pendulum to talk to the
spirits in the old fashioned letter-by-letter way.
Various sources will be given in the e-Book. Requires a
bit of effort to make and some magic skills to perform.
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| DS03-03
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The box is made from 3
ring binder covers (you'll need 5 binders). The sides are
held together with duct tape or gaffers' tape, so the box
folds flat and opens up to make the production.
Production can be made from the top and bottom of the
box, as well as through the Jack O'Lantern eyes, nose and
mouth in all sides. The box Jim is holding in the photo
cost $10.00 plus tax for materials and took one afternoon
to construct in his outdoor backyard workshop.
SOURCE for Box Parts. Kitchen Workshop Construction -
no power tools needed. Easy to perform.
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| DS03-04
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"Copenetro" was
the name given to a Bob Kline USA pirated (1947) version
of a coin effect invented by British magician Jack Hughes
in 1937. It was a catchier name than the one given it by
Hughes ("Visible Coins in Glass") so that name
seems to have stuck. Our "poor man's" version
(not pirated) takes place in a Dollar Tree Cardboard Box
shaped like a haunted house, and the vanished four to six
coins (ordinary quarters) noisily appear one-by-one in an
empty sealed glass salt shaker (also a Dollar Tree
purchase) trapped inside the house. SOURCE for house box. SOURCE for shakers. Easy to make; requires sleight of
hand skills to perform.
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| DS03-05
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Creepy
Hands and Spiders
by Jim Gerrish
Skeleton Tong hands are
creepy enough. Add some creepy crawly spiders and give
everyone goosebumps. Now what can we do with these?
Renfield's Dream, for one. Remember him? He liked
catching tasty live insects and eating them in the
Dracula movies. A Chinese Stick effect also comes to
mind.
SOURCE for skeleton tongs. SOURCE for spiders. Easy to make; requires practice
skills to perform.
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| DS03-06
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This is a smaller version
of my Floating Beachballs, from The Wizards' Journal #29, which can be
rigged as a Halloween porch illusion, or for use in a
more close-up and intimate setting. These four inch
diameter balls from Dollar Tree light up brightly, and I
have recently solved the problem of battery replacements.
Dollar Tree SOURCE. Easy to make; requires some magic skills to
perform.
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| DS03-07
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The Chatty Rat
"comes to life" and answers questions, carries
on a rat chat, sings rat songs, and leaves behind some
rat droppings when the act is over. Versions for
ventriloquists and for non-ventriloquists are included.
Other chatty skeletons are also available. Dollar Tree SOURCE. Easy to make; easy to operate.
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Strings of battery
powered lights make good production items, but also make
good magic tricks on their own. Consider taking
individual pumpkin lights, blowing them out, swallowing
them, and then making them appear from your mouth all
lighted and attached to a string. Years ago, that effect
would have cost a lot more than a buck! Dollar Tree SOURCE. Requires some electric and soldering skills to
make; requires some sleight of hand skills to perform.
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You probably know the
traditional multiplying ball trick, and while you CAN
turn these ping-pong ball sized eyeballs into a set of
THOSE, you can also learn how to perform the trick with
pure sleight of hand and have eyeballs appearing from
everywhere imaginable. Dollar Tree SOURCE. Easy to make; requires some sleight of hand
skills to perform.
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This frame can be made in
any size up to 11" x 14" from Dollar Tree items
and it may require more than one item to complete the
frame to your satisfaction. It can be used with playing
cards of all sizes, including giant cards (for more than
a buck, but still pretty inexpensive), with photos, maps,
diagrams, etc. For some mysterious reason (you provide
the mysterious reason with your story-telling skills) the
items slowly appear within this frame. They can be
removed from the frame after materializing, or they can
fade away into nothingness again... your choice. Various
sources are given in the e-Book. Requires a bit of effort
to make and some magic skills to perform.
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