Coin tricks for kids
All 14 coin tricks for kids
| Trick | What they see | Level | Ages | You need | To learn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Coin Fold | Vanish | 2 Conjurer | 7 to 12 | coin, square of paper | 15 minutes |
| The Coin Through a Small Hole | Penetration | 1 Apprentice | 6 to 11 | paper, dime, quarter, scissors | 5 minutes |
| The Forehead Coin Trick | Vanish | 1 Apprentice | 5 to 10 | coin | 2 minutes |
| Which Hand? Coin Trick | Prediction | 1 Apprentice | 6 to 11 | coin | 5 minutes |
| The Vanishing Coin | Vanish | 3 Wizard | 8 to 13 | coin | 3 to 5 days |
| The Elbow Vanish | Vanish | 2 Conjurer | 7 to 12 | coin | 15 minutes |
| The Coin From Behind Your Ear | Production | 3 Wizard | 8 to 13 | coin | 2 to 4 days |
| The Glass Vanish | Vanish | 2 Conjurer | 7 to 12 | coin, glass, napkin | 15 minutes |
| The Heads or Tails Mind Reader | Prediction | 2 Conjurer | 7 to 12 | coin | 10 minutes |
| The Two-Coin Jump | Transposition | 3 Wizard | 10 to 13 | quarter | 3 to 5 days |
| The Warm Coin | Prediction | 1 Apprentice | 6 to 10 | coin, cup | 5 minutes |
| The Flying Coin | Transposition | 2 Conjurer | 8 to 13 | coin | 20 minutes |
| Odd or Even | Prediction | 1 Apprentice | 7 to 11 | coin, cup | 5 minutes |
| The Ten Coin Jump | Transformation | 2 Conjurer | 8 to 13 | coin | 10 minutes |
Start with these
- The Coin Through a Small Hole. There's a hole in a piece of paper exactly the size of a small coin. 5 minutes to learn, for ages 6 to 11.
- The Forehead Coin Trick. You press a coin onto your friend's forehead and challenge them to wiggle it off without using their hands. 2 minutes to learn, for ages 5 to 10.
- Which Hand? Coin Trick. Your friend hides a coin in one fist behind their back while you look away. 5 minutes to learn, for ages 6 to 11.
What you need, and what a grown-up does
| Trick | You need | A grown-up does |
|---|---|---|
| The Coin Fold | coin, square of paper | nothing |
| The Coin Through a Small Hole | paper, dime, quarter, scissors | a hot or bright-light step |
| The Forehead Coin Trick | coin | nothing |
| Which Hand? Coin Trick | coin | nothing |
| The Vanishing Coin | coin | nothing |
| The Elbow Vanish | coin | nothing |
| The Coin From Behind Your Ear | coin | nothing |
| The Glass Vanish | coin, glass, napkin | nothing |
| The Heads or Tails Mind Reader | coin | nothing |
| The Two-Coin Jump | quarter | nothing |
| The Warm Coin | coin, cup | nothing |
| The Flying Coin | coin | nothing |
| Odd or Even | coin, cup | nothing |
| The Ten Coin Jump | coin | nothing |
How long a coin trick really takes
Most of this shelf works the first try. Two do not: The Vanishing Coin and The Coin From Behind Your Ear are real sleight of hand and take a few days of short practice, which their pages say plainly rather than promising a first-try miracle. Start with The Forehead Coin and The Impossible Hole.
A note on coins and little ones
Every coin trick in the shop carries the AAP's choking note: coins are a risk for children under 4, so they are kept off the floor and out of small hands, and no coin trick is offered below kindergarten.
Safety
Every step that uses something hot or a bright light is a grown-up's step, whatever the child's age, and Flick says so out loud before it. There is no fire, no flame and nothing sharp in a child's hand anywhere in the shop: scissors cut paper, card and string only, and a cutting step says to ask a grown-up. No trick asks a child to put anything in a mouth, a nose or an ear. Tricks with coins, dice, paperclips or pom-poms carry the AAP's choking note for brothers and sisters under 4, and none of them is offered below kindergarten. The kitchen-science tricks use only food-safe things, and a potion is always for looking at, not for drinking.
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