⚡ Top 10 easiest magic tricks for kids

Ours, all ten: every trick on this list is from Peabody's Magic Shop, free, with picture steps read aloud by Flick.

Every trick on this list is an Apprentice trick, which in Flick's shop is a promise checked in code: it works the first try, and it takes ten minutes or less to learn. These are the ten quickest of them, so a child can learn one, practise it twice and show somebody before bed.

Start at number one and work down. The point of an easy trick is that all a child's attention goes on performing it, on the words and the pause before the reveal, instead of on their hands. That is the skill the harder tricks need later.

How it is ranked: Apprentice tricks only, quickest to learn first; when two take the same time, the one that suits the youngest child comes first. Checked against the shop on 31 October 2026.

The 10

1. The Rubber PencilThe Everyday Shelf1 minute to learn. You hold up an ordinary pencil and say a magic word.
2. The Hole in Your HandThe Paper and String Drawer1 minute to learn. You roll a sheet of paper into a tube and offer it to somebody like a telescope.
3. The Forehead CoinThe Coin Counter2 minutes to learn. You press a coin onto your friend's forehead and challenge them to wiggle it off without using their hands.
4. Pepper ScatterThe Potion Lab2 minutes to learn. Pepper floats all over a bowl of water.
5. The Arrow FlipThe Potion Lab2 minutes to learn. You draw a fat arrow pointing to the right and stand it up behind an empty glass.
6. The Water VanishThe Potion Lab2 minutes to learn. A coin sits on the table with an empty glass standing on top of it, and everybody can see it through the side.
7. The Linking Paper ClipsThe Paper and String Drawer2 minutes to learn. You fold a strip of paper into a zigzag and clip two separate paperclips onto it.
8. The Answer Is Always 3The Mind Reader's Corner2 minutes to learn. You ask your friend to think of any number at all and do some sums in their head.
9. The Glowing PotionThe Potion Lab2 minutes to learn. Two glasses of clear liquid sit side by side and look exactly the same.
10. The Bending SpoonThe Everyday Shelf3 minutes to learn. You hold a spoon by its neck with both hands and press down on the table.

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