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Easy Magic Trick: The Unlinking Safety Pin

By Wayne Kawamoto, About.com

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Effect:
In this easy trick, you clearly link two safety pins together by opening one, inserting it through the other and closing the first pin. In seemingly no time, you pull the safety pins apart, but both are still closed. This is a trick that I did a lot when I was a kid.

Materials:
Two safety pins. Generally, the bigger the better. Some safety pins with locking mechanisms won't work. All you need are basic safety pins. If you like you can purchase large safety pins for quilting at fabric stores for about five dollars.

Secret:
It's how you hold the safety pins when you're pulling them apart.

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