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Easy Magic Tricks: The Levitating Pencil

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In this easy magic trick, you place a pencil into a bottle and it mysteriously levitates on its own. There's some preparation involved, but you should have fun with this one.

Materials:
A pencil
A bottle
Clear Adhesive Tape
Black Thread

If you would like to perform a similar effect that allows you to levitate a finger ring, please click here.

You can also learn another effect that you can perform anytime and makes a ring appear to rise on a rubberband by clicking here.

If you want to learn about levitations, please click here.

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