Here's a super easy magic trick that's really an optical illusion. You wave a normal pencil and it appears to bend, just as if it were made of rubber.
Materials:
A pencil
Secret:
It's all in how you hold the pencil and move your hand.
Easy Magic Tricks: The Rubber Pencil
By Wayne Kawamoto, About.com Guide
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