For magicians with balloon-making skills, the art of creating balloon animals, here's something that combines "twisting" with mentalism. The magic aspect of this trick is ultra easy and great for beginners. All you'll need to do is memorize a few things and increase your powers of observation.
It's not a magic trick, but you'll probably be amazed by the many characters that you can create with your hands and this prop, a plastic set of eyes. An imaginative and creative take on impromptu puppetry that will work for magicians and ventriloquists, "The Eyes Have It," which comes with the plastic eyes and a DVD, definitely has "it."
If you want to see a first rate children entertainer in action, watch Dave Allen's "party time With Magic Dave." This DVD is not your standard hereÂ’s a trick and how to perform it DVD, but a complete record of AllenÂ’s two-hour performance at a kids party from when he arrives and unloads his car, to the end when he packs his car and leaves.
If you want to perform for young kids, David Kaye's "Seriously Silly Live" is required watching. On this DVD, you get to see a true magic pro in action and learn what makes him so successful. Indeed, Kaye thoroughly understands his youthful audiences.
Paul Megram, AKA "Colonel Custard," is a successful kids magician in the UK. This DVD offers his secrets to running a successful magic business and covers topics such as: handling phone calls, dealing with clients, creating a corporate image, starting the party, games to play at parties with kids, receiving pay, getting repeat bookings and more.
This Deluxe Edition DVD set re-releases excellent material from Bill Abbott that includes re-shot and re-edited performances and explanations for routines from his "Bill Abbott Performs Close-Up For Kids" and "Bill Abbott Performs Stand-Up For Kids." Throughout, Abbott offers outstanding, commercial routines and comprehensive instruction and the two-disc set is a great value.
On this DVD, Capehart shows how to present compelling and fun magic for kids that doesn’t insult the intelligence of anyone over six years old, the way that many kids performers do. Capehart is not only an excellent performer, he combines lots of skills, which also involves and entertains the parents who are watching with their kids.
On this comprehensive DVD, Paul Gallagher shares an amazing wealth of ideas, applications, subtleties, insight and routines for standard effects that many magicians have purchased and thrown into their sock or junk drawers. With some 50 effects, routines, presentation tips, and performance applications and some five hours of footage, this is a great DVD.
For kid performers, Greg Hamilton’s book offers a wealth of entertaining ideas to use the Rabbit in the Hat Puppet in their acts. If you want to create a fun segment in your show with the puppet, his book is must reading that provides lots of useful information.
An entertaining effect with a built-in message about sharing, Magikraft’s Jumping Jelly Beans is a fine addition to a kid show.
It’s a toilet plunger, vase, beanie cap and safari hat, all in one. “Hat’s Incredible” is a goofy, gag-laden, evolving hat prop that’s strictly for the kids. If such a silly effect can work in your kids show, this one does exactly what it says it will.
