P&L Vanishing Wand - there is palatable suspense on the part of the kids while the wand is gone and vocal relief from them when it finally reappears.

Anderson T&R Newspaper - receives literally jaw-dropping reactions from the kids and adults at the moment of the flash restoration.

Malini Egg Bag - spotlights the child assistant who does the magic themselves and produces the egg from the empty bag at the finale of the routine.

Ok before I said Fraidy cat Rabbit Zig Zag Rocky and Egg bag while none of these will leave my show I just finished the work on a new routine with an autograph book and a "prediction" that I am rather roud of and What a reaction form the kids I mean out of this world. I went out to Magic Kingdom and was sitting watching the kids get autographs and getting their photos taken put 2+2 together and got 1000. I love this thing.

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I don't think I have responded to this...

1. Needle thur Balloon
2. Norm Neilson Ketchup Bottle
3. Appearing Cane

Silk to Egg is easy to combine with egg bag routines.

Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander

This is great news. I am so glad that no one has picked my top three, which tells me that I am still some what original.

Hi everybody:


Snake Can (from David Ginn "Professional Magic for Children")

thumb tip and silk routine (from David Ginn "Children Laugh Louder")

cut and restored rope routine (with bongo hat, cut-no-cut-scissors, ...)

For me they would be:
1/ Silver Sceptre
2/ Sponge Balls (Mark Leveridge routine)
3/ Sucker torn and restored napkin (Mark Wilson COurse)

I open with a balloon routine climaxing with the swallowing of a balloon.
My next essential is a routine with the vanish of a ribbon and reproduction from a volunteers jumper using a thumb tip.
My strongest closer is my ventriloquism routine with a puppet dog.
Those three routines (30 minutes) are the backbone of my show. But if I am travelling the puppet is sometimes switched for a sponge banana routine or a card routine with six card repeat followed by cards across.
For adults my three top tricks are the balloon swallow, six card repeat followed by cards across, and a combination of tossed-out deck and invisible deck.

1) Non Nove Sed Nova cups and balls (my own routine)
2) Coins to the spectator's hand (my version)
3) Out Of This World (my version with cards shuffled before and several times during the procedure)

1) Non Nove Sed Nova cups and balls (my own routine)
2) Coins to the spectator's hand (my version)
3) Out Of This World (my version with cards shuffled before and several times during the procedure)

Are these really children's tricks - especially Number 3?

Posted: Aug 13, 2009 5:17am
I was of course referrring to Lawrence O's post above mine.

Here are mine -

SNAKES ALIVE (VANISHING COKE BOTTLE TO SPRING SNAKE)
SQUARE CIRCLE (I PRODUCE A SIX FOOT FISHING POLE & LARGE RUBBER TROUT)
PROFESSOR'S NIGHTMARE, FIBER OPTICS STYLE (RICHARD SANDERS)

Have fun...

Ooh! ooh! ooh! - my turn!
(in no particular order of importance)
1 Confusing Crayons (PB & Jelly style)(as a running gag)
2 Water Cup Monte (slush powder routine)
3 Pop Pop Poof (spsmagic.com)

Wes Holly

1. Sponge Balls
2. TT Vanish of silk
3. Miser's Dream

Sponge Balls!!!
Magic Coloring Book with Vanishing Crayons
Wand Gags, multiplying, breakaway, topsy popsy
Balloon Doggy Bag (By Jeff Hobson) This is a killer trick for the kiddies!!!

1) front-loader, Washing Machine (JB)

2) Turbo Bunny (Kovari)

3) Silver Sceptre (George Blake)

and as a reserve
4) Double T & R Tissue (JB)

John
http://www.johnbreeds.com

Top three:

1) David Ginn's "Wilting Flower" routine

2) Stratosphere

3) Axtell's "Magic Drawing Board"

Honorable Mentions:

Pizza Oven http://www.daytonamagic.com/products/PIZZA-OVEN-TRICK.html

Coloring Book with volunteer using wands (break away, spring, pop-wand and "secret" wand)

Only three???,...Well here goes,..my picks,....Vanishing Candle,Arm Chopper and Chair Suspension.
Mike

Update:

Chair Suspension
Dove to Bunny
Misers Dream

1. ABC...Stung

2. Silly Billy's Giant blowup wand and a change bag with my own routine

3. Diminishing coloring books (after my coloring book routine, the repeating use of the magic word by the kids shrinks my book several sizes until it vanishes completely.

My top 3:
1.vanishing bandana
2. rabba dubb dubb cups and balls story
3. miser's dream - caperheart