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2007 Favor Bags

These 2007 series favor kits come with a miniature deck of cards, a magic activity kit, several magic tricks, and a full size magic wand, all in a high quality cellophane bag. Price is only $5 each.

Fun Star Birthday Activity Ideas

Here are a few fun party ideas. Thanks to http://www.birthdaymagictricks.com/ideas.html.

Dress Up

Make this a costume party by inviting your guests to come dressed as magicians or circus performers! If you have extra clothes or accessories, offer them to those who come without costumes. Be sure to take photos for memorable party favors!

Magic Box

This game takes advance preparation, but it’s lots of fun to play. Before the party, find a small gift for each child, as well as several boxes of varying sizes that will fit inside each other. Put the best gift inside the smallest box, and wrap it with special gift wrap. Put this gift in a slightly larger box with a new prize, and wrap again. Continue this process until you have wrapped enough boxes and gifts for each guest to unwrap one. At the party, seat your guests in a circle. Play some magical music and tell the children to pass the magic box around the circle as quickly as possible. When you stop the music, the lucky player holding the box must say “Abra Ca Dabra” before they are allowed to unwrap it. (Don’t tell the kids there are other boxes inside). Once a child has unwrapped a box, they must leave the circle with their gift. Start the music again and continue playing until each child has unwrapped a gift in the magic box. The child to open the last box is the winner of the magic prize!

Penny Magic

Pick 5 pennies with different dates and place them in a top hat. Ask one of your guests to pick a penny and look at the date, without telling what it is. Pass the penny around so everyone knows the chosen date. Quickly put the penny back into the hat and shake up the pennies. Let your “Penny Magician” (birthday child) reach into the hat and pull out the chosen penny. The Penny Magician will know which penny was chosen because copper absorbs heat, making the penny that everyone has handled warmer than the rest. Once everyone learns the secret penny magic, let each child take a turn being the Penny Magician.

Hat Trick

Set a top hat in the middle of a large room and tell the children to form a circle around it. Pass out an equal number of playing cards to each guest and take turns tossing the cards into the hat. (Adjust distance to match the skill and patience level of your guests.) Any player who gets a card in the hat gets to continue tossing until they miss. The player who tosses the most cards into the hat gets to start the next round.

Sneaky Magician

Only a sneaky magician can outwit a gang of thieves! Choose a child to be the Sneaky Magician, seat them in a chair, and blindfold them. Place a special magical item beneath the chair, (top hat, deck of cards, magic eight ball, etc.) which the Magician must protect from the thieves. Only one thief may try to steal from the Magician at any given time. Since the Magician is blindfolded he/she must listen closely for the thief and touch them with their hands or feet before they steal the magical item. A thief who is caught becomes the next Magician. If the Magician does not catch the thief, the magical item is replaced under the chair so another thief can try.