Ryan absolutely loves anything to do with both science and magic. I can almost without a doubt guarantee that every year on his Christmas wish list will be some sort of magic set or book about magic etc. He was so excited when I told him he would be getting Ridleys magic set to try out kindly sent from Crafts 4 Kids.
The first thing I noticed about this set was the packaging of the box. It's almost in the style of what I can only describe of an old poster or newspaper and looks really unique and effective as well as unusual. Inside the box is everything Ryan required to turn into a mini magician and all with clear instructions on how to do the 15 tricks.
The tricks include some old favourites, cup and ball tricks and sword through coin trick (which I managed to master) magic wand bending trick and a few others plus the one that baffled little Jordanna – the magic age/number cards: where you ask your unsuspecting volunteer either to think of their age or a random number, show them a few cards and a very simple question and magically guess the number. It works all the time without fail and no one can quite work out how it's done.
Magician in training
Ryan is loving practicing his tricks and amazing his little audience and who knows maybe he could be the next Paul Daniels or Dynamo! This magic set costs £13.99 from Crafts for Kids and gives Ryan and his sister hours of fun playing with it.
Competition Time
If your kids love magic like mine do then this is your lucky day as Crafts 4 Kids are giving away 3 of these magic sets to 3 of my blog readers. In order to enter – firstly make sure you follow/subscribe to my blog either by email, twitter or bloglovin and you will find relevant follow me buttons on this page. Depending on your browser look either below or in my right hand side bar. Then follow these very simple step.
1) – follow Crafts 4 Kids on twitter
2) – Comment below and say what your favourite all time magic show or magic trick is. This could be a tv show from childhood or a trick you have seen someone do etc.
(T&Cs- competition will close on September 30th. 3 winners will be chosen and contacted via email for prize notification/delivery. Prizes will be sent directly from Crafts 4 Kids and I reserve the right to end the competition at any time without prior notice. Prize(s) are non exchangeable. UK entrants only please)
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My favourite trick is the coin disappearing in the hand and appearing again (behind the ear). I can’t do it myself and I’m amazed everytime this is done. Following on Twitter as @maisietoo.
love to see the kid’s faces when an animal appears out of the hat!
love this new dynamo he is fantastic
I used to love it when a dove flew out of a hankerchief 🙂
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I love it when a magician saws someone in half! A classic 🙂 x
Following on twitter as @kimmer2111
any form of levitation
used to love seeing a rabbit come out of a hatwhen I was a kid
David Copperfield vanishing the statue of liberty .. A bit showy, but very, very good!
the rabbit trick
Rabbit out of the hat is our favourite
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Following on Twitter @mamamakes
I love Dynamo, fabulous! @mamamakes
The old bunny out of a top hat trick has to be the most popular choice!
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love seeing a rabbit come out of a hat
I love Paul Daniels.
I like to see the magician have animals seem to appear by magic. Rabbits from hats, pigeons etc.
The good old classic, pulling a rabbit from the hat!
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My faverite magic trick is Red and black, my bf is a member of the magic circle, he does some amazeball tricks! x
i love card tricks 🙂
followed you with vanessa_253. pulling a rabbit out of a hat
the new dynamo is fantasic-im followng the blog via email
I have just looked ar Ridleys magic set. My son has just took a keen interest in learning magic and wants to perform a magic school. So this set would be perfect, I would love my son to perform the card trick. It looks spectacular.
when they make someone float in the air
I’ve always liked the old sawing a person in half trick,alway wondered how they do that
I’ve followed Crafts4Kids on Twitter and also following your blog on email,bloglovin’ and Twitter
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Follow on twitter. @kimneville2
Dynamo is amazing
I love the pull-the-rabbit-outta-the-hat trick!Or a dove sometimes..
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My daughter has just had a Charity Evening for Molar Pregnancy Research and a Magician called Kevin Cunliffe performed a trick involving swallowing razor blades, he swallowed a couple but managed to cough up 12, and not a drop of blood
I love all sorts of magic but I have a soft spot for Paul Daniels and is cheesy routines
My dad used to do a cool magic trick when i was younger where he’d ‘swallow’ a 2p coin and then make it come out of his ear! I loved that when i was a kid
Does sooty and sweep count hehe
David Copperfield was pretty amazing way back when !
Rabbits out of the hat always used to make me laugh- but my fave has to be those tricks where they could pull something long out of someones ear! following on twiiter @bishky
Paul Daniels and Wizbit were great lol
Love the sawing someone in half, never could figure that one out!
I used to really like the one where the wand goes floppy then rigid again. @mintcakefrog
My favourite tricks are my daughters… her ‘itchy pocket’ she gets whilst trying to do slight of hand is hilarious!!
The levitation thing is really cool
The sawing in half trick!!
I used to have a Paul Daniels magic set and loved watching him on TV!
I always loved seeing somebody sawed in half
Got to be Paul Daniels and the great Saturday night magic shows on TV
I love Dynamo – our family often sit together and watch his shows with friends, and we all try and sit and work out how the heck he does it – its amazing!
Paul Daniels as remember watching him for hours as a kid
dynamo because he’s the only one who isnt creepy!
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Following on Twitter @WendyCollard – This will sound silly, but it just came to me first. My favourite tick was “gottcha nose” (when an adult tucked their thumb under and between their fingers to make it look like a nose which they pretended to pull off your face) – I remember being very young and really believing they had my nose!!! Tried it with my kids when they were young and they knew straight away it was my thumb! Booooo to them, no fun!
Penn and Teller have always been great but Dynamo has to be the best ever!