The Hocus Pocus Blog

Have you ever watched a magician performing, and thought about getting started with learning magic tricks yourself? Here we’ll look at 10 good reasons why you should act on that thought, and start learning to perform magic tricks.

1 Entertain Family and Friends

If you know a few good magic tricks, you can have some real fun performing them in front of family and friends, it definitely adds something different to an event, and creates a real talking point. Also, many magic tricks can be performed with items you can find almost anywhere, like cards, coins and table napkins, so it needn’t require a whole load of equipment. That means it can be easy to improvise a quick magic performance in many different social situations.

2 Put On A Show For Kids

Kids love magic tricks, and being able to perform some magic at kids parties is a really good skill to have. Parents are always looking for ways to entertain their kids at birthday parties, so being able to mention that you ‘can do a few magic tricks’ might lead to you getting involved in a performance. Keep it simple and involve lots of humour and audience participation, and it’ll go down a treat. (more…)