Great illusionists of the past amazed people with flying objects, disappearing planes and architectural monuments, as well as inexplicable laws of levitation. There are people for whom the word "tricks" only evokes associations with a rabbit taken out of a top hat. But not everything is as primitive as it might seem! For children, magic tricks are generally a fascinating and educational sight. They develop in children logical and creative thinking, and also give free rein to their fantasies.
Tricks are not magic, but science
Tricks for children are mini-tricks that enable kids to touch something magical, unknown. They themselves feel like they are becoming little wizards. Meanwhile, the secrets of the tricks shown to children are hidden in chemical and physical components, i.e. are easily explained by this or that science. This allows children to slowly but surely learn some of the laws of chemistry and physics that children will learn in a few years in the classroom at school.
Many children love magic tricks with a rope. Firstly, these are completely simple tricks that do not require any special devices. Secondly, if you teach such tricks to a child, then he will begin to develop spatial thinking.
How to perform rope tricks?
Basically, many magicians have a whole arsenal of rope-based tricks in their stock. They can be tied, untied, threaded through the planks. Rope tricks can be simple or can be quite difficult.
Living ropes. For this trick, the magician needs three ropes of different lengths: 20, 30 and 40 cm. It is necessary to show the children and other spectators the ropes with different lengths - long, medium and short. After that, they must be placed on your left palm in such a way that their three ends hang from it. Next, you need to clench your left hand into a fist, and with your right hand trim all three ends of the hanging ropes.
Spectators should see that three identical ropes hang down from the fist of the left hand. Then, with your right hand, you need to grasp the ends of three different ropes, pulling them out of the fist. In this case, all three strings must become the same! At the end of the focus, they need to be thrown aside, showing the audience empty hands.
The secret of this trick lies in sleight of hand. It is necessary not only to be able to clamp different ropes in your fist, but also to arrange them so that the two ends of the long rope and one end of the middle one hang down. In this case, the two ends of the small rope and the second end of the middle one should protrude above the fist. It is necessary that the smallest and largest ropes are interlocked in the middle. If done correctly, all three ropes will appear to be the same the moment the magician begins to trim their ends.
Magic rope. The audience needs to be convinced that the magician has a magic rope on which no knots are held at all. It needs to be shown to the audience. Several loose knots should already be prepared for the ropes. For reliability, you can tie a few knots in front of the audience. Only the nodes should be at a short distance from each other. After that, the rope should be wrapped around the arm with the words "Alabim-salabim, Akhalai-mahalai" and grab the end of the wrapped rope with the other hand, unwinding it. There should be no knots on the rope!
The secret of this trick is as follows. When wrapping the rope around your hand, you must very carefully and secretly pull each of its upper end through the available knots. When the magician begins to remove the rope from his hand, it is necessary to grab the very end that has already passed into the knots. You just have to let go of the rope, and the knots will untie themselves!
