Okay, fine. That isn’t really the way to Professor McGonagall’s heart. But, there is a much easier way that you too can learn. Heck, a five-year-old can pull off the trick. All that it requires is poking a hole through the back of a styrofoam cup with your thumb.
In this way, the cup will stay attached to your thumb and you’ll be able to fool your audience into thinking that you’re making it levitate. If you’re going to try this trick, then you’ll want to make sure you distract your audience members with your other hand so that they don’t try and understand for too long how you’re making the cup “float.” Also, make sure that your audience members are directly in front of you and not on the side. If they’re on the side, then your trick will be a complete bust!
Is That Really A Spike?
Like all other magic tricks, there is more going on than what meets the audience’s eyes. Of course, nobody is actually being impaled and no blood is being shed.
Like other tricks we’ve seen, this one involves a small hidden platform which is on the spike. The assistant rests her body weight on the platform, which makes her look as though she is a human kebab. And the reason for dropping down is to take the focus away from the spike and make it look like it has gone through her.
The Levitating Cup Trick
If I'm going to be real with you all, I've been wanting to move an item using only the power of my mind since I saw Matilda do it in 1996. Unfortunately, none of us have a magic wand like Harry Potter or Hermione Granger. And that’s seriously unfortunate.
But fortunately, the magician in us can make it appear as though we are making a cup levitate. By strategically placing our hands around the cup and slowly moving them apart, you too can make it look like you are making a cup float in the air. So, you might want to pull your Hogwarts application out of the garbage, where you aggressively threw it after believing you didn’t stand a chance.
The Sword Swallow
You might be disappointed to know that there isn’t a big secret with this trick and that it’s not something you could pull off easily for your next magic show. Actually, it’s more about practice here.
It is undeniably cool to look at though, so if you can do this, you've pretty much made it.
Sword swallowing – Secret
First of all, you only want to perform this trick if you are an experienced magician. If done incorrectly, serious damage could be done. Swallowing a sword with no harm involves bending your head back to exactly the right angle so that your mouth and throat are aligned.
You can then slip the sword through your mouth and slide it down into your body. You just better be sure that it’s at the right angle… otherwise you’ll be in deep water. Need we say, do not try this at home.