Not sure what to get the fam this holiday season? Looking to give a special someone, a special handcrafted gift? Courtesy of Crochet Mania, learn how to crochet a butterfly with help from a crochet master! Get your fingers to work and give your friends and loved ones a homemade gift they'll never forget!
One of the most basic, but most impressive card tricks is how to make a card vanish and reappear with ease.
Ever wonder how magicians can seemingly identify any card? Well, wonder no more! In this tutorial, learn how to identify a spectator's card when they randomly place it mid-pile. This sounds impossible and looks astonishing but, really, it is quite easy. So, follow along with this clip and you will learn all of the inside secrets to perform this trick on your very own.
This trick is very cool. In this tutorial, learn exactly how to 'wow' your friends with a classic street magician move. With this trick, you will appear to change the color of your cards with a simple slight of hand.
Performing close-up card trick magic in a business environment can be one of the most lucrative envrionements in which to do so. This trick, called Let's Do Lunch, is perfect for just such a setting as it integrates the business cards that your audience are sure to have in abundance. It requires no set-up and only minimal sleight of hand, but produces a great effect. This tutorial video will have ou performing it in no time.
Need a wonderful and inexpensive gift for a friend? Nobody dislikes bath salts! Bath salts are a wonderful gift to give someone you feel needs to some tim to themselves to take a break and relax from their busy schedule. From Mountain Rose Herbs, learn how to make your own bath salts with a luxurious bath salt recipe the simple way.
Candles make a lovely addition to any home decor, and they are also fabulous gifts. In this video learn how to make your very own decorative candles for cheap. All you will need to create this funky gift if a plain white candle from any grocery store, tissue paper and some wax paper.
Uno is one of the most fun classic card games. It is easy to play at almost any age and never goes out of style.
There are so many different card games, it can be difficult to keep track of how to play each one. With this tutorial, you'll be focusing on the card game, gin rummy. It's surprisingly simple and easy to play compared to other card games. So sit back, pay attention, and then enjoy!
The Squeeze by John Mendoza is a magic trick that helps one entertain, pass time, and show your intelligence.
Learn how to wrap your presents in Furoshiki (cloth) to avoid using wrapping paper. Unlike wrapping paper (which usually can't be recycled) Furoshiki can be used again and again. With the economy the way it is, now is a good time to recycle and reuse, instead of wasting throw away goods. Watch this video to learn how to wrap your gifts Furoshiki style this holiday season.
Learn how to make a playing card vanish with magic. Well, actually it's not magic, just a little sleight of hand, but as a magician, your spectators won't know the difference. It's really easy to make a playing card vanish from your hand, into thin air. It's just a little trick of the fingers, with a back palm. This will easily impress all of the girls out there.
Learn to do an Elmsley count card trick. With this video tutorial, you'll better your skills as a magician, and learn the proper techniques and presentation involved when performing an Elmsley count magic card trick. This is a great addition to your sleight of hand repertoire. Made by Richard Scorpio.
So you like card games, huh? Don't we all. Well, have you ever heard of Big Two? I didn't think so.
Raven Symone shows us how to make a padded journal using your favorite fabric. You will need a pair of scissors, a composition notebook, a yard of fabric, ribbon, cotton stuffing, and hot glue. If you love to write poetry like Raven Symone, or you want to give a cool gift to your best friend. Make Raven Symone's padded journals for your own own writing, birthday gifts or school projects.
Learn how to make your own soap from scratch. Making your own soap allows you to combine a little bit of creativity, a little bit of cooking, and a little bit of science into something you can use everyday. Homemade soap also makes a great Christmas Gift!
Learn how to make gifts by burning designs onto small wooden objects or other things like cork and dried gourd. This method is cheap and easy.
Perform a Criss Angel card magic trick in which you make two chosen cards instantly jump from the middle of a jumbled deck and into your hand.
Use a cell phone, batteries, CD, card, tape, and a dime to make a playing card magically jump.
Watch this instructional video to learn how to perform the jumping Gemini. With four cards, make it appear as if one card jumps from place to place. This video has no audio instructions.
As we approach the holiday (i.e. gift-giving) season, don't forget to make sure to include the usual notes in your gifts indicating that they can be returned. Otherwise, you'll just cause the recipients to save your gifts until they can be properly regifted onto some other ungrateful chump.
In this video tutorial, viewers will learn how to make a Frankie card. This video provides all the materials required to make the card. The materials required include: old olive card stock that is cut at 4 1/2" x 11", lovely lilac card stock that is cut at 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", stylus tool, Smarty Pants stamp set, 1" circle punch with 2 black card stocks, 1 3/8" circle punch on whisper white and old olive card stock, glue and a black market pen. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy art,...
In this tutorial, learn how to take funky items from around your home like a picnic basket, an easel, a backpack and other fun things and turn them into creative gift baskets. In this clip, learn how to accessorize the perfect gift box for a creative friend or family member. The recipient will love these personality specific, interesting presents!
This video tutorial shows how to make a gift box out of designer paper. Learn how to fold, stamp, and decorate this adorable gift box.
Learn how to make an origami gift box. Instead of buying a box, why not just make your own origami gift box?
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Sybil" top-pack retention card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Message Morph" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform a simple-but-effective false cut when doing sleight-of-hand card tricks. For more information about the technique and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this cut into your own routines, watch this free video card-magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform variations on the same effect when performing card tricks. For more information about these presentation techniques and their execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Symmetry" card flourish. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this flourish into your own routines, watch this free video card trick magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to how to palm like a professional when doing sleight-of-hand card tricks. For more information about the technique and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "The Ten of Hearts" (or "TheTenofHearts") card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform a simple ACAAN card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Impromptu" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Amazing 13" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "The Deck Knows" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Interactive Switch" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Killer Instinct" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform an impressive ACAAN card trick using two decks and the Si Stebbins stack method. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to perform the "Force Factor" card trick. For more information about the trick and its execution, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating this trick into your own routines, watch this free video card magic lesson.
