The Online Magic Store Blog: Levitation
How to make a card float
Learn how to make a card float under your palm with a ring and a toothpick, plus what it takes to make a card float freely in the air.
How to make a card float
Magic tricks for social media: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic tricks that work on camera for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, with six visual, phone and fast-reset picks compar…
Magic tricks for social media: a buyer’s guide
The 7 Types of Magic Tricks: Every Illusion Explained
Transformation, teleportation, production, vanish, levitation, penetration and restoration: the seven basic effects behind almost every mag…
The 7 Types of Magic Tricks: Every Illusion Explained
The history of thread magic: from a single hair to elastic loops
From a hair in a 1584 exposé to Victorian black silk and modern elastic loops, here is how thread magic developed.
The history of thread magic: from a single hair to elastic loops
Invisible elastic thread: the hybrid advantages explained
Invisible elastic thread adds stretch to invisible thread, which steadies floats and makes pocket-ready loops possible, at the cost of reac…
Invisible elastic thread: the hybrid advantages explained
Invisible thread: weight, handling and safety
How to match invisible thread to the weight you want to float, handle a strand from spool to show, and keep thread work safe.
Invisible thread: weight, handling and safety
Levitation and Animation Magic: A Buyer's Guide for Beginners
What's the difference between levitation and animation, what types of effects exist, and which one should you buy first?
Levitation and Animation Magic: A Buyer's Guide for Beginners
Invisible Thread for Beginners: Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Thread keeps snapping? Visible under the lights? The most common invisible thread problems beginners run into, and how to avoid them.
Invisible Thread for Beginners: Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them
