E-Club ProThe Spooks - £8.00
If you work close up magic in family restaurants, you will no doubt have come across the problem of which tricks will suit both children and adults.
Young children in particular, quickly get bored with many effects designed for adults, while traditional ‘childrens’ tricks’, as defined in many magic catalogues, are impractical for table hopping work.
THE SPOOKS is a simple to follow card effect using four blank faced blue backed cards which can bridge that gap. The cards are shown and it is explained that each has a picture of a ghost on it. Trouble is, ghosts are invisible, so you can’t see them, and that’s why the cards appear to be blank!
One blank card is placed on a spectator’s hand. The ghost on this card is called Scary. A snap of the fingers and when the card is turned over, there is a picture of Scary now printed on it!
Another blank faced card is placed on top of it – that’s Creepy. A third blank card, Eerie, is in the performer’s hand. After a few moments by-play, the spectator turns over the card on his hand to discover a picture of Creepy, and the one in the performer’s hand now shows a real picture of Eerie!
And the last card? That’s not Scary, Creepy or Eerie, it turns out to be a picture of the Haunted House where all three ghosts live!
Closely based on our highly successful packet trick THIS ONE, THAT 1, (the handling is identical), THE SPOOKS is great fun to do and comes with four specially printed cards and full instructions. The effect can be easily re-set in front of the spectators.
