Effortless Magic Tricks - The Afghan Bands

Magicians have been performing The Afghan Bands Magic Trick for over a hundred years. With the suitable presentation, it is nevertheless a confident-fire winner in any Magician's or Street Performer's repertoire. 

How It Looks To The Audience

The Magician shows three significant paper bands, which have been produced from gluing with each other 3 strips of paper. With a pair of scissors, he cuts the 1st band in half lengthways and shows the expected two bands of paper. Still, when he cuts the subsequent band in half, he ends up with two, interlocked circles! Lastly when he cuts the final paper band in half, he ends up with one particular giant circle!

How The Trick Is Completed

To do this trick, you will want 3 strips of paper about ten feet extended and two inches wide. You can make the strips from newspaper, by gluing pieces together.

Make the first band by gluing the ends of the strip with each other typically. When this band is cut it will give you two separate circles.

When producing the second band, give one of the ends a half turn, then glue the ends with each other. When this band is cut, it will give you two interlocked circles.

Lastly, ahead of gluing the ends of the final strip together, give 1 of the ends two half turns. When this band is cut, it will result in one particular big circle.

Advice

When you cut every single band, you start at a single point in the band and continue cutting all the way about the band until you reach the starting point once more.

The reason why you use extended bands of paper is that it will conceal the twists in the bands more effective.

Presentation Thought

For a bit of fun, you can present this trick as a competition. You take the normal band and give the other bands to two spectators, along with scissors. Show a $one hundred dollar bill and say you will give the bill to the first particular person who can cut their band into two separate rings. Demonstrate what you imply by cutting your band into two circles.

Then inform them to commence cutting. When they finish they will be amazed to see that a single has two interlocked circles and the other has 1 lengthy circle.

As neither spectator has managed to accomplish what you asked them to do (two separate circles), you can regretfully pocket your $one hundred and tell them "they have to have more practice".

This is a magnificent trick for adults or young children and will outcome in loads of laughter. 

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