Easy Magic and Bar Tricks

An easy way to get attention on youself and become the center of attention is doing a simple trick. Doing tricks in a restaurant is easy, why because all the cute waitresses wear nametags so half the work is already done. If the girl you are targeting isn’t wearing a nametag, then ask the hostess or another waitress for her name. How do you ensure that you will be seated in the cute waitresses’ section? Do a re-con mission when you first arrive. Send one guy to the bathroom and along the way look at her nametag. Tell the hostess I want to sit in so and so’s section, or just tell the hostess you want to sit in that girls section. You’re the customer, they’ll oblige.

Sugar Packet Prediction

We’ll assume that our waitresses’ name is Cindy. I don’t believe in carrying around a bag full of props, so we’ll use whatever we find laying around. Obtain four sugar packets and one napkin. Borrow a pen from Cindy. Tell her when she returns you have a surprise for her. Take the first sugar packet and write on it, “World Peace”. On the back of the sugar packet write, “Cindy I knew you would pick World Peace!” On the second sugar packet write, “One Million Dollars.” On the third sugar packet write, “Immortality.” On the fourth sugar packet again write “Immortality” and on the back of that packet write, “Cindy I knew you would choose Immortality.”

Take the fourth sugar packet and place it inside the napkin. On the back of the napkin write, “Cindy I knew you would choose the money!” Lay the three packets face up and the napkin off to the side. When Cindy comes back, ask her to pick one of the three sugar packets. If she chooses World Peace, flip over the sugar packet, and show her the writing that she would pick that packet. Flip over the other two packets that don’t have any writing on the back. If she chooses One Million Dollars, Flip over the napkin, carefully so the sugar packet does not fall out and show her that you predicted her to choose the money.

Finally if she chooses Immortality, open up the napkin, be careful not to show the back of the napkin, and give her the Immortality packet with the writing on it. If you’re worried about the napkin on the table when doing the trick, don’t be, you’re in a restaurant, napkins are supposed to be on the table, she won’t even notice.

Salt Shaker Through Table

For this trick you will need a salt shaker, a coin, and a napkin. Tell everyone that you are going to make a coin pass through the table. Place the coin on the table. Place the salt shaker on top of the coin. Finally place the napkin over the salt shaker. Fold the napkin around the salt shaker so that it takes on its shape. Say a few magic words and pull the salt shaker and napkin off the coin and viola, nothing, the coin is still there. Slide the napkin and salt shaker back off the table and let the salt shaker fall into your lap. You will disguise this movement by getting upset at the coin. Pick the coin up and say, “Listen here coin, stop embarrassing me, you are going through that table.” After your little display, Take the napkin, which has taken on the shape of the salt shaker, and place it back on the coin. Everyone will assume the salt shaker is still there. Take your free hand and slam it down on top of the table, smashing the napkin. Lift the napkin up saying, “Whoops, I did it too hard, I sent the salt shaker through instead of the coin.” Take the salt shaker, which is sitting in your lap, and pull it up from under the table to show everyone that it indeed go through the table.

Magic Ash

If the state you live in still allows smoking outside of bars dip your index finger in an ashtray so that some ash remains on the tip. Light a cigarette and ask the target to face you. Tell her to extend both hands palms up. Grab her hands as if to position them into fists. This is when you will wipe you index finger with the ash on their palm. When done positioning her fists, tell her to keep her hands up. Take a lit cigarette and tap some ash in your hand and close your fist. Tap your fist on top of hers and hold both of your fists up at eye level. Ask her, “Which hand is the ash in?” She will say which hand she thinks it is in. Do nothing and tell her to open the hand you originally wiped the ash in. She will be amazed that the ash has magically moved to her hand.

Fifty Cent Drinks

When a girl you are digging comes back with a full drink in her hand, take out two quarters and place them down on the table. Propose the following, “I bet you fifty cents that I can finish your drink without touching the glass.” You will have her interest and even if you don’t fifty cents is such a small price that she will still say yes. Pretend to focus all your energy into her drink, struggling for about five to ten seconds. Pick up her drink and start drinking it while pushing the fifty cents in her direction. When she says, “Hey you touched the glass!” Tell her, “I know, you win, here’s your money.”

Make sure you have hit it off pretty well with the girl before do this, she may get mad, but if the mood is light and fun she will laugh with you about it. Only once has a girl ever gotten pissed and walked off, and then I just moved to the next one and scored another drink for fifty cents.

Two Beers Vs. One Shot

Bet a girl that you can drink two beers before she can drink one shot as long as you get a one beer head start. Explain to her that she can not touch either of your glasses of beer and you can't touch her shot glass. She also can't start to drink her shot until you put your first glass down. If she accepts, drink your first beer and place your empty glass upside down over her shot glass. Since she can't touch your glass you can take your time on the second beer.

Now I'll admit we have never gotten this trick to work as you've read it, but it's still something we like to from time to time because it creates a fun atmosphere. What will most likely happen is that the girl you are pulling this on will get her friend or a helpless bystander to pull your glass off her shot which will allow her to take her drink. But this will put her and her friends in a good mood. It will also help to break the ice and since they now believe, "they got one over on you" this now opens up a competitve nature you can exploit to make her do dumb dares in a game of oneupsmanship or move on to different challenges.

Dartboard Bet

Not really a trick, but a fun way to create a group and a fun competitive atmosphere. Place a dollar bill in the center of the dartboard. How you get the dollar to stay is up to you, a dart through the middle works best. The object is to hit the dollar bill with three darts in a row. You can hit the bill anywhere but it has to penetrate the dollar and stick to the board. The rules are:

You must take your first shot from the throwing line.

Second shot is taken one step forward of the throwing line.

Third shot is taken two steps backwards of the throwing line.

If you're thinking, "What's the trick?" Well there really isn't one. This challenge can be done, but it is very hard to adjust your throw for each of the tries. Charge a dollar per try and the winner gets the pot, it’s a lot of fun and very competitive.