Card from Nowhere

Effect:

You wave your hand up and down and as if from nowhere a card appears. Equipment needed for the trick: A playing card, A paper clip, An elastic band and a small piece of card that fits around HALF of one of your middle fingers.

Secret Preperation:

Before you perform take the small piece of card and wrap it around half of one of your middle fingers so that if you hold that hand to the side, facing the audience, fingers closed they wouldn't be able to see the card. Then take the elastic band and secure the card onto your finger . This should be done as carefully as possible so that the elastic band is hard to see by the audience. Take the paper clip and then push it under the card so that you can clip something, nay, a card, to the back of your hand. Clip the card to the back of your hand and adjust it so that it cant be seen by the audience when your fingers are closed.

Method:

1:

Hold the hand with the card in out beside you with your fingers closed, making sure that the audience can't see anything.

2:

Wave the hand up and down from the position it it is in quite quickly.

3: Then clench your fist and the card will magically appear from the back of your hand.

4: Then throw the card on the floor to prove to your audience that it wasnt attached to anything. etc. Tips: Try to conceal the equipment which is on your third finger. It is possible to open your fingers a little, to make it look even more realistic, But be careful!!!!

Variations:

1: When you have made the card appear, instead of throwing it down, you can wave your hand again. Open your hand to make the card disappear!

2: When you the put the card in the clip, add a couple more so that you can only see the card at the front. When making the card appear throw the one at the front down and at the same time open your hand so that you still have some cards behind your hand. Do the same again and again until all of the cards are gone! This requires some practice but greatly improves the effect of the trick.