Growing Magic Wand Trick (Step-By-Step)

Here's a fun and easy magic wand trick called the Growing Magic Wand. A magic wand doubles in size! It's super easy to make and to perform! You need some glue and a one-page printout to make a magic wand out of paper. It's a free download you can get here.

Let's learn the Growing Magic Wand Trick!

• The Effect

• Watch Video

• The Secret

• What You Need

• Step-By-Step: Constructing Your Gimmick

• Video: Constructing the Gimmick

• Additional Tips & Notes

Learn this fun Magic Wand Trick!

Magic Wand Trick: Growing Magic Wand gimmick included with printout.

This is super fun and easy to do with the kids who love magic! All you need are some scissors, a glue stick and our magic wand printout. You can download the PDF for free here.

The Effect:

The magician displays a tiny magic wand to the audience, and before their very eyes, the magic wand magically doubles in size!

WATCH: Growing Magic Wand

The Secret:

The magician hides an extra piece of the magic wand in his hand. This spare tube looks like the end of the wand, but it secretly slides.

The magician starts by hiding most of the wand behind their hand, hidden from the audience.

The magician holds the sliding tube with their fingers and slowly pulls the full-sized wand straight up. To the audience, this appears like the wand is growing!

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While the audience is showing their applause, the magician secretly palms off the extra gimmick into their hand.

What you'll need:

• Magic Wand Printable Template

• Glue stick

• Scissors

Our magic wand template includes a rectangle of white paper that can be used for the secret magic tool (magicians call this a gimmick) that makes this trick work.

We need to cut it out and add a dab of glue! Let's construct the gimmick.

Here are all the supplies you'll need to make the magic wand

Step-by-Step: The Growing Magic Wand Gimmick

Here's how we made the secret magic wand gimmick.

VIDEO: Gimmick Construction

You must wrap the paper around the center of the magic wand, where it's widest. This will ensure that your magic wand gimmick can be moved along the entire length of the wand.

Roll the wand around the center

Additional Tips & Notes

Trim the extra secret magic wand piece down to a size that works for your hands. Always be careful when using scissors and sharp objects.

If you wanted to perform this trick and then hand the magic wand out for inspection, the magician would somehow need to get rid of the secret extra piece. Magicians call this palming and ditching.

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The magician switches hands with the wand and secretly palms off the extra wand bit.

The magician will then ditch it in his pocket or off the table.

It's essential to keep your hand still for a moment to display the wand. Always keep your gestures natural.

Here's how to get rid of the secret magic gimmick

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