"How can I make my magic show more patriotic for the 4th of July?"

The Fourth of July is almost here!
Are you ready to perform?

If you are performing professionally or for friends and family, you may be looking for some patriotic-themed magic effects to use.

MAGIC TRICKS FROM OUR SHOP

MagicTricks.com carries a number of tricks that would be great for a Fourth of July show.
The tricks include;

• FLAG BLENDO: Three silks change into an American flag! This is an easy-to-carry thumbtip version.
• PATRIOTIC ROCKETS: Make red, white and blue silks tie themselves together inside a clear tube!
• PATRIOTIC ROPES: Turn separate red, white and blue ropes into a single red-white-blue rope!
• PATRIOTIC CRYSTAL TUBE: Make red, white and blue silks tie themselves together inside a clear tube!
• PATRIOTIC COMBO CUPS AND BALLS: Perform classic Cups and Balls routines PLUS Chop Cup routines with this set!

TWEAKING MAGIC TRICKS YOU ALREADY OWN

Many tricks can be taken from their marketed version and made "patriotic" by switching out components for red, white or blue components.
For example, you can use a Change Bag with red, white and blue scarves.
Show the bag empty, then produce silks of red, white and blue.
Or place yellow, green and purple silks into your bag, and change them to red, white and blue.
You can also add your own flag, and change red, white and blue scarves into a flag.

Of course, producing a flag at the end of a routine is always impressive and gets a great emotional reaction. Small flags can be easily found at major retailers like Walmart and Target, especially at this time of year. Any production pan would be perfect for producing a flag!

DECORATING WITH PATRIOTIC COLORS

Set the mood by decorating your tables and side tables with red, white or blue cloths.
You can also use red, white or blue crepe paper streamers from a party store.

DO-IT-YOURSELF MAGIC TRICKS

You can pour red, white and blue liquids from the same pitcher.
Using a pitcher of clear water (the white), pour some water into a clear cup that you have secretly prepared before hand.
Just take some red food color and add a few drops to a clear cup, and let it dry.
In a second cup, add a few drops of blue food color and let it dry.
When you are ready to perform your trick, you line up the three clear cups next to each other.
When you pour the water into the first cup, the liquid is clear. When you pour into the second cup, the liquid will be red!
And of course, pouring water into the third cup will result in blue liquid.
DON'T LET ANYONE DRINK THE LIQUIDS- they are for show only.
Do the BALLS OVER THE HEAD effect.
If you know the classic Slydini BALLS OVER THE HEAD effect (if not, Google it!), you can do this with crumpled up red paper, blue paper and white paper, playing up the "fact" that each color makes the paper more invisible than the next, etc.
Hilarious audience participation!

FOURTH OF JULY PRIZES

Prizes are the ultimate way to get an enthusiastic reaction from your crowd.
This is the perfect opportunity to "theme" your show, by providing little prizes of flags for example, or packaged red-white-blue candies (Walmart usually has some).

It takes a bit of imagination, but you can make your Fourth of July show memorable this year!