This cool levitation magic trick
looks like you are levitating a paper cup. Check out the amazing video
demonstration..
Effect: The magician announces that
they are going to make an empty cup float. They release their grip on
the cup and it appears to float in mid air.
Method: Take an empty large
paper or styrofoam cup. Carefully make a hole in one side of the empty
cup, big enough for your thumb to stick through. If the empty cup is made
of styrofoam, you could even push your thumb straight through
it.
The video above shows a similar method of doing the
trick.
Hold the empty cup with both your hands and facing
the others in your party, announce that you are going to try and make the cup
float in mid air. Have one thumb pushed through the nearest side of the
cup to you, out of view of your audience.
Then, appear to be concentrating your mind on the cup
and gradually open up both hands at the same time. While doing this, push
your hands slightly forward as if you are following the floating cup and
eventually grab the cup with both hands. Now, discreetly slip your thumb out
from the side of the cup.
This is a simple illusion but it looks great when done
at the right angle. Practice in front of a mirror to make sure that you get the
angles and the timing right.
