String Magic Trick

Effect :
This trick was performed very well by David Blaine. The magician is seen to roll some thread into a ball in his fingers. The thread is then placed in his mouth and he appears to swallow it. The magician appears to be I pain, when he bare his stomach and visibly pulls the thread out from it.

Items :
Thread, you will need two pieces of the same coloured thread.

“New skin” latex clear paint for covering cuts and grazes or other brand of latex paint. This liquid paint is normally available from pharmacies. Make up

Method :
You need to paint a one to two inch square area on your stomach with the latex. When it dries you can pull it gently away from the skin to form a pocket.

Place one piece of thread in the pocket, leaving a small piece sticking out.

Cover the latex pocket with make up match the colour of your skin.

The latex pocket can alternatively be made by attaching a piece of skin coloured latex that has been cut from a Halloween mask. This could be attached by using the latex paint as glue.

The performance is done by the magician rolling one of the pieces of thread into a ball and then either pretending to place the thread in his mouth, retaining the thread between his thumb and finger or the thread can be placed between the gum and cheek. Then he pretends to swallow the string.

The rest of the trick depends on acting, the pain enhancing the illusion that the thread has pushed its way through the magicians stomach.

The thread can then be pulled from the latex pocket.