Magician Canberra

A magician theme is a surefire way to bring magic and laughter at your children’s birthday party! Here are a few easy-to-do tips that will help you get started:

Magician Party Invitation

• Cut out a shape of a top hat from black cardstock. Glue red ribbon on the base part of the hat. At the back of the cardstock, write your party details using metallic pen. It’s like sending magic through mail!
• Do find cutting a top hat shape time-consuming? Another variety is to cut a rectangle that’s large enough for you to be able to glue 4 playing cards on it. Glue 2 cards per row. Your kid’s magician party details can be written on the opposite side. A silver metallic pen will still look the best for this.
• Cut out 1 large star from red cardstock, and another star from black cardstock. Make sure they’re basically the same size. Put them on top of each other and glue one star “arm” together to make a star booklet. Write your party details inside. To make this even more personalized, print out a picture of your child and paste it onto the cover of the star booklet.

Magician Party Decorations

The most used color theme for a kid’s magician party is red, black, and white. Remember, this is not a rule. You can play around with colors as long as you incorporate the magic theme to the event.

• Bundle 3 balloons together (red, black, and white). Make 2 sets and stick each one on both sides of your door post.
• A simple yet effective idea for a magician table setting is to wrap the utensils with red table napkins. Wrap a black ribbon or yarn around it, insert one end through a punched hole on a playing card, then tie the ribbon to secure it.
• Does your wall look bare? Here’s an easy and cheap magician backdrop idea: Put double-sided tape across your wall. This will act as your “curtain rod.” Cut varying lengths of yarn or nylon string. Make sure they are long enough to cover the wall you’re decorating. We want different lengths so it does not come out stiff. Press the edge of each string on to the double-sided tape. It will look best if the strings have the same distance from each other. Now, take a deck of cards and use scotch tape to tape them on the strings. Tape it until you have no more space to add another card, then do the same for the rest of the strings. You should have a curtain of playing cards! To seal it, put a strip of red paper over the double-sided tape on the wall.
• You can also make buntings using string, tape, and playing cards. Hang them loosely on the ceiling and get this magic party started!

Magician Party Food

• Dip chocolate pretzels into melted white chocolate and wait for it to settle. Abracadabra! Instant edible magic wands!
• Want the easiest and fastest way to prepare the children’s food? A star-shaped cookie cutter is all you need. You can use it for sandwiches, cake, and fruits. Watermelons work really well for magic parties. Stick the star watermelon in a barbeque stick for an even bigger magic wand. You’ll be done in no time!
• Buy your child’s favorite kind of cupcake. Tape a playing card on a piece of toothpick and stick it in the cupcake. If the playing card looks too big for the cupcake, you can cut the card diagonally or in half to make it proportional.

Magician Party Games:

• Dip chocolate pretzels into melted white chocolate and wait for it to settle. Abracadabra! Instant edible magic wands!
• A surefire way to make sure that the children do not get bored is to hire a kids’ party entertainer for your event. Make sure you hire an experienced entertainer. Read testimonials from the company you are thinking of hiring so you have an idea as to what they can offer to you. Yabadoo provides entertainers who can give your guests a jolly good time!
• Prepare water and food coloring in primary colors. Have the kids take a whack at mixing in the colors to make secondary colors.

Easy Magician Tricks for Kids:

• The birthday child asks for a volunteer. The volunteer leans his/her arms against the wall for 45-60 seconds. The birthday child says, “On the count of 3, you will step away from wall and I will lift your arms using mind power. 1, 2, 3!” The volunteer steps away and the birthday child acts as if he/she is controlling the volunteer’s arms. Watch as it rises up on their own!

Magician Party Favors:

• A magic 8 ball would be a cool party favor to give.
• You can also give the children their own deck of cards.
• How about a small stuffed rabbit? You can also include a top hat to further reinforce your theme.
• Put Trix cereals inside a ziplock bag and label it “A Bag of Magic Trix.”