How Do You Make A Salt Shaker Disappear?
Dazzle your audience with this amazing feat of prestidigitation. Step 1 Tell your audience that you are going to make a quarter disappear right before their eyes. Step 2 Put a quarter down on a table, then place a salt shaker on top of it so that the bottom of the shaker completely covers the quarter. Step 3 Cover the salt shaker with a handkerchief. Step 4 Say some magic words (or sprinkle some imaginary fairy dust) over the handkerchief and salt shaker. Step 5 Keeping the salt shaker covered, lift the handkerchief and salt shaker off the quarter. Step 6 Express amazement that the quarter is still there. While doing so, move the handkerchief and salt shaker toward you, allowing the salt shaker to drop into your lap. Step 7 Maintain the handkerchief’s shape with your hand as though the salt shaker is still there. The audience should be too focused on the quarter to notice. Step 8 Move the handkerchief (which maintains the salt-shaker shape) back over the quarter. Step 9 Slam the handke