Thames & Kosmos MAGIC The Amazing Vanishing Tiger User manual

Instruction Manual
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH  Co. KG, Pfizerstr. -,  Stuttgart, Germany | + ()  - | www.kosmos.de
Thames  Kosmos,  Ship St., Providence, RI, , USA | --- | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames  Kosmos UK LP,  Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent, TN HE, UK |   | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk

Dear parents,
This magic kit gives your child the chance to learn fascinating tricks and perform them in front of
an enthusiastic audience. To learn the art of magic, you need a lot of patience, practice, and
courage. Help your child learn these tricks and encourage him or her if certain tricks don’t work
perfectly the first time he or she tries. The most important aspect of becoming a successful
magician is to practice your tricks until you’ve really mastered them. Only then can you be sure
that your magic show will be a success. In addition, performing in front of an audience and
learning to not reveal the secrets behind the tricks can be quite demanding for many children.
Support your child by giving him or her a helping hand. Read through the instructions with him
or her. Consider what tricks are suitable for a particular performance, where the audience should
sit (usually in front of the magician), and what props are needed (such as clothing, magic table,
curtain, and music).
We wish you and your child a lot of fun!
ONLINE VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS
Many of the tricks in this manual have instructional videos
available on our website. Enter the following web address
into your web browser or scan the QR code with a QR code
scanner on your smart device. Then enter the code below.
Go to this website:
www.thamesandkosmos.com/index.php/magictigervideos
Then enter this code: TIG3R
Warning! Not suitable for children under
3 years. Choking hazard — small
parts may be swallowed or inhaled.
Strangulation hazard — long cords may
become wrapped around the neck.
Use an air pump to inate the balloons.
Made of natural rubber latex, which can
cause allergies.
Keep the packaging and instructions as
they contain important information.
WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts.
Not for children under 3 yrs.
Children under 8 yrs. can choke or
suffocate on uninated or broken
balloons. Adult supervision required.
Keep uninated balloons from children.
Discard broken balloons at once.
SAFETY INFORMATION
› › › IMPORTANT INFORMATION


And now, for your first trick ...And now, for your first trick ...

Fun with Magic!
To the parents and adult supervisors of young magicians:
With these six tips, you can help your child learn magic tricks more easily.
››› . The directions for the tricks typically follow this order:
• First, there is usually a list of the materials needed for the trick.
• Second, we describe any secret preparations that the trick requires.
• Finally, we explain how the trick is performed in front of the audience.
››› . The stars that are printed next to the number of each trick tell you how difficult the trick is:
= very easy to learn
= requires a lile practice
= tricks that require more sleight of hand and practice
››› . Explain to your child that he or she needs to be patient, and that even if a trick doesn’t work
the first time, he or she can remember that all great magicians have to practice their tricks.
It’s especially good to practice in front of a mirror. It’s also good to remember that even if
something goes wrong in a performance, it’s no big deal!
››› . One important aspect of any performance is to divert the audience’s aention in order to
make sure that they don’t notice the secrets behind the trick. It’s best if you and your child
spend some time together before the performance to plan out what he can say during each
trick. And one more tip: The audience will almost always look where the magician is looking!
››› . Generally, a magic show should not last longer than ten minutes so that the audience doesn’t
get bored. You and your child should consider beforehand which tricks he or she should
perform, what he or she should wear, and what preparations need to be made.
››› . To achieve the greatest success with your magic tricks, your child should follow the three
golden rules of magic:
• Never reveal how you do a trick!
• Only perform a trick when you can really control it!
• Never perform the same trick twice in the same show!
› › › INTRODUCTION
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger


What’s inside your magic kit:
No. Description Quantity
1 Magic cage 1
2 Plush white tiger 1
3 Magic wand 1
4 Balloon 5
5 Plastic pin 1
6 Set of 4 plastic linking rings 1
7 Set of 2 banana cards 1
8 Rope, 1 meter 1
9 Knot disintegration tube 1









› › › KIT CONTENTS


A Word to Parents ................................................. inside front cover
Introduction ........................................................................................ 
Kit Contents ........................................................................................ 
Table of Contents .............................................................................. 
Magic Tricks
Trick : The tiger appears ..................................................................... 
Trick : The vanishing tiger................................................................... 
Trick : The magical linking rings ...................................................... 
Trick : Linking two rings by rubbing ............................................. 
Trick : Separating two rings ........................................................... 
Trick : Using all four rings ............................................................... 
Trick : The floating wand ................................................................. 
Trick : The rubber wand.................................................................... 
Trick : The growing wand ................................................................ 
Trick : The size-changing banana cards ..................................... 
Trick : Untying the knot ................................................................... 
Trick : One-handed knot tying....................................................... 
Trick : The double knot .................................................................... 
Trick : The vanishing knot............................................................... 
Trick : The magic balloon ................................. Inside back cover
Trick : The magic candies .................................. Inside back cover
Name des Experimentierkastens

› › › TABLE OF CONTENTS
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger




The tiger appears
YOU WILL NEED
INTRODUCTION TO THE CAGE
Take a close look at the magic cage. There is a
secret flap in the boom of the cage. This can be
bent upward to form a secret compartment in
the back of the cage (picture ).
A folding latch mechanism on the ceiling of the
cage ensures that the flap is held in position
(picture ).
When performing tricks with the cage, make sure
that there isn’t too much light shining inside the
cage. When it is dark inside the cage, the
audience cannot see the secret flap, and the cage
looks completely empty to them. In this way,
objects can be hidden in the cage without being
seen. When the latch mechanism on the ceiling is
tilted up and back, the secret flap is released and
it snaps down to the boom of the cage.
TRICK 1






PREPARATION
Place the tiger in the back of the cage (picture
). Bend the secret flap up from the boom of
the cage until it clicks into place behind the
hidden latch mechanism on the cage ceiling
(picture ). The tiger is now hidden in the secret
compartment of the cage. Close the cage door
(picture ). Handle the cage carefully so the
secret flap does not release accidentally.
PERFORMANCE
Open the cage and show your audience that it is
empty. You know it’s not actually empty, but you
have to convince them that it is. You can do this by
waving your magic wand around inside the cage
(picture ). Announce that with the power of
magic you will make a tiger appear in this cage!
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger







Blow up a balloon. Use a balloon pump for this
or have an adult from the audience help you
(picture ). Inflate the balloon so that it is
slightly larger than the opening of the cage and
can still fit inside. Don’t blow it up too much, or
the flap of the cage won’t close.
Tell the audience that tigers love birthday
parties and popping party balloons, so you will
be summoning the tiger with the balloon.
Now carefully push the balloon into the cage.
You will be using the balloon to activate the
latch mechanism on the ceiling of the cage so
that the secret flap releases (picture ). If you did
everything correctly, the secret flap will now be
resting on the balloon and being kept in place by
the balloon. Close the door of the cage again
(picture ).
Now, use your wand to perform magical gestures
above the cage and say that you are puing the
tiger into the balloon. Now pop the balloon with
the tip of the plastic pin (picture ).
With the balloon no longer holding it up, the
secret flap will snap down and reveal the tiger
(picture ). To your audience, it looks as if the
tiger has appeared out of nowhere!



The vanishing tiger
YOU WILL NEED

This trick is more difficult than the previous
trick in which the tiger appears in the cage.
You should start with the previous trick
before trying this trick, to get to know how
the magic cage works. Also, you should
practice this trick many times before
performing it.
Tip !Tip !
PERFORMANCE
Place the tiger on the magic cage. Show the
open cage to the audience (picture ). Tell them
that this is a magic tiger that will disappear
from the cage.
Flip the cage so the opening is upright. Place
the tiger in the cage (picture ). The audience
cannot see down into the cage, because they
are in front of you.
Close the cage (picture ).
Flip the cage back toward the audience to show
them that the tiger is in the cage (picture ).
Tell the audience, “Oh wait! I forgot — I need to
feed the tiger the special invisible kiy treat in
order for it to become invisible.”


TRICK 
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger




Flip the cage so its opening is facing up again.
Hold your hands — it is easier if you use both
hands — as if you are holding an invisible cat
treat in your hands (picture ).
Now, tell the audience that they must clap loudly
for the tiger, to encourage it to eat the treat and
disappear. Secretly, you know that the clapping
will mask any sounds caused by the movement of
the secret flap inside the cage in the next step.
Slowly, lower the invisible treat in your hands
down into the cage. As you do this, secretly catch
the flap with a finger or two and fold it down. As
you are feeding the tiger, you are actually
latching the secret flap inside the cage with the
latch, hiding the tiger behind the flap (picture ).
Distract the audience by talking to them about
how the tiger is enjoying the kiy treat very much.
Now, tell the audience to stop clapping. Slowly
close the cage (picture ). Wave your hand and
say goodbye to the tiger, pretending that it is
vanishing. Carefully, so as to not accidentally
release the secret flap, tilt the cage back toward
the audience so they can see inside it again. The
tiger is gone (picture )!
Bonus: Tell the audience you can make the tiger
reappear again. Lift the cage an inch off the table
and drop it down. This trips the secret flap and the
tiger magically pops into view again (picture ).






The magical linking
rings
YOU WILL NEED
PERFORMANCE
Notice that ring A has a gap in it (picture ).
Hold ring A in your left hand. Position both your
index finger and your thumb just above the gap
and position your middle finger so that it is
covering the gap. The gap is at the boom, hidden
by your finger. Hold ring B (which is a continuous
ring with no gap in it) out in front of you with your
right hand. Place ring B on top of ring A and hit it
against the upper part of ring A three times
(picture ). The first two times you hit the rings
together, you are showing the audience that the
rings are solid.
But, on the third time, hit the rings together harder
than the first two times, and momentarily move
your middle finger slightly away from the gap.
The boom of ring B will be pushed down through
the gap at the boom of ring A, linking them
together. Let go of ring B, which is now linked with
ring A, and continue to hold ring A so that the gap
is covered (picture ). Show the audience the
linked rings!
A
B

TRICK 
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger




Linking two rings by
rubbing
YOU WILL NEED
PERFORMANCE
Hold ring B with your left hand and ring A (the
ring with the gap) with your right hand. Place
your right middle finger and your right thumb
directly under the gap and cover the gap with the
tip of your thumb and your index finger (picture
). Show the rings to the audience one at a time,
and then rub them together, with ring B in front
(picture ). Perform this rubbing movement a few
times, showing your audience that the rings are
not connected after each time. Rub the rings
together again, but this time, secretly connect ring
B to ring A by sliding ring B through the opening in
ring A while continuing to rub both rings together
(picture ). The rubbing helps distract the
audience from seeing that you linked the rings. It
is less obvious if you keep rubbing the rings
together for a moment after they are connected.
When you’re ready, blow on the rings and drop
ring B. The two rings are connected to each other
(picture )!


A
B
A B
TRICK 4


Separating two rings
PREPARATION
Connect ring A and ring B to each other as described in
Trick 4 (picture 1). Hold ring A in your right hand and
cover the gap in the ring with your index finger and the
tip of your thumb.
PERFORMANCE
Hold ring A in your right hand and rub the connected
rings together repeatedly (picture 2). While doing this,
carefully slide ring B through the opening in ring A so
that the two rings are separated again. With this trick,
too, it is effective to rub the rings together a lile after
the rings have actually separated. When you are ready
to reveal the separated rings, blow on them and pull
them apart very slowly (picture 3).
TRICK 
PREPARATION
Before aempting this trick, practice Tricks 3 and 4 and
master the art of linking the rings. In addition to the two
rings you have already been practicing with, there are
two more rings included in this kit, which are already
permanently linked together (pictures 1 and 2).
PERFORMANCE
First, trick your audience into believing that all four
rings are normal and separate by simply passing them
from your right hand to left hand (picture 3). Pass the
first three single rings with your hands slightly apart.
Decrease the distance between your hands and pass the
rings faster when you come to the already-linked rings
(picture 4). If you pass them properly, they will appear
to be single rings (picture 5). Practice this carefully in
front of a mirror. When the rings are in your left hand,
drop them one at a time back into your right hand. Keep
the left hand a lile above the right hand but close
enough to catch the rings quickly. With a lile practice,
you can create the illusion of showing separate rings
perfectly. Then you can really astonish your audience
by showing them that the rings are actually linked
(picture 6)!
Using all four rings
TRICK 6




 


Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger


TRICK 8
The rubber wand






PERFORMANCE
Present the magic wand to your
audience and tap it on a table so that
everyone can hear that the wand is
made of a hard material (picture ).
Then take the wand loosely between
your thumb and forefinger (picture ).
Hold it by the lower third and then
quickly move your hand up and down. It
is important that the wand is always
kept very loose (picture ). If everything
is correct, it will look as if the wand in
your hand has become very soft. This is
an optical illusion (picture ).
The floating wand
PREPARATION
Hold the wand with your left hand.
Grasp your left wrist with your right
hand (picture ).
TRICK 7
TTip !ip !
This trick is best practiced in
front of a mirror so that you
can see the effect yourself.


PERFORMANCE
With this trick you will make the magic
wand float. It is important that your
audience only ever sees the back of your
left hand. Tell the audience that you
need to hold your hand to stabilize it,
because you’ll magnetize your hand.
Secretly extend the index finger of your
right hand to hold the wand (picture ).
Then slowly open the fingers of your left
hand (picture ). Your audience will be
amazed. Since they only see the back of
your left hand, they will think that the
magic wand is floating (picture )!



TRICK 9
PREPARATION
Take a close look at your magic wand. The two
end pieces of the wand are movable. Slide one
end piece over until it is almost next to the other
one (picture 1). Take the wand in your hand so
that the other end is visible to your audience.
Hold the moving end piece like this with your
right hand so that only its tip is visible to your
audience. The rest of the wand remains hidden
behind your hand and arm (picture 2).
The growing wand
YOU WILL NEED
PERFORMANCE
Hold your right hand with the back of your hand
toward the audience (picture 2). Now pull the
wand out slowly with your left hand. Make sure
to hold the movable end with your right hand
(pictures 3 and 4). To your audience, it looks like
the wand is growing in front of their eyes. Present
the full-length wand to your audience (picture 5).


TTip !ip !
If you master this process, you can hide
the wand in your sleeve at the beginning
and conjure it up from there.



Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger






The size-changing
banana cards
YOU WILL NEED
PERFORMANCE
This trick is another optical illusion. Put the
banana cards directly on top of each other to
show your audience that both cards are exactly
the same size (picture ). Then place them on a
table with a small distance between them. The
curve of the cards must point in the same direction
(picture ).
Ask an audience member which card is bigger.
Swap the cards now and ask your viewer again
(picture ).
One card always seems to be larger than the
other, but in reality the cards are exactly the same
size (picture )!
TRICK 
TRICK 10
=
=


TRICK 
One-handed knot tying
TRICK 12
Untying the knot
PERFORMANCE
Show the empty knot disintegration tube and the rope to
your audience (picture 1). Tie a loose knot in the piece of
rope. While holding the tube in one hand, hold the rope
by one end and lower it into the tube with your other
hand. When you lift the rope back up out of the tube, the
knot has disappeared!
Here’s the secret behind the trick: On one side of the
tube, there is a hole, which you keep hidden from the
audience. When you pick up the tube, keep the side with
the hole facing toward yourself. Place either your index
finger or middle finger into the hole (picture 2). When
the rope is lowered into the tube, place your finger into
the loose knot (picture 3). When you lift the rope up out
of the tube, your finger pulls the rope, which causes the
knot to untie (picture 4).
PERFORMANCE
Show off your ability by making a knot with one hand.
Place the center of the rope over the palm of your right
hand. The hanging end of the rope close to the thumb
is end A, and the hanging end close to the index finger
is end B. Close your lile finger and your ring finger,
holding the rope against the palm of your hand (picture
1). Now you are going to do two moves at the same
time. Turn your hand over, palm down, and with your
index and middle fingers, catch end A (pictures 2 and
3). With your hand still palm down, release your lile
and ring fingers and a knot will be made in the center
(picture 4).
TTip !ip !
When you release your lile and ring
fingers, do a lile shake upwards with your
hand to help the rope fall into the knot.








Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger


TRICK 13
The vanishing knot
TRICK 14
The double knot
PERFORMANCE
Can you make two knots in a rope while always holding
it by its ends? In order to do this trick, you first have to
practice Trick 12.
Hold the rope between your hands, palms up, and
not too close to the ends (picture 1). Make the same
movements you did when tying the knot in Trick 12 with
one hand, but this time use both hands at the same
time (pictures 2–4). You will make two knots in a very
spectacular way (picture 5).
PREPARATION
Before performing this trick, tie a piece of white thread
(not included) around the rope, so a small loop is
formed in the middle of the rope (pictures 1 and 2).
PERFORMANCE
Cover the white thread with your fingers. Pass one end
of the rope through the loop and then back through
the loop again (pictures 3 and 4). It will look as if you
have tied a knot. If you pull on the two ends at the same
time, the thread will break and the knot will disappear
(pictures 5 and 6). Of course you must make sure that
your fingers cover the white thread when you pick up
the rope to tie the knot.
 










The magic candies
TRICK 16
The magic balloon
PREPARATION
For this trick, you need one filled balloon and a piece
of paper (picture 1). You will also need to wear a
sweater with long sleeves, preferably wool. Without
the audience seeing, take the balloon with your right
hand and stretch out your left arm. Rub the balloon a
few times up and down your sleeve, so that the balloon
builds up a charge of static electricity (picture 2).
PERFORMANCE
Stand in front of the audience and tell them that this
magical balloon can aract other objects. Take the piece
of paper and cut it or rip it into very small pieces. Very
carefully, making a magical gesture, put the balloon
directly above the pieces of paper, so they touch (picture
3). Very slowly lift the balloon up and the paper will
stick to the balloon (picture 4). The static electricity
from the balloon is able to aract and hold the pieces of
paper.
PREPARATION
Magically refill a bag of candy! You need two identical
bags of candy (not included). Cut the corner off of one
of the bags and remove six candies from it (picture
1). Match up the cut-off corner with the corner of the
unopened bag. Fold the corner of the unopened bag
along the same line as the cut (picture 2). Take the six
candies from the opened bag in your right hand. Hold
the cut-off corner in place over the full bag (picture 3).
PERFORMANCE
Pretend to tear open the bag of candy and put the cut-
off corner in your pocket (picture 4). Pour the candies
you are holding next to the unopened bag into an
audience member’s hand (picture 5). It appears as if
the sweets dropped out of the unopened bag. Tell the
audience that there is not enough candy for everyone
and you need another bag. Fold the bag you are holding
over in your hand. Blow on it as if to replenish it and
throw the unopened bag to a member in the audience
(picture 6). Ask them to open it and pass the candies
around!

 





TRICK 
Magic: The Amazing Vanishing Tiger

Based on 1st Edition 2018
© 2018 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5–7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], kosmos.de, [email protected]
This work, including all parts, is protected by copyright. Any use exceeding the defined reaches of copyright law without
prior consent of the publishing house is unlawful and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to duplications, trans-
lations, microfilming, as well as any online storage and processing in electronic systems, internet, and/or media. Publisher
does not warrant that all information in this work is free from copyright.
Project Management: Jonathan Felder
Product Development: Carsten Engel
Packaging Layout: 599media, Freiberg
Manual Layout: Katja Witt, LIGNE Design, Stuttgart
Manual Illustrations: Hanky Panky Toys Co. Ltd., and Thames & Kosmos LLC
The publisher has made every effort to locate the copyright holders for all images used. If in some individual cases the
copyright holder has not been notified, he or she is hereby asked to notify possession of the copyright in order to receive a
standard image fee.
All Magic Tricks, Parts, Designs and Original description of Tricks are the Worldwide Copyright of World Magic International
(WMI) A.V.V. © 1978. 1998. 2020. Owners of the HANKY PANKY Trademarks and Copyrights. Made by HANKY PANKY
TOYS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. Some tricks are reproduced with the kind permission from our team of magicians.
1st English Edition © 2020 Thames & Kosmos, LLC, Providence, RI, USA
® Thames & Kosmos is a registered trademark of Thames & Kosmos, LLC.
Editing: Ted McGuire; Additional Graphics and Layout: Dan Freitas and Mark Geary
Distributed in North America by Thames & Kosmos, LLC. Providence, RI 02903
Phone: [phone]; Web: www.thamesandkosmos.com
Distributed in United Kingdom by Thames & Kosmos UK LP. Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HE
Phone: [phone]; Web: www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk
We reserve the right to make technical changes.
Printed in Thailand / Imprimé en Thaïlande
698844-03-130320