Mini Milk Pitcher

In the 70's, the vaccuum or double-walled insulated mugs were just starting to be produced. I had been going to trade show, and bought some insulated mugs. I noticed the similarity to the construction between that and the milk pitchers that were on the market. The current magic milk pitchers had a liner inside that was removeable for cleaning, but they were also problematic, as they sometimes cracked or some were glued in place and made cleaning difficult.
The insulated cups could be modifed very easily to make excellant milk pitchers. You merely drilled a few holes in the plastic, and the milk pitcher application could be applied.
Drill one hole at the top of the cup or pitcher, as an air release valve. Then, onthe other end of the inside of the mouth of the glass or pitcher, drill several holes in a cluster on the inside of the pitcher. This allows the liquid to fill.
To set it up, submerge the cup in a sinlk full or a conatiner full of the liquid you wish to vanish. Preferable, is the fake milk called oom, or "oil of milk" (water based machine oil). You can use real milk, or a dark liquid.
The object is to fill the inside liner of the glass and then empty the main container out. So the glass is in essence empty, but the liner of the insulated mug is full of liquid.
As you pour  or tilt the glass, the liquid will come out from the liner and enter the main body of the glass or cup. The level of the liner will deplete and soon equal the contents of the glass.
When you right the cup, it should look as if 2/3 of the glass has vanished. If you held a rolled up newspaper in front of that glass as you poured, the illusion will be that the liquid has been poured into the news.
Place the cup aside, and then unroll the news as if the liquid has vanished from the paper.
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Several dealers have made these milk pitchers and sold them, but you can find these in most dollar shops in many sizes and they look so "ungimmicked" and natural, they are actually a better device than the commercial ones.

Miniature Money Production

Creamers at a restaurant made a great impromtu magic item. Some of the fast ideas were Chink-a-Chink, Matrix, and cups and balls in miniature. For a while I sought to have a special clear cover made so I could make a miniature rice bowls effect. I soon found that there were just too many varieties of creamers to make a standard gimmick.
A creamer opening (in some places) has a circumference that is equal to a quarter. You can also place pennies dimes and nickels into the empty creamer. Cap it off with the quarter wedged into the creamer mouth.
Get the second creamer, and visibly pour salt into it. Over pour so that the salt it in a sligt mound. Then take your finger and level the salt level with the mouth of the creamer. Turn the coin loaded creamer (careful not to expose the coin load) upside down over the salt filled creamer and turn it over three times. When you lift the creamer, the salt will be resting on top of your coin load and it will look like the salt load has doubled.
Level it again, and cover the creamer with the empty side. Turn it over again, only once. As you lift the cointainer, squeez it a bit so that the quarter will dislodge and the coin load will fall onto the empty container. You have made a mini rice bowls with a coin load finale.

Juicy Coin trick

I have glued a thimble on the back of a half dollar. Then, placing that on my middle finger, and moving the finger back and forth while your hand is turned palm down, gives the illusion that he coin is floating forard and back, when looked at through the hole created when you form a circle with your thumb and forefinger. Open your thumb and forefinger, like an "ok" sign, and you now have the setting for a coin production.
So, with hand palm down, and and okay sign towards your audience, take you middle finger with the glued coin on the thimble so that the edge of the coin is against the palm, with the coin face towards the inside of the OK configuration.
Open the OK, and push the middle finger forward, and as you you do so, open the okay sign and grasp the edge of the coin as it seems to float from the palm to your fingers.
Display the coin for a second and then pretend to toss it in your other hand. As you toss, retract the coin back to the obsured position against your palm.
The toss should be quick, the appearance of the coin can be a slow float from palm to fingertip.
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Instead of a thimble, you can find the perfect gimmick on the mouth of a Tropicana or Minute maid, juice carton. The plastic seal tab is a seal with a ring attached so you can open the fresh container. That seal is the perfect gimmick. The flat part of the tab is where you can glue the coin, the ring is the perfect finger clip, so stick your finger in the plastic ring and do the same move as described above.

Impromptu Rice Bowls

Anything can be magical. Spoons, forks, napkins. I just finished a Del Monte fruit cup and went to empty the sugared syrup from the container. I turned it over to pour it out and the juice stayed in the cup.  I had only peeled back the seal less than halfway and ate the fruit with a spoon. The seal, was fairly thick and rolled right back onto the lip of the container. Like the science experiment with a cup and a piece of paper, the liquid suction kept the syrup from coming out, to spite the weight of the liquid, the air above it formed the suction to keep it suspended and not push the plastic cover open.
Note: if you peel the lid back more than half-way, the seal will not work as well.

I immediately saw the mini rice bowls: You would have two identical containers and take some rice and pour it in one container, then level the rice contents. Turn the second bowl (with secret water load) upside down over the first bowl. Turn it over three times so that the water load is on the bottom with the clear lid on it. When you lift the bowl, the rice has appeared to double in contents, whereas in reality, the one bowls contents are not on the lid of the water load cover.

You level it again. Turn it over three time, this time when you lift the cover, you secretly pull off the water cover. Now, you have a water production where there was previously a rice load.
Note: you may trim the seal so that it matches the cup outline, or get a slight distance between you and the spectator.