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.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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