How to Make a Dollar Come Out My Sleeve With Magic

A good magician never shares his secret.

Whether you're a babysitter, parent or just a child at heart, it's useful to know a good magic trick that can keep kids occupied. In fact, you can learn to really impress an audience by hiding money up your sleeve. The trick doesn't take long to learn and you don't need fancy equipment. But, if you can master it, your crowd will watch closely in admiration every single time.

Instructions

Preparation

1. Wear a shirt that has long sleeves. For this trick, the sleeves should be slightly roomy so that you can move them around with ease.

2. 

   Roll the money into the smallest possible tube.

   Lay a dollar bill or several of them flat on a counter or surface. Then roll them into a tube by curling the bills around themselves. You should have one small stack or tube, not several.

3. Find a crease in your long sleeved shirt or jacket near the inside of your arm where the elbow is. To hide the tube of dollar bills, lay your left palm flat on a table in front of you and tuck the money into the crease. Push your sleeve up slightly so that the tube is not visible. The hidden money is the key to pulling off this trick.

Performance

1. Sit at a table with your audience gathered in front on you. Anyone sitting beside you or behind you will not experience the trick fully. Rest your forearms on the table as you wait to begin in order to keep the money from falling out.

2. Pull gently on each of your shirt sleeves to show that there's no money up either sleeve. This will divert the group's attention away from your hidden tube of money.

3. Slide up each shirt sleeve slowly, in preparation for the magic trick. Cuff and roll each sleeve until they are bunched up near the elbows. As you do this, carefully grab the money tube from its hidden place and hide it discreetly in either of your hands. With practice, you'll learn to master this portion of the trick so that the audience does not realize what's happening. It might help to talk or tell a joke during this portion to keep their attention away from your hands.

4. Keep the tube of money hidden away in the palm of your hand. Then extend your arms in front of you and interlace your fingers. Use your thumbs to move the tube of money to the center of your clasped palms and then quickly reveal the dollar bill by using an upward, sweeping flick of the thumbs. If you're using several dollar bills, the money should appear to spout from your hands.

Tips & Warnings

• This isn't a trick that you can perform more than once in succession since you'd have to hide the money tube in front the audience, giving away the trick.

References

• How to Do Tricks: Dollar Bill Magic Trick