How to Do The Magic Pen Trick

Series Summary

For centuries magicians have sparked our imaginations and puzzled our intellects with their ingenious illusions and tricks. The tricks we acknowledge as entertaining today were once used to mystify and cheat audiences in a less scientific age. But even though today's audiences know there is no supernatural powers at work, magic is no less baffling or enjoyable. Whether you're simply pulling the proverbial rabbit from the hat, or making the statue of liberty disappear, magic has the power to inspire and amaze.

In this free video series, our experts Grace Fraga & Glenn Schneider will show you how to do the magic pen trick. They will tell you about the different types of pens for the magic trick, they will teach you the secret of the trick, and give you tips for doing the trick. They will also show you how to do the paddle move, how to place your fingers, and teach you the routine. Our experts will also give you tips for doing the trick for kids and demonstrate the full magic trick right before your eyes.

Video Transcript

"Hi you're watching Expert Village. This show is arts and crafts and everything fun. I am your host, Grace Fraga. My business is Fraga Framing and Art Gallery, both in New Orleans and Los Angeles. Today we are going to learn a magic trick and with me is Glen Dolf a professional magician. Hi Glen Dolf. Hey. Good to see you. Good to see you too Grace. Thank you for being on the show. Thank you for having me. Wonderful, so what are we going to learn today. Well we're going to learn a trick that'll be very easy to do. And with something that you find around the house. It's just using a pen. How easy is that. And inexpensive too. Yes. Wonderful and let us know a little bit about yourself, when did you get started doing magic. A little over ten years ago I moved out here to L.A., two years ago to further my career in magic. And it's been working out pretty good. Great, so if somebody wants to start doing magic what are you're recommendations. I recommend that you find a really good friend that knows magic and they can usually point you in the right direction. Another way is to get a book, go to the library and pretty soon you'll start getting videos on magic. They're very good too. So did you go to magic school? Yes I went to a pretty hard school here in L.A. Yeah it was a fifteen month course. Great. Yes. So basically, go ahead get a mentor, get some books and go take a class. So next we're going to learn all about the pen trick so stay tuned."