| Category | Activities |
| Badge | Entertaining |
| Time to allocate (mins) | 20 |
| Outcome | learn some magic tricks |
| Resources | standard card deck |
| Instructions | Finding a Picked Card Ask a volunteer to pick any card out of the deck. Hold a deck of cards face-down and fan them out. Ask your volunteer to choose one card at random and take it out of the deck. Be patient, because the longer you give the volunteer to pick a card, the more confident they will become that you won't be able to guess it. Shuffle the cards first so the audience knows that they really are in a random order. Look away from the cards as the person picks their card to make the trick more convincing. Ask a volunteer to pick any card out of the deck. Hold a deck of cards face-down and fan them out. Ask your volunteer to choose one card at random and take it out of the deck. Be patient, because the longer you give the volunteer to pick a card, the more confident they will become that you won't be able to guess it. Shuffle the cards first so the audience knows that they really are in a random order. Look away from the cards as the person picks their card to make the trick more convincing. Tell the volunteer to place the card on the pile in your left hand. Give your volunteer enough time to look over and memorize the card before putting your left hand out for them. Let them set the card face-down so you can continue. Avoid rushing the volunteer since the audience may think you've memorized the card beforehand. Look at the bottom card of the pile in your right hand. As your volunteer puts their card back, slightly bend the cards in your right hand to see which one is on the bottom. Remember the value and suit of the card since the card the person picked will be right next to it. Spread the cards out and find the bottom card of the right pile. Turn the deck face-up and set the pile down on the table and fan them out on the table so they’re all visible. Quickly try to find the bottom card you memorized earlier, but try not to make it obvious to your audience that you’re looking for it. Avoid spreading the cards quickly and sloppily. You might accidentally ruin the reference card's position, throwing off the entire trick. Choose the picked card and reveal it to the audience. Take a few seconds to pretend like you’re concentrating really hard. In reality, the card the volunteer picked will be right on top of the card you memorized. Pick the card out of the spread and ask the volunteer, "Is this your card?" The audience will be stunned that you were able to locate the card so fast. |