When I was a young magician I could not afford a big guillotine but I was able to purchase a Finger Chopper. It was not until many years later I used a 6 foot guillotine in my show.  It was impressive to look at but I will say the reaction I got from the audience […]

What do I mean when I say, “Same Props – Different Trick”? When I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on magic tricks, I would look for tricks that I could buy and use the props from those tricks to create another effect or a completely different routine.  Example, I just posted in

Back when I was young magician, I could not afford to buy the expensive feathered flowers, not until many years later. So would you buy the Spring Flowers? You can use them over and over again. They pack small and play big. They are very colorful and people enjoy their beauty. You can use them

I am not one who normally plays joke on someone, especially on April Fools’ Day. I prefer to make it fun by entertaining everyone with a magic trick. A great opportunity to ask people if they want to see a magic trick. I do sell on DollarStoreMagicTricks one joke like item, the famous Snake Eggs. 

Karrell Fox use to tell a joke about his wife using the money she found on his dresser to pay the news paper boy. As she is describing the coins she found, he realizes they were his trick coins. Ouch! That was costly. How many of you have carried around trick coins and accidently spent

It was common to see Jokes and Novelties sold in the same stores as Magic Tricks. In the in the ads novelties were mixed in with the magic tricks. I always enjoyed looking and sometime buying novelties.  Sometimes I mixed them in with my magic. It adds diversity and humor to my show. When I

When you tickle someone, is that torture or it enjoyable?  Often when you tickle someone under their chin, they will pull away. But with the Finger Trap you can control them into laughter. Tell them to put their pointer finger from each hand into the ends of the trap until they touch each other. If

The Magic Water Tube is so versatile, a must for every performing magician. Why? First it is priced right and you can use it for so many different tricks. I recently posted a video how you can use it as a “Pea Can”.  You will notice a Pea Can is a great magical gag but

I decided to add the famous Rattlesnake Eggs to my Website. It is not really a magic trick but I give you a couple of idea how you can use it with your magic tricks. Including the “ghost hank”. That video is in the DollarStoreMagicTricks video library, available to anyone who has purchased from the

When I was a kid magician back in the 60’s, I found ads in the back of comic books advertising magic tricks. That is where I order my magic tricks.  Some of these same tricks are now on my DollarStoreMagicTricks.com Website. Here is a photo of what the ads looked like:

In November of 1963 a magician came and performed live show at my school in the middle of the cornfields of Indiana. That is all it took to get me started as a student of magic. For Christmas that year my parents bought me a magic kit. I made a poster for myself using the

Today I have started a blog for the DollerstoreMagicTricks.com Website….this will be FUN as I post updates, new ideas, and applications for the items I am selling.