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Here’s a cool magic trick you can play on your friends and family. It takes some real but careful concentration on your part, but it is easy and bound to surprise those around you. You need not let them know how it’s done for a while - enjoy walking around letting people think you are a real magician full of extraordinary powers.

What you’ll need:

• 1 box of wax crayons

What to do:

1. Hand the box of crayons to someone in your audience and then turn your back to them.
2. Instruct the person to open the box, pull out one crayon and remember the color.
3. Then, put both of your hands behind your back and tell the person to place the crayon in one of your upturned hands.
4. Next, face your audience and tell them that you will determine the color of the crayon simply by sense of touch.
5. As you say this, scrape your thumbnail across the end of the crayon forcing a small amount of the wax to get under your fingernail.
6. Next, switch the crayon into the other hand and move your empty hand (the one with the wax under your fingernail) up to your forehead.
7. As your hand passes up past your eyes, catch a quick glimpse of the color under your fingernail.
8. Once you see, close your eyes and pretend that you are really concentrating on the color.
9. Then, tell them the color, you’ll amaze everyone!