Using the ‘magical’ pulling power of magnets you can amaze your audience by making a beautiful flower appear in the flower pot!

Hold the wand in the hand that you write with and the flower pot in the other hand.

Wave the wand over the pot and chant your magical incantation – this is my one!

Abracadabra

FLOWER FROM WAND TRICK

Bewitching power

Let’s use MAGIC

To create a flower!

Place the tip of the wand into the pot so that the magnet on the flower touches the base of the pot and pull the wand upwards and away as fast as you can … and voila!

Setting the trick:

1. Always place the flower into the wand by the magnet end. This will protect your ‘feather’ flowers.
2. The magnet end of the flower must be flush with the end of the wand. This is to make sure that when the wand touches the magnet in the bottom of the flower pot the two magnets will pull together.
3. Lift the wand up and away quickly, follow the wand with your eyes. This will lead your audience’s eyes away from the pot – when they look back they will be astounded to see your beautiful flower inside the pot.

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• Horseshoe Magnet
• Size 5cm x 4.5cm
• Colour red
• Like poles repel and opposite poles attract

This horseshoe magnet is a fun, educational toy which will allow your young wards to discover the attraction of magnets. With a retro design, this magnet will give your child hours of entertainment.

It is a good quality, sturdy item but as with all magnets the material it is made from is brittle so will break if allowed to drop on to a hard surface.

How Magnets Work

This horseshoe magnet is an Al-Ni-Co magnet. It is a permanent magnet which is primarily made up of a combination of aluminium, nickel and cobalt. Alnico is an acronym of iron alloys made up from Aluminium (Al) nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co).

Let’s Go Fishing

Metal paperclips are pulled towards the magnet. Using this phenomenon we can make small sea creatures and use a paperclip as the mouth.

I have used the rainbow foamy putty to make my fish – this is an air-drying material which is very light and perfect for using with this magnet. It can be rolled out and then cut or shaped into any design you may wish to pick up with the magnet – attach the paper clip to the outside, or push it in to your design.

Colour a paper plate blue, lay your fish shapes on it. tie some string around your magnet and attach the other end to a small stick or pencil. With 2 or more magnets this could be a challenge game!

I would love to see your creations – so please post them on my facebook page 

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