Straw

108 entries in Straw

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	To Lift Four Straws with a Fifth	puzzle		1902	The Modern Conjurer	308	Straw Puzzle / Miscellaneous
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	Dr. Ervins Straw Trick	straw is cut into pieces, one piece is stretched to a full size straw again	Related to More Odds & Ends (Franklin M. Chapman, Chap's Scrapbook, 1939)	Oct. 1938	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 4)	1	Straw
Sid Fleischman*	Drunken Cocktail	liquid travels from straw to straw	Variations The Vicarious Cocktail (Jim Steinmeyer, MAGIC, 1993)	Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 79)	518	Straw Liquid / Traveling
Harry G. Franke	Rise!!	ball with a hole rises and sinks on a straw	Also published here Rise (Harry G. Franke, The Best in Magic, 1956)	Mar. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 173)	693	Straw Ball / Animation
	Up the Scale	making different sounds with straw, gag		1949	Over the Coffee Cups	31	Straw
Jack Yeager	Chinese Pop Bottle	Chinese Prayer Vase done with bottle and straw	Also published here Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"	1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	11	Straw Bottle / Miscellaneous Bottle / Chinese Prayer Vase
Bill Nord	Ex-straw-dinary	paper from a straw twists like a snake when water is dropped on it, then when touched with a cigarette it vanishes		July 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 234)	937	Straw Paper / Animation Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
	Bottle (18)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks puzzle, lifting bottle with straw		June 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 1)	803	Straw Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Bottle / Miscellaneous
Bobby Bernard	Trial of the Warrior	cord penetrates chop stick and severing straw into two, presentation	Inspired by Stuard Judah's "Straw, String and Pencil Trick"	1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	38	Straw Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Chopsticks
Anonymous	Holy Potatoes	piercing a potato with a straw, seen and described by Paul LePaul	Related to Potato Power (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, Magick, 1992)	1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 324)	106	Straw Food / Potato
Harry G. Franke	Rise	ball with a hole rises and sinks on a straw (as H. G. Frank)	Also published here Rise!! (Harry G. Franke, The Phoenix, 1949)	1956	The Best in Magic	11	Straw Ball / Animation
Stewart James	The Astral Dagger	straw in tube, held with string is cut into two pieces		1957	Magic Mine No. 1	15	Straw Rope / Miscellaneous
Bert Allerton	The Flutist	cutting a straw into a flute		1958	The Close-Up Magician	42	Straw Instruments
Max Malini	Torn and Restored Straw Cover		Also published here Torn and Restored Straw Paper (Max Malini, Max Malini, 2022)	1962	Malini and His Magic	51	Straw Paper / Torn & Restored
	El Hilo Irrompible	string in straw is cut and restored, straw remains cut		1975	Magia en el Bar	69	Straw Rope / Cut & Restored
	The String and the Straw	string through straw, cut and restored, Kolar's Straw and String		1976	The Big Book of Magic	141	Straw Rope / Cut & Restored
Harry Lorayne	French Fries	paper straw is pushed through raw potato		1977	The Magic Book	268	Straw Food / Potato
	The Pipes of Pan	instrument from drinking straws		1979	Elastrix	40	Straw
Larry White	Ein Stroh-Voller Trick	liquid in straw apparently flows upwards	Also published here Genii, Feb. 1978	Jan. 1983	Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4)	137	Straw Liquid / Miscellaneous Scientific Amusement
Wally Wilson	Cocktail Sword and Straw	ring on wand, with cocktail sword and straw		1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	136	Plastic Sword Straw Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick Wand & Stick / Swizzle Stick
John Cornelius	Dartanian's Release	cocktail plastic sword through straw	Also published here D'Artagnan's Release (John Cornelius, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius, 2001)	1985	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4	79	Straw
William Goodwin, Ray Kosby	The Camel's Back	straw wrapper is torn and restored, then reappears around straw		1985	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4	88	Straw Paper / Torn & Restored
Doc Valles	No Visible Means of Support	straw clings to hand, invisible thread		Oct. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 10)	1122	Straw
Steve Dusheck	Straw Coin Holder	made from straw		Oct. 1985	New Directions (Issue 2)	13	Straw Coin / Gaffed / Holder & Loading
	Gordon	penetration of two wrapped around straws		1986	Gimmick (Issue 7)	3	Straw
Jay Sankey	The Almost Human Cannon Ball	straw wrapper vanishes inside straw (flash paper) and travels to other hand	Also published here The Almost-Human Cannonball (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1, 2012)	Dec./Jan. 1986/1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 5 & 6)	10	Straw Paper / Traveling Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
William Goodwin	Torn and Restored Straw Wrapper			1988	Lecture 1988	13	Straw
Jay Sankey	Cut and Restrawed	drinking straw is ripped and restored	Also published here Cut and Restrawed (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012)	1990	100% Sankey	25	Straw
Jim Kleefeld	Put a Lid on It	plastic drink lid, bumps on lid depress one by one		June 1990	The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 2)	11	Straw Cup / Miscellaneous Liquid / Miscellaneous
Flip Hallema	Flipstick	with a straw		June 1990	The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 2)	13	Straw Wand & Stick / Vanish
Michael Powers	Tornado Card	straw through (business) card		1990	Top Secret Stuff	82	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous Business Cards
Michael Powers	Toothpick Into Straw	toothpick travels into straw which is still wrapped		1990	Top Secret Stuff	159	Straw Toothpick
Karl Fulves*	Short Straw	percentage game with three straws in three cups each		1991	Swindle & Cheat	38	Straw Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
David Harkey	Spotweld	plastic straw in paper wrapper is spot-welded shut inside wrapper, fingerprints appear inside wrapper on straw	Also published here Spotweld (David Harkey, Simply Harkey, 1991)	1991	Hardcore	156	Straw
David Harkey	Spotweld	plastic straw in paper wrapper is spot-welded shut inside wrapper, fingerprints appear inside wrapper on straw	Also published here Spotweld (David Harkey, Hardcore, 1991)	1991	Simply Harkey	203	Straw
Bob Rees	Suck It Up	method to load end of invisible thread into mouth during performance, straw		June 1992	The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 2)	5	Straw Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Potato Power	piercing a straw through raw potato	Related to Holy Potatoes (Anonymous, The New Phoenix, 1955)	July 1992	Magick (Issue 475)	2374	Straw Food / Potato Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Karl Fulves*	Squirting Lighter	using it empty to blow air to animate things		1993	Rigmarole (Issue 3)	31	Straw Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis
Karl Fulves*	Rollaway	straw moves, blowing		1993	Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks for Children	11	Straw
Michael Close	The Straw and Shoelace	string penetrates straw	Related to The Ring, Shoelace, and Straw Routine (Michael Close, Workers Number 2, 1991)	1994	A Workers Series Sampler	8	Straw Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Steve Dusheck	Last Straw	two straws in hand, spectator always picks short one		1994	Dusheck's Close-Up Magic	151	Straw Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Ichiro Moriya	The River Styx	liquid rises up in straw and vanishes		Mar. 1996	MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 7)	71	Straw Liquid / Miscellaneous Liquid / Vanish
Joel Givens	Sucker Straw	straw bends 90 degrees and straightens again		1997	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)	1226	Straw
Kyle Carlson	Twisted Sucker	lengthwise stripes on straw turn in a spiral from end to end		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)	1379	Straw
Andrew Mayne	Implosion	wrapper of straw vanishes and appears back on straw		1998	Mad Mojo	73	Straw
Karl Fulves*	Stuck Up	staple of magazine bent open for levitation or hook-up		2000	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)	58	Straw Book / Miscellaneous Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Diamond Jim Tyler	Soaring Straw	straw moves, jumps and floats Walking the Straw Making the Straw Jump from Hand to Hand Making the Straw Float Upward		Mar./Apr. 2000	The Magic Menu (Vol. 10 No. 58)	678	Straw Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Nathan Kranzo	Tornado Straw	straw is poked through bottom of cup, cup is restored, thumbtip	Also published here Tornado Straw (Nathan Kranzo, The Ends, 2001)	Mar. 2000	Channel One (Vol. 1 No. 3)	37	Straw Glass / Penetration Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Brian Naus	The Indiana Triangle	straw triangle as Jardine Ellis ring, routines like traveling back onto spectator's thumb		June 2000	Channel One (Vol. 1 No. 4)	19	Straw Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
John Cornelius	D'Artagnan's Release	cocktail plastic sword through straw	Also published here Dartanian's Release (John Cornelius, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4, 1985)	2001	The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius	53	Straw
David Stone	Moorea Straw	straw penetrates chin into mouth	Inspired by "Straw Thru Chin" (Kevin James, Genii, Vol. 58 No. 9, July 1995)	2001	X-Rated	3	Straw
R. Paul Wilson	The Camel's Back	standing paper falls by itself, three phases, with straw in which air is apparently stored		2001	Omerta	12	Straw Paper / Animation
Nathan Kranzo	Tornado Straw	straw is poked through bottom of cup, cup is restored, thumbtip	Also published here Tornado Straw (Nathan Kranzo, Channel One, 2000)	2001	The Ends	[12]	Straw Glass / Penetration Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Antón "Mago Antón" López	El Submarino y el Periscopio	selection is found with the aid of a straw, submarin presentation, with variation Variante: Equilibrio Inverosimil		2003	La Magia Española del Siglo XX	234	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Joel Givens	Matches All Gone	matches vanish from match book and travel into wrapped straw	Also published here Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, Session, 2007) also in: Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Dec. 2003	MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 4)	99	Straw Match & Matchbox / Match / Traveling
Jay Sankey	A Strange Journey	borrowed coin is inserted in straw and travels down		2004	Sankey Unleashed	102	Straw Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Charlie Frye	Eccentricks	pickle in thrown in air and impaled with toothpick blow-gun-shot from a straw		Oct. 2005	MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 2)	112	Straw Toothpick Food / Miscellaneous
Jack Avis	The Last Straw	cut and restored straw		2006	Rara Avis	191	Straw
Jack Avis	The Magnetic Straw	"A Table Trick" straw becomes apparently magnetic		2006	Rara Avis	192	Straw Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Michael Powers	Paper View	straw removed from wrapping paper, it visible jumps back into paper		2006	Power Plays	227	Straw
Michael Powers	Science Friction	straw balanced on saltshaker, straw moves and is animated, static electricity	Related to The Electro-Static Cigarette (Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7, 1972)	2006	Power Plays	229	Straw Scientific Amusement
Charlie Frye	The Ottawa Straw	Eccentricks straw vanishes and reappears in cup it came from		Oct. 2006	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 2)	87	Straw
Toto	Straw Warp	stripes on white straw changes color, visual		Oct. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)	74	Straw
Joel Givens	Sweet Straw	stirrer straw produced from sugar packet, then shrinks to fit back in	Also published here Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2007	Session	9	Straw Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Object travels inside
Joel Givens	Matches All Gone	matches vanish from match book and travel into wrapped straw	Also published here Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, MAGIC, 2003) also in: Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2007	Session	42	Straw Match & Matchbox / Match / Traveling
Joel Givens	Sweet Straw	stirrer straw produced from sugar packet	Also published here Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, Session, 2007) also in: Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	July 2007	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 11)	90	Straw Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Object travels inside
Gaëtan Bloom	The Rising Straw	signed straw rises from glass of straws		Oct. 2007	MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 2)	110	Straw Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Derek DelGaudio	Strawgami	wrapped straw passes through fist, paper wrapping ends up inside the straw (turns inside out)		2008	Organic	42	Straw
Eric Leclerc	Ottawa Straw	straw penetrates paper cup, second method with solid glass	Also published here Ottawa Straw (Eric Leclerc, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Feb. 2008	MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 6)	64	Straw Cup / Miscellaneous Glass / Penetration
Daniel Garcia	Butter Bill	straw penetrates and melts through borrowed bill in three phases	Also published here Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, Limited, 2009) also in: Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Related to I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (Steve Brink, MAGIC, 2008)	Aug. 2008	MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 12)	73	Straw Bill / Penetration
Daniel Garcia	Butter Bill	straw penetrates and melts through borrowed bill in three phases	Also published here Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, MAGIC, 2008) also in: Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by "Misled" (Timothy Wenk) Related to I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (Steve Brink, MAGIC, 2008)	2009	Limited	29	Straw Bill / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Drawing Straws	straw wrapping paper moves away and towards straw, static electricity		2009	Prolix (Issue 6)	368	Straw Paper / Animation
Mike Williams	The Last Straw	deck tabled, selection shoots out when air is blown at deck through straw	Also published here The Last Straw (Mike Williams, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Oct. 2010	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 2)	69	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
John Carney	Hypnotizing a Straw!	straw rises in bottle		2011	Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy	8	Straw Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson, David Gripenwaldt	Sweet Nothings	Coffeehouse Conjuring sugar is poured in hand from sugar packet and vanishes, it reappears in straw that has been used as a wand		Jan. 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 5)	72	Straw Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly) Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson, David Gripenwaldt	Grasping at Straws	Coffeehouse Conjuring torn end of straw sleeve is restored		Feb. 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 6)	72	Straw
Rick Lax	Free Style Wrap	wrapper from straw torn off and restored	Also published here Free Style Wrap (Rick Lax, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	May 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 9)	64	Straw
Gregory Wilson, David Gripenwaldt	My Cup Runneth Over	Coffeehouse Conjuring apparent static electricity with straw and paper wrapper and paper cup which move and adhere		Oct. 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 2)	78	Straw Paper / Animation Cup / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	The Almost-Human Cannonball	straw wrapper vanishes inside straw (flash paper) and travels to other hand	Also published here The Almost Human Cannon Ball (Jay Sankey, Magical Arts Journal, 1986/1987)	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1	351	Straw Paper / Traveling Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Jay Sankey	Marrow	bill with torn-off corner travels to inside wrapped straw	Also published here Kaleidoscope DVD, 2009	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	612	Straw Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	Forced Entry	straw penetrates bottle cap	Also published here Supernatural DVD, 2006	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	841	Straw Bottle / Bottle Caps / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	Eternity Dime	coin inserted in straw is pushed along and comes out the bottom	Also published here Sankey 1996 lecture notes	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	844	Straw Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	Exit Strategy	straw and borrowed ring penetration routine	Also published here Hardcore DVD, 2010 Inspired by Stuard Judah's "Straw, String and Pencil Trick"	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	848	Straw Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey	Cut and Restrawed	drinking straw is ripped and restored	Also published here Cut and Restrawed (Jay Sankey, 100% Sankey, 1990)	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	852	Straw
Jay Sankey	Climber	liquid rises up in straw	Also published here Hardcore DVD, 2010	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	854	Straw Liquid / Miscellaneous
John Guastaferro	Zen Bend	straw bends at fingertips		2013	Discoveries & Deceptions	51	Straw
Tony Chang	Looper	straw shoots from glass, invisible thread loop		2013	I Was Kidnapped	13	Straw Thread / Invisible Thread / Elastic Loop
Doug Edwards	Grabbing Straws	penetration of two wrapped around straws		2013	Nukes	138	Straw
Mike Caveney	Jumping Straw	straw and wrapper rolled up in handkerchief, when unrolled the wrapper is on the straw again	Also published here Magic for Dummies, 1998	2013	Wonders	57	Straw
Harapan Ong	Suck It Up	selected card sucked into straw	Also published here Suck It Up (Harapan Ong, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Feb. 2013	MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 6)	68	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
Jeff Prace	"Strawesome"	Left-Handed performer drinks coke from paper cup that is visible through transparent straw, it changes to orange soda		July 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)	28	Straw Liquid / Transformation
Martin Lewis	The Best Trick Ever	Making Magic straw balanced on blade of knife in various ways	Inspired by Robert Harbin effect	July 2016	MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 11)	72	Straw Knife & Paddle / Animation Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Daniel Garcia	Stir Crazy	stir stick (or toothpick, cigarette, ...) spins and flies off glass	Also published here Stir Crazy (Daniel Garcia, Something More, 2022)	2018	Something More	26	Straw Toothpick Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Elastic Loop
John Guastaferro	Portable Straw	crumpled up straw wrapper is stretched and a straw taken out of it		Dec. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)	82	Straw
John Guastaferro	Ring on Straw	ring on stick with straw		Dec. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)	83	Straw Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick
Allan Zola Kronzek	Creepy Crawly	crumpled straw wrapper moves	Also published here "Grandpa Magic"	Dec. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)	97	Straw Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Jonathan Friedman	Some Picks Suck	guitar pick is visually changed into a straw		Aug. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)	62	Straw Instruments
Max Malini	Torn and Restored Straw Paper		Also published here Torn and Restored Straw Cover (Max Malini, Malini and His Magic, 1962)	2022	Max Malini	184	Straw Paper / Torn & Restored
Max Malini	Torn and Restored Paper Straw		Related to Elwin T. Shaw, Hugard's Magic Monthly, July 1961	2022	Max Malini	187	Straw
Daniel Garcia	Stir Crazy	stir stick (or toothpick, cigarette, ...) spins and flies off glass	Also published here Stir Crazy (Daniel Garcia, Something More, 2018)	2022	Something More	38	Straw Toothpick Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Elastic Loop
Joel Givens	Matches All Gone	matches vanish from match book and travel into wrapped straw	Also published here Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, MAGIC, 2003) also in: Matches All Gone (Joel Givens, Session, 2007)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	252	Straw Match & Matchbox / Match / Traveling
Joel Givens	Sweet Straw	stirrer straw produced from sugar packet	Also published here Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Sweet Straw (Joel Givens, Session, 2007)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	633	Straw Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Object travels inside
Eric Leclerc	Ottawa Straw	straw penetrates paper cup, second method with solid glass	Also published here Ottawa Straw (Eric Leclerc, MAGIC, 2008)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	702	Straw Cup / Miscellaneous Glass / Penetration
Daniel Garcia	Butter Bill	straw penetrates and melts through borrowed bill in three phases	Also published here Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, MAGIC, 2008) also in: Butter Bill (Daniel Garcia, Limited, 2009) Related to I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (Steve Brink, MAGIC, 2008)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	766	Straw Bill / Penetration
Mike Williams	The Last Straw	deck tabled, selection shoots out when air is blown at deck through straw	Also published here The Last Straw (Mike Williams, MAGIC, 2010)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	980	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
Rick Lax	Free Style Wrap	wrapper from straw torn off and restored	Also published here Free Style Wrap (Rick Lax, MAGIC, 2011)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1027	Straw
Harapan Ong	Suck It Up	selected card sucked into straw	Also published here Suck It Up (Harapan Ong, MAGIC, 2013)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1186	Straw Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location
Jonathan Friedman	Suck-Sess	WWPD bent end of a straw is moved along the straw and back		Aug. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 8)	58	Straw