It’s not easy to find a card trick that appeals to children. It’s also not easy for some performers to tell silly stories which makes almost no sense either. If you looking for a kids’ card trick which requires no explanation, visual to all and appeals to most age groups except for the oldest, then check out Magical Paints by Tenyo. Magical Paints takes the spectators on a short journey as you create a painting magically with your cards. The magician shows an image of a painter’s easel on which sits a blank canvas. He turns that card face down and shows three cards with images of tubes of artists’ colors on them. There is a full blue tube, a full green tube and a full red tube. The magician then “transfers” color from each tube onto the face-down canvas. Each tube is then shown to be “squeezed” of the color that they contained except for the red which was “squished” out by accident. Amazingly, the canvas is turned over and what was shown before to be a blank canvas now displays a landscape scene.

Magical Paints is a cute presentation which requires no talking. It’s perfect for an audience in which there is a language barrier or where communication can be difficult. Of course, if you can write some clever dialogue that would be best but even some background music would help. There is a handling issue which is not shown in the trailer. The performer is seated which facilitates a move, which is lapping. There is a card that has to be ditched to make this work. For the longest time, I never used this because I’m never seated. I like the trick but it wouldn’t work for the venue I’m usually at which is just casual. I did, however, work out a handling which would allow me to show the cards and to carefully place “the double” on the table. I’m sure there are more clever performers than me though that can figure out a handling where the double is more secure.
I believe Magical Paints is only currently available from Seo Magic. Seo Magic specializes in magic from Japan and has quite a bit of unusual, rarely seen magic for those who are looking for different. Whether you are interested in Magical Paints or not, check out Seo Magic to see what they have to offer.

Editors Note:  On some website this product is referred to as Tenyo T-193 Magic Painting.

To see a trailer for Magical Paints click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPHUKSgzBI