Simple, stupid tricks to show kids

[Mozart]

I have several nieces that I adore (age 3-5), and on a recent visit, I did this stupid trick where I pretended I can disconnect my thumb. They got a kick out of it and we’re trying to recreate it for days afterwards. Pretty funny.

Does anyone know any more dumb stuff I could show my little nieces?

[jsbhike]

Fun watching my son try to get his hands twisted around for this at that age.

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[C-grunt]

I have a math trick for older kids and adults.

Pick any whole number and dont tell me
Multiply it by 2
Add 10
Divide that number by 2
Subtract the original number you started out with
Your answer is 5

The key is to switch the added number every time. The answer will always be half of the number you told them to add.

[jason.mayberry68]

Pull a quarter out of their ear...then swallow it....then say your favorite magic phrase and make it reappear. (All while hiding the quarter in your hand(s) in between your fingers.) They will absolutely love this one.

[Firefly]

My old man got sick of me bothering him one day. So he told me to stand at the position of attention. I did.

He said remain there and went to get a shovel. He came back with the shovel and handed it to me.

“Boy, I heard there was a news report of some big jail break last night. I need you to secure our perimeter. I want you to go out to the other side of the farm and dig exactly one football field length row of holes three feet wide and three feet deep. When you are done report back to me and I will instruct you on how to make punji sticks. Use this tape measure. Exactly three feet wide and three feet deep.”

Oh BOY! I thought. So I spent all day precisely measuring the holes. Pacing them apart. Really taking pride in my work. Simply and totally going through my mind that we were gonna set up booby traps to stop escaped inmates. I started imagining us hiding out in the woods with camo and guns and getting a medal from the sheriff and being in the newspaper and in my preteen mind I figured at some point I would be awarded a trip to Disneyworld and some Nintendo cartridges.

So I come back sweaty and tired and wore out. Half the day was gone. Then my dad told me”Son, they caught the escaped prisoners. We’re in a stand down posture. I need you to go back and fill in those holes for next time”.

And I did. And I was beat. And I wanted nothing more than a bath, food, and to go to bed.

I admit it took a while for me to realize my old man was messing with me. But I seriously thought we was gonna be doing some First Blood mess to escapees from prison.....






Obviously you couldn’t trick a kid like that today but if I get off my ass and have kids, I’m pulling that one on them.

[tb-av]

^^^^ Now that's loyalty you can not often find.


This is a good one. I've got one carved out of wood that older than I am.

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[Diamondback]

My old man got sick of me bothering him one day. So he told me to stand at the position of attention. I did.

He said remain there and went to get a shovel. He came back with the shovel and handed it to me.

“Boy, I heard there was a news report of some big jail break last night. I need you to secure our perimeter. I want you to go out to the other side of the farm and dig exactly one football field length row of holes three feet wide and three feet deep. When you are done report back to me and I will instruct you on how to make punji sticks. Use this tape measure. Exactly three feet wide and three feet deep.”

Oh BOY! I thought. So I spent all day precisely measuring the holes. Pacing them apart. Really taking pride in my work. Simply and totally going through my mind that we were gonna set up booby traps to stop escaped inmates. I started imagining us hiding out in the woods with camo and guns and getting a medal from the sheriff and being in the newspaper and in my preteen mind I figured at some point I would be awarded a trip to Disneyworld and some Nintendo cartridges.

So I come back sweaty and tired and wore out. Half the day was gone. Then my dad told me”Son, they caught the escaped prisoners. We’re in a stand down posture. I need you to go back and fill in those holes for next time”.

And I did. And I was beat. And I wanted nothing more than a bath, food, and to go to bed.

I admit it took a while for me to realize my old man was messing with me. But I seriously thought we was gonna be doing some First Blood mess to escapees from prison.....






Obviously you couldn’t trick a kid like that today but if I get off my ass and have kids, I’m pulling that one on them.

Grandpa said that back in his day when some n00b Airman was getting on his fellow Sarges' nerves they'd send the poor schmuck out to fetch a hundred yards of flightline, or a 55 gallon drum of jet wash, or a can of prop pitch...

[titsonritz]

[Honu]

get and learn a thumb tip google that

kids like that stuff also sponge balls but they take a bit of learning

[Wildcat]

If you are able to, do a knuckle-roll with a quarter (flip it along the back of your fingers) then give them each a nickle (because their hands are smaller) and teach them how it works.