When buying beginning magic tricks, you can purchase tricks in magic sets or buy them individually from magic dealers. While there are lots of tricks that only require common household items, most magicians will want to work with magic props at some point.
So which is the best way to obtain magic props, from a set or by purchasing them separately?
Executive Magic
When it comes to grown-ups, I don't think there's any question, I would always encourage grown-ups to purchase tricks separately because they probably have an idea of the type of magic that they're interested in learning and performing.
There are "executive" magic sets that are designed for adults, and these usually feature good quality props and tricks that are designed to be easy to learn and perform. However, I think that most adults will want to aim towards the type of magic that interests them most. For example, card magic. And most will know of the tricks that they want to learn.
Kids Magic
For kids, magic sets provide a cornucopia of tricks that they can dive right in and learn. And I think that magic sets offer an excellent way to introduce a beginner to magic (for more on how to purchase a set, please check out my article, "Buying a Magic Set," by clicking here).
If I were purchasing magic for a kid, I would lean towards buying individual tricks. By doing this, I could purchase tricks in an area that interests the child, for example, coin tricks. Also, this allows me to ask my magic dealer and do some research to determine the types of effects that would be appropriate for the child's skill level.
Focus
Perhaps the strongest argument that I can come up with for purchasing individual tricks is that by doing so, I think a child is more likely to appreciate the tricks and invest the necessary time to learn and perform them.
When a typical child opens a magic set that promises he or she can perform some 101 tricks, the props go flying out of the box. Even if the child has the patience to follow directions, chances are, he or she is going a mile a minute pulling out tricks, figuring out how they work and then moving onto the next thing.
I think that the parts will likely become lost. And the process encourages the excited child to fly through the tricks as opposed to spend time on a few that they can learn and perform.
A Few Good Tricks
There's no doubt that a good magic set can provide a broad introduction to magic for a youngster. But I think that a lot can be said for carefully selecting a few good tricks.
And when a child takes the time to learn and perform a trick, he or she will have a better opportunity to discover the joys of entertaining with magic.
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