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Six Paper Tricks That Seem Like Magic!

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You can do some pretty incredible things with a piece of paper. Today I have some paper tricks that are magical, really!  You can amaze your friends and family.

Paper Tricks that Seem Like Magic

There are 6 tricks, each one is pretty great. My kids were impressed! I love that all you need is some paper, scissors a ruler, a pencil, and some tape. I am pretty sure you probably have all of those things on hand, yes?

 

WATCH How to Do These Paper Tricks:

1. Cut a Hole Through a Paper That You Can Step Through!

Start by folding a piece of paper in half lengthwise. Then draw lines on the paper like the image below.  Make sure you are leaving a small bit uncut at the end of each line.

Cut a paper that you can step through

Once all of the lines are cut back and forth, you are going to cut through the fold, making sure to leave the last two edges of the fold un-cut.

paper trick- step through the center

When you open it up, it will have a large opening that you can actually step through!

2. Make a Mobius Strip

A Mobius Strip is a band of paper that has only one side. It was created by a couple of German mathematicians in the 1800’s. You can easily make one by cutting a strip of paper about 1 and a half inches wide. Then take one end of the paper and twist it once. Connect it to the other end and tape it.

Mobius Strip

That is cool all on it’s own. But we are going to make it cooler!  Take a pencil and draw a line through the center of the strip. You will end up going all the way around and back to the starting point. Now, Cut through the center line and see what happens! When you finish cutting you will end up with an even larger loop!

Paper trick- Mobius Strip

3. From a Double Twist to a Double Ring

For the next trick, we will start just like the previous one. Take a strip of paper, but this time twist it twice. Tape it and cut through the center just like you did last time.

double ring paper trick

Now when you cut it apart you will end up with two rings connected!  Amazing, right?!

4. From Triple Twist to Triple Loop

This trick also starts like the Mobius Strip. Use a strip of paper 1 1/2 inches wide. Twist it three times and tape the ends together. Draw a line through the center again and cut through the whole center of the strip.

paper trick- twist three times

When you open it up you will have a triple twisted loop!

twisted loop paper trick

5. Make an Interlocked Small and Large Paper Loop

Once more this starts with a Mobius Strip. Twist it only once. However, when you draw the line through the center this time, you will do it a little differently.

paper trick- single ring to double ring

Divide it into thirds and start on one side to draw the line all the way around. Then cut it the same way following the line all around the loop.

paper trick- single ring to double

This time when you open it up it will be a double loop, but one will be bigger than the other!

6. Turn Two Paper Rings Into a Square

For the final trick, you will need two strips of paper. Tape them both into a loop, one inside of the other,  without twisting them. Draw a line around both of them and tape them together as pictured below.

rings into square

Cut around both circles following the lines.  When you finish and open it up you will have a large square!

paper trick- square

 

Watch the video on YouTube:

Check out some of the other fun paper posts I have on my site: 

Blooming Paper Flowers

Blooming Paper Flowers in Water

Engineering: Make Paper Hold Up Books.

paper experiments- how many books will it hold

Also check out this trick that makes a five pointed star with just one cut!

This post is sponsored by Boise Paper.

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  1. Lisa Brown says

    March 25, 2016 at 4:43 am

    Project Up looks like a good program. Thank you for the chance to win 🙂

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  2. Lauren says

    March 25, 2016 at 7:38 am

    My kids would like these paper tricks.

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  3. Erin Ellis says

    March 25, 2016 at 9:20 am

    How fun! I’m going to do this with my kids!

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  4. Lori says

    March 25, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    Nice paper trick! Thanks

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    • Tristan says

      October 9, 2016 at 1:13 pm

      Yep! That is for sure a nice paper trick! I used all of them glued ’em all together and it made this thing! It was soooooooo cool! I’ma make a again for my neighbors! 😀 Thanks so much, you’re all the one’s who advised me ti do it was all you’re Thanks and idea’s and stuff!

      Reply
  5. Ticia says

    March 25, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    I remember doing the step through a piece of paper trick as a kid, it was so cool.

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  6. Tara H says

    March 25, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    My boys will enjoy these tricks! Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway!

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  7. Janice says

    March 26, 2016 at 8:06 am

    On number 5, you say to divide into quarters to cut, but the picture shows thirds. How exact do the lines need to be? These are really cool!

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    • Karyn Tripp says

      March 27, 2016 at 8:56 am

      Thanks for catching that. Follow the image! Sorry. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Mother of 3 says

    March 26, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    Cute paper tricks my boys will love those.

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  9. traci says

    March 28, 2016 at 10:03 am

    i have done the first two but will have to try the rest!

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  10. james kosur says

    March 30, 2016 at 7:31 am

    Very cool paper tricks and a great giveaway!

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  11. Heather Johnson says

    March 30, 2016 at 7:35 am

    Amazing! I have got to try some of these tricks with my daughter!

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  12. Sherry says

    March 30, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    These tricks look like fun!

    Reply
  13. Amy Z. says

    April 1, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    These look like fun tricks to do with my kids – I like the one with rings turning into a square!

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  14. Thomas Murphy says

    April 1, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    Awesome tricks! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  15. Bridgett Wilbur says

    April 1, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    My son would just love theses tricks.

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  16. Valerie says

    October 12, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    I love doing things like this with my son and his friends!!

    Reply
  17. Chuck says

    November 20, 2017 at 1:15 pm

    Thanks for the ideas of linked rings and the different sized linked rings. I will use them along with cutting a ring into two separate ones as part of a marriage talk to show what marriage is suppose to be like.

    Reply

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