The Rattle Box Trick

The Rattle Box Trick The Box Rattle—three boxes and only one of them makes them a rattle. The other two are completely empty. Now the idea here is you got to keep your eye on this box. Whatever you do, don’t blink or you’ll miss it. Here we go. Are you ready? Did you see where it went? If you say it was at the middle then well done because these were completely empty. Try again. This time it can be a little faster so make sure you keep your eye on it. Did you see where it went this time? If you say at the middle, no. You missed it. It’s this one because these two are completely empty. That is matchbox rattle. Now the explanation to the matchbox rattle is you have three matchboxes. And then of course the extra matchbox which is hidden up in your sleeve which is held in place by an elastic band which one is right around your wrist so the matchbox doesn’t slide out. Now to create the noise, we use spaghetti not from the thin but of course dry spaghetti. Please make sure you get permission before use this because you don’t annoy anybody or upset anybody. Now all do, you break it in places across the stem and place it inside the box which is of course hidden under your sleeve. Put your sleeve down and slip the box out of view so that it looks neat and tidy. Now of course, each one of these boxes is completely empty. And to make the box to look a bit more attractive, you can decorate them by how I've done with some nice paper around it to make a look it more magical. Now this is the very important point. When using matchboxes, get permission first and also make sure that grown up has taken all the matches out of the way because you do not need any match for this trick at all. It’s just the matchboxes to be safe. Now, to make it appear the sound is coming from the box, use your left hand, the one with that matchbox under your sleeves. So when you shake it, it makes a noise. So, you can make it appear that every single one of these boxes, it’ll feel like it has matches on them—of course they haven’t. Now, if you use your right hand when you shake the box, of course there is no sound because they should know the box is completely empty. Now the person you show the trick to, they are not aware that you have the box under your sleeve. So all you have do is a matter moving the boxes very carefully without creating a sound and ask them to guess where they think the box is with the match is. When you shake, the first time they guess right. But the second time when you move it around, even though they might guess the right box—to them, they’ve guessed wrong because it’s back into the middle. Now, you can move them about as many times as you like before to fool your friends as many times as you want. But remember, to make the box make the noise, use your left hand. And when there’s no noise, use the right hand. That is called the magic box.