Finger Break

Join Magician Ryan Oaks with some totally gross magic! Watch carefully as he reveals the classic gag of taking off your finger, but then with a twist and a SNAP the finger comes right off!

Your hands

SOMETIMES WE USE MATERIALS THAT REQUIRE ADULT SUPERVISION…LIKE SCISSORS SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AROUND WHENEVER YOU DO MAGIC TRICKS!!

1. Place your left hand palm down and stick your thumb out.
2. Take your right hand and grab your left thumb in a fist.
3. Rotate your fist over the thumb. As you do this, take your middle finger and your thumb on your right hand and place them together like you’re going to snap this. Do this underneath the fist so no one will notice.
4. As you continue to rotate your first, snap your fingers and jerk your fist forward. The audience will think they’re hearing your thumb break! Be sure to practice to get the timing right.
5. After you do the snap, take your left thumb and fold it all the way back under the palm of your left hand as far as you can. Take your right thumb and fold it into your right hand, extending it so it sticks out past the other side. Curl your other fingers over it to hold it in place. Be sure to keep your hand together as you do all of this.
6. Quickly separate your hands. It will look like you have broken your left thumb off from the rest of your hand! Again, this will all take some practice to do it smoothly without anyone noticing what you’re really doing.
7. Wiggle your right thumb in your hand to gross out your audience while your left hand stays palm-side-down to hide your left thumb.
8. Bring your right hand back down beside your left hand. Secretly slip your left thumb back into your right hand. Rotate to right fist again to make it look like you’re screwing your thumb back on.
9. Open your hands and show that both hands are back to normal.