Archive for October 22nd, 2008
Oct
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October 22, 2008
Price : $14.29
Features
- Amaze your friends
- Easy to learn
- Stores neatly in wooden box
- Recommended Age Range 8 Years and up
Product Description
This Deluxe Magic Set provides hours of fun and professional tricks for the beginner. The set is made of solid wood, and the tricks are easy to perform. Includes the following tricks: Disappearing Ball, Vanishing Coin, Magic Coin Box, Cylinder Squeeze, Secret Silks, Vanishing Zone, Egyptian Prediction, Magic Number Prediction, Money Maker and the Great Escape.
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2008-09-16 
You get a lot of stuff in this set, and the tricks actually work! Pieces are quality made with wood, painted with engaging colorful imagery. A couple tricks are hard for my 6 year old, but all the tricks are fun for kids and grownups. Encourages hand-eye coordination.
Review date : 2008-09-06
I have been involved in magic as a hobby since I was 11. My first kit was all plastic and some of the tricks were not well thought out and were impractical. Still, it got me hooked. I now use tricks and illusions to illistrate my sales and training seminars. This set is far superior to the one that I received over four decades ago.
One of the things that I like about it is that all of the tricks are made of wood. They are well made and well decorated. Some of the tricks are a little lame but that is just my opinion.
I bought this as a gift for a budding magician (7 years old) and he loved it! Honestly, I would have paid $10-15 more for a set of this quality. Great product and I highly recommend it.
Review date : 2008-05-31
My son is six, and I searched pretty hard to find a set that I thought was of the appropriate age level for him, I picked out three and he chose this one from the three. He is very happy with it, and it gets a lot of use.
It was easy to teach him the tricks and he can perform all of them with out getting frustrated, a huge plus; and there are plenty of tricks in the box.
It is very sturdy and well made, as I have found of all Melissa& Doug products. We like it so much, we have bought the set for birthday gifts for his friends.
Review date : 2008-03-30
My six-year old daughter has been completely captivated by this magic set. She’s had so much fun putting on shows for family members and hasn’t needed too much help in figuring out how to successfully perform the tricks. Even my three year old has enjoyed being part of the act! A very well made set with good instructions. I only wish a lock had been added to the box so that all the pieces could be stored safely inside. We slip ours into a child-sized pillowcase to contain everything. We love the creative performances the magic set has inspired and the fun it has provided for our girls. This is my new favorite birthday gift for this age group!
Review date : 2008-03-08
I bought this toy for my granddaughter for Christmas. She wanted a magic set and she is 7 years old. This is the greatest! She picked up on the tricks right away and continues to use it and learn from it. I made her a cape and her sister an assistants cape and they have magic shows all the time.
Oct
22
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October 22, 2008
Muscle Flexibility is important to playing an instrument such as the piano. This allows a student to play easily, with finger spring, wrist flexibility and control. But surprisingly this important element of playing doesn?t begin with the fingertips. It starts in the large muscles of the back, shoulder and upper arms.
Think back to your science or anatomy class. Remember that skeleton guy standing next to your teacher?s desk, waiting to be used as an example? Well it?s time to pay attention in class, because this boney guy has some valuable tips for piano students. All of the parts that make up your collar bone, shoulder blade, upper arm, forearm, wrist, hand and fingers are connected and operate as one skeletal and muscular system. You remember how that tune goes: ?The head bone?s connected to the neck bone, the neck bones? connected to the collar bone?? Well it?s true. So use this important lesson from your science class to get some bounce your piano step. Begin by using your large muscles at the top of this system so your fingers can do the walking with a spring in their step!
Follow the steps below to begin using your muscles correctly for piano.
Step1 - Sit up tall on the piano bench and imagine that your neck is stretching up to the ceiling from the top of your head. You should feel a sense of buoyancy in your posture. Arch your lower back.
Step 2 - Swing your upper arms out from your sides until your hands are flat (kind of like a birdie getting ready to flap its wings.)
Step 3 - With your forearms above the keyboard, reach out to the piano until you can feel stretch in your muscles all the way back from your shoulder blade.
Step 4 - Keeping your hands in a rounded position, stretching each finger tip down to the keys. Play G, F, E, D, C. Shifting the weight from one finger to the next with a little ?spring in your step.?
Step 5 - To get from one hand position to another or from one octave to another, bounce and land. Allow your finger to jump out of the first position by lifting at the elbow to bounce and land in the new position.
Step 6 - When playing a scale or run of notes, play the first note lightly, then spring out of the second note into the next one. This transfers energy and weight from one key to the next easily.
Keep following these simple steps and you?ll soon see how easy it is to get around the keyboard with a spring in your step. Then you?ll get an A in science ? and piano!
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Oct
22
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October 22, 2008
Have your theme for you party ready and need theme party supplies ideas. With any theme you have a ton of ideas waiting to be used. If you’re going with a holiday theme then any craft store will have a great selection to pick from. From pre-made larger items and other interesting things, these will be spending, but you’ll be able to reuse them. If you’re looking for a something a little bit different then you need to stretch your imagination a little bit. Pick something that people won’t suspect.
Going on that idea your theme party supplies need to be something that will please you guest and yourself without going overboard. Pick colors that go with each other based on your theme. You don’t want pink and blue for a Halloween party, but green or orange, green or black, same with any other holidays.
If your party isn’t holiday related you’re theme party supplies have a much wider range to pick from. The color pink would work for any girl’s birthday party and from there you can pick colors that go just perfect with pink.
For actually theme party supplies you’ll need to know what kind of party you’re having. Are you having some kind of dinner? If you are you need to find tablecloths in the colors you’ve picked. From there you need to decide on a centerpiece, balloons work for almost anything. If you’re having a music based theme maybe find or borrow some instruments from friends and family. You can even find cheep records and have them hanging on the walls.
Anything is possible with finding theme party supplies starting with your basic color scheme for holidays to any other kind of theme. If you work your way from you basic color to centerpieces and balloons you’ll finish setting up your party in no time.
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