Alex Toys: Ideal Magic, My First Magic Show, Learn 25 Easy Tricks with Props, Great for Children Eager to Learn the Art of Magic, For Ages 4 and up

I first want to say that I purchased this for my son who was almost 4 at the time, and now he is 4 1/2...Being a professional magician, you can imagine that my curious little one is always wanting to play with mommy's props!I have purchased a TON of children's magic sets (anything that looked half way decent) for him to try and this one has some very unusual tricks that you just don't find in most magic sets- and that really impressed me!2 of my favorites are:The Lollipop TrickThe Block Through WandThese are both professional style tricks so I was pleased to find them in my son's kit!However, please know that the recommended age of 4+ is a little of a stretch... Will he grow into this set? Yes!How many tricks can he perform (successfully) on his own from this set?* The Drawer Box (this is the easiest operation of a drawer box I have ever seen- and the only one that he can operate with his little fingers- so that made me very happy)* The Puzzle (which is simple and cute)* The Boomerangs (which is simple and classic)* The Sliding Picture (which is flimsy, not great)* Vanishing Crayons (which is cute, and combines great with the Drawer Box where you can make the crayons reappear)and he almost has the Ball and Vase down (another classic).The lollipop, block through wand, and color cube are a little too advanced-- but he loves to watch me perform them-- and he loves to try! That is all that really matters anyway, right?BTW, the included instructional DVD is wonderful!I highly recommend this set to any child to introduce the fun of magic and performing-- especially if they are 4+ (just know that they may not be ready for it ALL at 4- but they will be able to do most of it) and if they are 6+ I'm sure they could whiz right through the whole set!I picked up a super cute magician's costume Deluxe Magician Costume Set, Small for him and he loves to perform for all of our family and friends- it is the cutest thing!!If you want to add a few more easy tricks to your child's aresenal (for age 4+) so they can perform a show...in addition to this set, I highly recommend: a Change Bag Blue Velvet Magic Zipper Change Bag with a Mahogany Style Handle (this is a classic, super easy, and super versatile- just remember to pick up some silk hankys to go inside like the Flag Blendo set- USA FLAG BLENDO, a Coin Slide Coin Slide, Color Changing Hanky Magic Makers Color Changing Hanky , Rabbit out of the Hat Kid's Magician Hat w/Rabbit- this is very versatile since they can make all kinds of things appear from the hat, and Magic Coloring Book Royal Magic Coloring Book - Easy Magic Trick, and my son's ALL-TIME-FAVORITE: Appearing Flower Melissa & Doug Magic Flowering PotAll of these extras are very inexpensive and will give your child many extra tricks that are TOTALLY age appropriate!For older kids like 7-8+ I highly recommend Fantasma Deluxe Legends Set Fantasma Toys Super Deluxe Legends of Magic DVD Set super great stuff in there too!Have fun and don't forget to tell the kidos, "Magicians never reveal their secrets!"

I got this for Christmas for my 5 year old granddaughter, but her dad ended up entertaining all of us with it on Christmas Day.We were all laughing, him most of all.The tricks are easy to understand , even for a 5 year old.

Very nice simple and fun first magic kit. Easy to perform and good quality.

Perfect first magic set for small kids. My 6 year old loves it. The tricks are easy enough for a kindergartner to learn and perform, and the props are all sized for little hands to handle without difficulty. Even my 4-year old has learned to do a couple of the tricks (not very convincingly, but he still has fun doing them and we still cheer!). Some of the tricks are pretty darn clever. The disappearing ball in the little red plastic vase is cool, and the magic disappearing drawer can be used for all sorts of things! My kids love making Hot Wheels, candy, and lots of other small objects disappear and reappear in the drawer box. The magic lollipop is a deceptively simple trick, and one of my youngest son's favorites. There's also a trick that simply uses a common optical illusion to accomplish the magic, and is probably the easiest trick in the box. The price is great, too. I highly recommend this set for kids under the age of 8. Kids older than 9 or 10 would do better with a magic set that's a little more sophisticated, though.

I bought this magic set for my 6 yr. old grandson after he expressed an interest in the (very few) card tricks I showed him. Out of the box, we took the tricks out and learned them one by one. There is information in the box on how to access videos that demonstrate the various things that can be done with them, however the instruction book was so easy to follow that we have yet to take a look at them. After a few days practice, he was able to be our after dinner entertainment and I was really happy to see the pride in his little face as he amazed the rest of the family. Even his grandpa was saying, "how did you do that!?" The hardest part of the whole experience was teaching him NOT to show how they were done. I would recommend this beginners magic kit to anyone based on ease of use, well written directions and the joy it brought a little boy.

Purchased this for my son's 4th Birthday. He likes magic tricks, and likes showing off so it seemed perfect! Many of the tricks in the set seem to be good quality and the DVD it comes with is excellent for instructions on the tricks. However, there were a couple of pieces I wasn't impressed with; the picture that colors itself was hard to manipulate (even for me) and tore right away. The picture puzzle trick is not that great.Additionally, my son had a hard time paying attention to learning most of the tricks. The DVD instruction is well done, it was just too much for his attention span I think. We ended up putting the set up to try again when he is a little older. The exception to this is the magic drawer. He got the hang of that right away and likes to "do magic" with it. I was wishing I had purchased a smaller/more simple set, or just a magic drawer (don't really know if they sell them alone). But we will see later on if the other tricks work better when he is a little older, if we can keep all the pieces together until then.

My six year old grandson loved it. Had to video chat with all his cousins to show off the tricks. He learned them quickly.

It's ok. It is the quality you would expect from a kid's magic set. I got this for my 6 yo for Christmas. He made me leave the room so he could watch the instructional dvd by himself, so I do not know how helpful that is, he didn't want me knowing how the tricks were done. But when I came back he could do about half of the tricks right off the bat by himself. Some of them he struggled with but after some practice he can do almost all of them now. They are fun tricks for little kids that are not too complicated. My 10 yo daughter enjoys playing with it too