Was not sure where to post this one but I think here is as good a place as anywhere.
One of my teacher colleagues wants to start up a magic club for the children and I want to be able to perform one or two visual tricks for assemblies.
Can anyone suggest a reputable supplier or even specific tricks/accessories for me but more importantly for us to buy for the children to be introduced to magic.
Thanks

By the way, the age range of our pupils is 7 - 16 if that makes a difference.

Svengali Cards are a fairly straight forward set of tricks and are simple to explain / teach. Ive used Marvins Magic things a few times, they are usually good quality and the instructions are good. My favourite trick is the Coins and rings trick.

Ive been doing close up magic for years and professors nightmare always goes down well with kids you need to get fibre optics by richard sanders have search for it its not difficult to learn and you can get loads of mileage out of it .and an invisible deck bicycle .stripper decks are ok but if your learning the rigged packs you may aswell get a trilby deck ( a trilby deck is a stripper deck and a svengaley deck all in one avaiable from big blind media ) hope this helps and happy learning :grin:

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I'm sure there was a dealer Portsmouth way offering wholesale prices if you bought in bulk which I'm assuming you will be.
He normally attends the Leamington day of magic so if the list of dealers is up you may work out who it is.

FWIW, there's a magician named James Munton who put out a DVD called "How to Teach a Birthday Magic Class" (or something like that). It shows how James does a one hour magic class for "older" kids (eight and up), instead of a regular magic show. Every trick in the DVD is ideal for something like what your doing (well, some may not be super flashy-visual), and the DVD shows James in an actual birthday class, teaching the kids (it's start to finish, with the entire party filmed, except for that last bit which he says was borrowed from another magician who didn't release him to use it). If you're looking for the exact "how to" on teaching tricks to kids, this is it. As a magician, it's one of the best purchases I've made. In fact, I now offer three packages to parents: balloon twisting, a magic show and a magic workshop (almost 100% based on his DVD).

Your mileage may vary, of course.

Good luck,

Matt

Brilliant advice. Thanks everyone. I shall be hitting the Internet hard I think searching for the items you have described.
Keep em coming, the more the merrier.

Try to look Ezmagicrobbins dot com is the best site for magic tricks/accessories.

Look at magic nevin online. Really cheap dealer.