How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick

  • October 7, 2009
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Show off your magic skills with a little preparation and an easy trick to execute.

You Will Need

  • Two identical decks of cards
  • Glue
  • An audience
  • Table
How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Glue one deck face to face

Step 1: Glue one deck face to face

Take one whole deck and glue each card face to face so you have half a deck of double-backed cards.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Add half of regular deck

Step 2: Add half of regular deck

Discard half of the other deck, leaving half a deck of regular cards and half a deck of double-sided cards.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Set up the trick

Step 3: Set up the trick

Put the regular half on top of the double-sided half, and show the new deck to an audience. Split the deck into the two halves, placing the regular half face up next to the double-sided half on the table.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Ask someone to choose a card

Step 4: Ask someone to choose a card

Fan the regular cards and have an audience member choose one.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Shuffle the halves together

Step 5: Shuffle the halves together

Shuffle the two halves together; keeping the regular half face up so it will appear that the cards are mixed up front-to-back and back-to-front.

Make sure to keep one side of the double-sided cards hidden so as not to reveal the gimmick.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Place the card back in

Step 6: Place the card back in

Have the audience member replace the card anywhere in the deck, face down. The regular cards are still facing up.

How To Do the Cheek To Cheek Card Trick: Flip the cards and fan

Step 7: Flip the cards and fan

Shuffle the cards and then flip them around in your hands so that all the cards appear face-down. Fan the cards in front of the audience revealing the chosen card as the only card facing up.

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