A coin vanishes into thin air -- then mysteriously reappears. Display a coin on the left palm

Pick it up with the right hand and hold it about a foot above the left hand. "Watch what happens when I say 'Go!'"

Bring the coin down, touch the left palm with it, and count, "One." Raise the coin again, higher this time, bring it back to the palm, counting, "Two." Lift it once more, place it, without hesitating, on the top of your head and leave it there. Immediately bring the now empty hand down to the left palm, close the left fingers, and count, "Three." As you remove your right hand, turn it palm up so that it is seen to be empty.

Snap your fingers and say, "Go!" Then frown and add, "No, it's still there. I'll try again." Snap your fingers twice. "Go! That's better." Open the hand slowly showing that the coin has vanished.

Then say, "I wonder if we can make it reappear?" Ask the child to hold his hands in front of him, side by side, pronounce any magic spell you like, and tilt your head. The missing coin drops from nowhere into the child's hands.