Remarkable magic: a very long pencil is removed from a small matchbox

The magic trick

The magician shows the audience that he can take out a very long pencil from a very small box of matches. The audience will see how the magician slowly opens the box halfway and starts to slowly remove the pencil from it.

How to perform this trick

The magician needs to keep one end of the box very close to his sleeve. Then he opens the box halfway and demonstrated the audience the top part of the pencil inside the box. After the pencil is slowly removed from the box, the magician demonstrates both the front of the box and the pencil to the audience so they can see that the pencil is a lot longer then the box.

The secret

The trick is to cut one end of the box and place a pencil in the box in such a way that the top part of the pencil is inside the box and the rest is outside. The outside part of the pencil is then hidden in the sleeve. Since the magician keeps one end of the box right next to his sleeve, the audience will not see the hidden part of the pencil.

Items you'll need for this magic trick

A box of matches
A pencil
Scissors