Stretch Ryans

RYAN’S MAGICAL STRETCH

With this fantastic optical illusion, it appears that you can magically ‘stretch’ Ryan the Magician!

Secret: For this trick, you will need the two curved cards. First, prove the cards are exactly the same size by holding them together. Place one of the cards down with the short Ryan face-up. Now pretend to stretch the card you are holding. After a little acting, you can place the ‘stretched’ card (with the tall Ryan face-up) next to the first. If you arrange the cards as the illustration shows, it will appear as if you really have stretched the card!

Pick up the shorter card and pretend to stretch it as well. If you again place the cards beside each other, this time as shown in the second illustration, the first card will appear to be even longer still!

Finally, you can pick both cards up together and pretend to squash them back to their original shape. Place them both on the table (with the short Ryans face-up) to display that the cards are exactly the same size again.