Rainbow Lights From Anywhere

This unique magical invention will allow you to capture everyone’s imagination, start a fun conversation or even lighten the mood at any gathering. This special Lights from Anywhere prop is designed to look like the end of your thumb, and appear almost invisible when worn – especially when your hands are in motion. Don’t worry if your skin tone is either lighter or darker than the thumb tip. No one will be paying attention to your thumbs – just the lights. Also, as described later, the thumb is hidden behind your fingers. Inside the thumb is a specially designed light mechanism. This mechanism is secured in place and cannot be removed.

Using Rainbow Lights from Anywhere

To use the Lights from Anywhere prop, slide it onto your thumb until you touch the secret mechanism inside. With the thumb tip in place, you can turn the light on and off by touching one of the three buttons on the outside of the thumb. Each button will activate a different colour – red, green and blue.

By pressing your fingers against the buttons you can make a bright light magically appear.

You can also use different combinations of the three buttons to create even more colours. For example by pressing the red and blue button you can create purple. If you press all three buttons together, you will create a dazzling white light. Using all three colours together may drain the battery quicker. Instructions on charging the prop are as follows.

Charging the batteries

The special device inside the thumb tip should be charged using the USB cable found inside this set. There is no need to remove the device from the thumb tip, instead use the small hole on the side of the thumb.

This toy contains batteries that are non-replaceable. Use only with 5C 0.5A USB power supply. Check the charging cable regularly for damage, and do not use until any damage has been repaired or replaced.

The device will not operate when charging. Once fully charged, remove the USB cable and you are ready to perform.

Making a Light Appear

To apparently pluck a light out of thin air is very easy with your secret Lights from Anywhere device. However, to create a perfect illusion you must practise in front of a mirror. With the thumb tip on your right thumb, reach forward and pinch the air as if grabbing a small object between your thumb and fingers. As your fingers touch, the pressure will light the thumb tip. To keep the thumb tip out of sight as much as possible, move your hands in a smooth and fluid motion and casually hide your thumb behind your fingers. 

Remember to act as if the light were a ‘real’ object that you have ‘caught’ in mid-flight. Hold it gently as if you have captured a delicate firefly, or maybe pluck it from the air like an apple from a tree. What gives the illusion a magical quality is your body language as you produce the light!

Making the Light Vanish

Just as important as making a light appear is making it vanish! While apparently holding the light between your thumb and fingers, keep it gently moving so that no one can focus too long on your thumbs.

When you want to make it vanish, you could just release the pressure and let the light go out. However, that would give your audience too long to focus on where the light was coming from. Instead, make a gesture that draws the audience’s attention away from the thumb tip. For example, you could pretend to throw the light up in the air, put it in your pocket or simply place it back where you apparently found it.

The important thing is to keep your attention (and therefore the audience’s) on where you placed the light, and not on your hands.

A Magical Vanish

A very magical vanish is to mime placing the light into your empty left hand. As you apparently leave the light in your left hand, curl your left fingers around the imaginary light as if you are holding it. You can then ask a spectator to blow on your left hand. When you open your hand, it will appear as if the strange light has magically vanished. This very strong magical effect is similar to what magicians call a ‘French Drop’. Of course, because the light is not a real object like a coin or a ball, the move is much easier to perform.