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jbravo
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Topic: Appearing Flowers in Vase
Posted: 1/27/10 at 9:44pm

Guys, a local high school is doing Cinderella and the fairy godmother will enter a room and wave her hand or wand towards an empty vase on a table. Flowers then appear in the vase.

This is the goal. Are there any magic effects out there that will accomplish this? If not, how close can I get? I'm a professional magician but don't use flowers in my shows. I'm familiar with quite a few methods, but not one that will accomplish what the high school is looking for. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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Posted: 1/28/10 at 9:54am

Can't you springload silk flowers in the vase with a trigger underneath? Pull the trigger and the spring is released. So the trigger could be pulled by fishingline from offstage by a stagehand watching the fairy godmother...or at a certain beat in the music if applicable. If the table is big enough the stagehand could be under the table.

There is a prop gun similarly rigged to produce a flag or flowers or something similar.

If you are making it yourself the trick would be built around a tube that has the silk flower retracted into it, stem-sides-down. The spring is attached to a plunger in the tube and released by a catch in the tube that temporarily restrains the top of the plunger. If you want an easy way to get the plunger and restraint mechanism, buy a nerf gun and modify it.

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Posted: 2/02/10 at 4:17pm

That's the idea...but we were looking to purchase this somewhere to save us the trouble. Any thoughts on where to purchase something like this?

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Posted: 2/03/10 at 8:36am

They are basically clown props called "bang guns" and the easiest are the ones with a flag. So you might need to replace the flag. Here's one site: http://www.clownantics.com/sillystuff.shtml Here's another: http://www.mooncostumes.com/cat/89 You can find others (and ebay offerings) by searching google for 'prop gun flag' The flag versions cost about $3.

In the second site you might want to look at "Spring Flowers" Silk flowers intended to pop out of your hand or sleeve. http://www.mooncostumes.com/item/8815 The cost is from $11-23.

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Posted: 2/03/10 at 4:03pm

http://www.abra4magic.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=E192&Category_Code=Flowers

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jbravo Walk-On Joined: 1/27/10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Appearing Flowers in Vase Posted: 1/27/10 at 9:44pm
	Guys, a local high school is doing Cinderella and the fairy godmother will enter a room and wave her hand or wand towards an empty vase on a table. Flowers then appear in the vase. This is the goal. Are there any magic effects out there that will accomplish this? If not, how close can I get? I'm a professional magician but don't use flowers in my shows. I'm familiar with quite a few methods, but not one that will accomplish what the high school is looking for. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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vickifrank Celebrity Joined: 9/21/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 332	Posted: 1/28/10 at 9:54am
	Can't you springload silk flowers in the vase with a trigger underneath? Pull the trigger and the spring is released. So the trigger could be pulled by fishingline from offstage by a stagehand watching the fairy godmother...or at a certain beat in the music if applicable. If the table is big enough the stagehand could be under the table. There is a prop gun similarly rigged to produce a flag or flowers or something similar. If you are making it yourself the trick would be built around a tube that has the silk flower retracted into it, stem-sides-down. The spring is attached to a plunger in the tube and released by a catch in the tube that temporarily restrains the top of the plunger. If you want an easy way to get the plunger and restraint mechanism, buy a nerf gun and modify it.
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jbravo Walk-On Joined: 1/27/10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 2/02/10 at 4:17pm
	That's the idea...but we were looking to purchase this somewhere to save us the trouble. Any thoughts on where to purchase something like this?
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vickifrank Celebrity Joined: 9/21/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 332	Posted: 2/03/10 at 8:36am
	They are basically clown props called "bang guns" and the easiest are the ones with a flag. So you might need to replace the flag. Here's one site: http://www.clownantics.com/sillystuff.shtml Here's another: http://www.mooncostumes.com/cat/89 You can find others (and ebay offerings) by searching google for 'prop gun flag' The flag versions cost about $3. In the second site you might want to look at "Spring Flowers" Silk flowers intended to pop out of your hand or sleeve. http://www.mooncostumes.com/item/8815 The cost is from $11-23.
	_____________ http://www.studio-productions-inc.com 1-800-359-2964 The theater scrim people
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Topper Celebrity Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543	Posted: 2/03/10 at 4:03pm
	http://www.abra4magic.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=E192&Category_Code=Flowers
	"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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