The magician holds or picks up a silk banner from the working table. Boldly printed on the banner are six numbers (1 to 6) in a jumbled order. The magician asks the children if the numbers are arranged correctly, and they excitedly reply, “No!” With a sharp shake of the banner, the numbers instantly rearrange themselves into the correct order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), creating a magical and surprising moment.

Materials Supplied

• Specially prepared silk banner:

• Made from two layers of black silk cloth with white numbers (1 to 6) printed on both layers.

• A half banner “sleeve” is stitched at the center.

• When the sleeve covers the top half, the numbers appear jumbled.

• When the sleeve drops to cover the bottom half, the numbers appear in the correct order.