Card in Orange

Hey everyone,

By request from our friend @franciscoufarte0155 (I hope I got the username right, Paco), we're going to take a look at how to get a card inside an orange.

So, let's break down how it's done.

The photo shows everything we'll need to get a card inside an orange. Let's list it out:

An orange – obviously, right? You could try another fruit, but a card hides really well in an orange.

Two identical cards. One will go inside the orange, and the other we'll conceal.

A utility knife (or hobby knife) to make a perfect cut. I have two: the yellow one for the card, and the blue one I'll use for the orange.

Stainless steel straws, or something hard and hollow, roughly the size of a rolled-up card.

A hot glue gun, to seal the orange afterward.

The 'Contraption.' This is something I built to trim cards and create gimmicks. In fact, the first trick I performed with it is the one we're about to demonstrate.

I used my contraption for this, but if you put your mind to it, you could figure out other ways to do it. Basically, it involves weakening the card by cutting through two layers of paper; the spectator won't notice a thing.

This way, when we tear the corner in front of the spectator, it will perfectly match the one inside the orange.

We weaken two corners so they always tear off identically, and then we break one of them.

The other corner we keep hidden in our deck...

For this, I use the two straws that I use for card stripping... Check out our friend @Zeta's posts, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

With the help of the utility knife and extreme caution (if you're underage, please ask your parents for help), we remove the stem from the orange.

For this, we'll use a stainless steel straw, being very careful not to push all the way through the orange. We'll apply just enough pressure to create a hole in the fruit.

Then, very carefully, we slide the card into the orange.

If the orange is going to sit with the card inside for a while, it's a good idea to wrap it in plastic film so the orange juice doesn't damage it too much.

To seal it, we'll apply a tiny bit of hot glue and carefully place the orange stem back in.

Here's the final result! Click the link below to watch a video of the orange with the card inside.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WoTKOi7HoJ0yAvQc205FxlfPtGk-9pS/view?usp=drivesdk

Happy Sunday!