Money is always tight and buying magic trick props can be expensive.
If you are just getting started learning magic trick why not make some of your own.
Your audience will not really mind and when you become a more established magician you can purchase professional equipment.
Here are ideas to make your own equipment: A magic wand.
Get yourself a good old fashioned pencil.
The kind you still need to sharpen with a pencil sharpener.
Get some colored duct tape and some bright electrical tape.
These are wonderful and now come in all sorts of beautiful and vivid color choices.
Wrap the base middle of the pencil with your choice of colored duct tape.
Using the electrical tape which is thinner in size wrap just each end of the pencil.
Whalah! You have a very cool magic wand for your tricks.
PVC pipe is great for any tubes you may use for magic or to hide things in.
Instead of buying the plastic or metal tubing so to a local lumber yard and see if they have scrap pieces of PVC pipe left over.
They may even give the left over pieces to you.
Again the duct tape makes a great covering for the outside of the tube and you can cut these tape to create unusual designs.
Need a Magic Bag why not use the Capri sun pouches to great a bag and connect all the edges with duct tape.
This is easy and way cool.
Cut the duct tape in thinner strips and attach on the insides of the bags.
You will not see all the tape and it looks cool.
Need a table covering and a table.
Go do your local wholesale store or appliance store and ask for a large box.
You can paint this and cover with old curtains or sheets.
Get a cape.
If it is close to Halloween, go to your local store the day after the holiday.
You will be able to get a cape for your costume almost free.
They usually have things half off and if you can wait a week or more you can get things at 75 to 80 percent off the original price.
Hope this has helped you to obtain some magic trick supplies for your next magic show.