This site contains information about The Armchair Magician magic kit. A magic kit for parents, grandparents and children that are just beginning to learn how to do magic tricks. Here is a list of the 10 tricks that are in this kit -  Rings thru Rope - Siberian Chain Escape - The Escaping Ring - The Elusive Face Card - The Three Burglars - Visible Card Penetration - Chinese Vase - Cups and Balls - Ball and Vase There is an Instruction Book that explains in detail how each trick is performed. Each set of directions has five parts. The first part is what a spectator might say in describing the trick to someone that hasn't seen it (Effect). Next is a brief statement revealing the secret of the trick (Secret). These first two items are what you usually get in the package directions. The next two (Presentation & Analysis and Weak Points) are rather lengthy explanations of how the trick should be performed, step by step, along with comments that make it clear WHY the steps should be done in a certain way. I think of these two sections as being the "benefit of experience" parts of the directions. The last section  (Key To Success) reemphasizes the way to perform the trick and how to handle the "weak point", of which there is at least one in every trick ever devised. It's usually this "weak point" in a trick and how well the magician hides it, that determines success.