Mindful Die Trick: Secret Revealed

You’re at a party because you’re cool and go to parties.

It’s late in the evening, and you’re in the backyard.

It’s time for a magic trick.

You hand a friend a red solo cup.

You hand them a simple red die with white spots.

You explain that ‘die’ is the singular version of ‘dice.’

There are no weights or magnets in the die.

They roll it a few times on a nearby table to prove so.

The die gets placed inside the cup.

They shake the cup with the die inside.

Using their phone light, they peek inside.

The friend remembers the random number.

Then they shake up the cup and hand it back to you.

You look deep into their eyes.

Suddenly your expression changes.

“You’re thinking of the number five,” you say.

“OMG, HOW DID YOU KNOW?!” they say in shock.

It’s a miracle.

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Oh boy — you’re going to kick yourself when you find out the method to this trick. It’s a tiny modification you can easily make to most dice, even dice you might have at home already.

You only need one crafting tool to create these special gimmicked dice. Some might own this already, but if not (more likely), this item is only $10 online from most craft stores.

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Okay — here’s the method.

Use a white glow-in-the-dark ink pen to paint over a die's white spots. I recommend using dice with lightly sunk holes such that your additional ink blends in well.

That’s it. That’s the method.

The white glow-in-the-dark spots will get charged under the phone’s light when the spectator peeks into the solo cup. When they hand you the cup back, glance inside or remove the die and see which side of the dice is glowing.