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Cats Paw

This clawsome gag gets hilarious reactions and can be used to enhance your magic by providing a double 'WTF' moment in the middle of your magic.

Description

SHOCKING. HILARIOUS.

Make a random CAT'S PAW appear between your hands to steal a borrowed coin.

This clawsome gag gets hilarious reactions and can be used to enhance your magic by providing a double 'WTF' moment in the middle of your magic.

Comes complete with universally fitting gimmick + a special ball or yarn that the cat can steal.

Purrfect for every magician's pocket.

Order your Cat's Paw TODAY.
 

CREDITS

The idea of using a finger puppet as a gag was first utilized from Paul Harris' book by Bob Farmer. Bob called it "The creation of life". 

Derek Dingle used Bob's gag to "explain" the vanish of a coin, and that routine appeared in one of the New York Coin Symposium books back in the 1980's.

Derek's routine was then popularized by Michael Ammar when he performed this feat on Letterman and renamed it 'Little Hand'. 

Since then Alex Ng, Kevin Ho, Roddy McGhie & Dave Bonsall all have their own work on this gag.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

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I am a repeated customer and everything I purchase I am beyond pleased with. If I have ever had an issue with anything I contact them and receive prompt responses and they always rectify an issue in more than a timely manner. Definitely a company in the magic world I’d recommend.

AAA Cats Paw
  • 5 stars: 81 (76%)
  • 4 stars: 16 (15%)
  • 3 stars: 6 (6%)
  • 2 stars: 2 (2%)
  • 1 star: 1 (1%)
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William

You know you want one..

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Andrew Deel
Love the little hand gimmicks

I love these things and they always get laughs, I plan on picking up the rest of the little hand collection( zombie hand, devil hand, etc...)

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Stephen Eads
This is a must for your magic backpack

Throw it in your backpack, you’ll use it in a million situations! Yes, I bought 4 lol

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Ellis Cohen
Cute gag trick

Cats paw is a cute gag trick a kin to “little hand”. The paw is well made , the ball of yarn 🧶 came unraveled but a little bit of glue got it back together. It took me some practice to get to work smoothly but it is worth it since the reactions are great.

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R.A.

Shift quickly in a timing matter what a great product

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Hunter Holland
Great!

It’s really simple and good for all ages!

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james clark
Pretty good quality and great value trick

The price you pay for the trick Is brilliant, with it you get the props and a few nice videos, the props are pretty fun, and the videos have a nice variation to them. The actual trick is nothing special but its presentation is nice. For the price you pay, I would definitely recommend

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Micah
Amazing

This is a very fun thing to do in the middle of your show

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Barnabas Koh
Its alright for the price

Its alright for the price, take note that it is not a "hard" gimmick like a thumb tip or other mini hand effect but it is made out of cloth

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Brandon Villarreal
Citty

I love it

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Jared Slaweski
Cute but limited

Listen...its definitely going to surprise the people you preform this in front of. You'll need a little practice to get the handling, etc.
Most coins lack the...internal stuff...which is kind of required for this gimmick to work. Thankfully the ball of yarn that comes with the gimmick does work perfectly.
Its not a bad trick by any means. You're just limited to using all of your stuff...no borrowed items.

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Yevhenii Havryliuk
Very funny and amazing trick!

I really like the idea to bring a little of fun to the magic and I really love cats, so this trick is perfect for me. Cat's Paw materials and video instruction are top notch! The only thing is that although my fingers are not very thick (I would even say rather bony), the hole is a bit narrow for me to put the paw on fully and confidently. But despite this, my rating is 10/10, I am delighted with this trick and the idea!

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Ciara Cooper
Magic for CATS!

I love everything I ordered! The video's are clear, the materials are all high quality, and now I can do magic with cat paws for my cats. I am really rounding out my crazy cat lady profile.

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John
Cat’s Paw

I have used the Little Hand on and off for a few years. Cat’s Paw has a nice snug fit and works much more smoothly. Don’t ask meow!

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Christopher Jones
Cats paw is the cats meow.

Loved this product so much when I bought it a few months ago, had to come back and get a few more to keep as backups.

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Mladen Milanov

Cats Paw

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Chris White
Cats paw

So simple, yet crazy reactions. Just a silly trick that makes an impact. Don't underestimate this!!

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Mark Siuda
Neat / Fun Gimmick

This is a fun little gimmick. I’ve just started dabbling with magic in an effort to expose my kids to it. This has been a fun prop to practice with and amaze them with. At $5, entry level gimmick; no brainer!

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Kevin Green
Cats meow

Happy with the quality of this in fact it was better then I imagined. Purrfect

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Samuel Boey
Fun and easy to do.

This is a super visual and fun trick to perform.

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John Miller
Good fun, but…

The Cats Paw is a very visual and sensible version of Baby Arm. My issue was with the material that you stick your finger inside. It is cloth that rolls as you put your finger in and therefore tries to push your finger out of it. It’s frustrating when you can’t get it to stay on. I will probably pour some glue into it to try to make it harder and more likely not to move around. I love the concept of going after a ball of string, because it makes sense to me. The paw itself is upside down, but this is a visual necessary evil since it is only seen for a second. The trick is worth the money for the reactions it gets, but I wish it was solid not slippery. My thanks to Ellusionist for sending me a second Cats Paw, because the ball of string wasn’t included in the first shipment.

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Adam Karol Wojtkowiak
This is the peak of magic

This effect is so hilarious, it works very well if presented with ball of yarn included in the kit, but it's especially effective as an ending to a short coin routine, since nobody ever sees it coming. The prop itself is well made and adjustable to the size of your finger, which is a really good thing. I like to use it with pirate coins, because it gives you some fun patter options, I think as long as you keep it direct and easy to follow for the earlier phases of your routine, you can go really abstract with the part when the cat's paw suddenly turns up to steal the coin, cause it just blows people's mind if presented as something that casually happens. It also works great as an EDC item, it takes very little space in your pocket which makes it easy to combine with coin routines, which by their nature are usually impromptu and can be done at seemingly random moment in a conversation. The ball of yarn however, gives you even more presentation opportunities, for example: I like to just mess around with it at work, and if someone asks me what am I doing, I will just say "I'm playing with my cat" and then go straight to the routine. Great product, I highly recommend it for everyday carry.

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Steven White
Money well spent

Honestly some of the best reactions I’ve seen !
I practise sleight of hand daily with cards n coins and this is the trick my family absolutely love .

The best throw away I’ve seen ! H

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Mathieu Moseley
Absolutely Amazing!

This is definitely not just a beginner's toy! I have actually fooled some slightly seasoned magicians with this already! This works great in person and even better over a live stream/Zoom call setup! Overall, if I could, I would give this more than five stars!

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Matthew D.G. Mannucci
Awesome product!

This is the second time I order one! Mainly because I lost the first one and it's such a hit I can't continue without it!

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gaia germani
Fun trick

It’s good for a laugh, people love cats

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Ryan Burda
So fun!

Great little addition to any coin routine.

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Antonio M. Vela
This is a real review

I totally felt for this act, as it really caught people of guard. They will never expect what's going to happen with this performance. Easy to handle, and as simple as beautiful.

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Brian Sheridan
Great little illusion!

It’s deceptively simple, but people seem to really get a kick out of it. Buy one - you’ll definitely use it, and your audiences will definitely enjoy it.

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Gal Mesika
Cat's Paw

This one's been a lot of fun to use. It's pretty easy to learn also.

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Michael Raymer
Fun Magic Surprise

The Cats Paw is one of those things you'll carry around to have a little fun with your spectators. It's cute, and surprising, and will make your spectator say WTH just happened?

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Ryan Coleman
Adorable

I already had the little hand in my collection of Magical gags but this paw beats it imo. The reactions to the cute little guy are surprising and I highly recommend this

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Dave

Would this trick be suitable for a 9-year old to learn? And is the training video kid friendly?

Ellusionist

I would say no. It’s quite intermediate.

For 9 year olds check out the how to be a magician. Kit… and maybe something like self vanishing headphones to start :)