Hi,

Have finally got myself a lovely old Die Box.

Can anyone point me to any good routines with it?

Thanks.

Kindest regards
James

james@magicfun.co.uk
http://www.magicfun.co.uk

Over the years, I have come up with a number of different routines for the die box.
In my Showtime column in the Linking Ring magazine of June, 1999, I do a version where the box is the White House and the die has pictures of various presidents on it (for a holiday version or contemporary comedy version).
I have also changed the die into a "Rubik's Cube," sticking the colors of the cube over the die and shell.
I never use just the jumbo die.
After all, who has ever seen a die that big, unless it was a magician's prop (or you were a contestant on The Price Is Right!)?
My favorite routine is an old Bill Larsen Sr. routine from the 1920s, which appeared in Genii magazine sometime in the '60s or '70s, where the die has pictures of bones on it and the box is described as "Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard".
The poem is then dissected (very funny routine) as the "bone" slides from side to side and finally vanishes, re-appearing in a cardboard "doghouse" (rather than a hat).
Given a little thought, no doubt you can come up with dozens of routines.
But, please, don't just use it as a box that holds a ridiculously big die!

There was a routine in the MAGIC magazine a few months back where it was used as a mailbox and the die was a parcel to be sent to someone.

The article was written in Silly Billy's column.

Consider making the box into a computer like structure. The die could be all the information. When the system crashes, you lose all the information, so you go back to the store to get the parts you need.

Just an idea I thought of. Kids love computers these days.

cheers,

j.

If you are trying to appeal to kids, decoupage some Harry Potter stuff on it, cut from books or printed off your computer. If you said it was a magic cube belonging to Harry Potter, that would make perfect sense to kids. With more creativity you could do better than that too.
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