Want to know how to do this catchy trick? We’ll give you a hand (how do you think you end up with three?) and tell you how it’s done:
GRAB A PAPER SACK (a grocery sack is great, cuz it’s got a squared-off bottom).
TAKE A PAIR OF OLD GLOVES that you can totally do without (even a pair of latex cleaning gloves will do).
One of the gloves will go on one hand. Take the other glove, stuff it with tissue to make it look like there’s a hand inside, then glue it to the bottom and front of the sack. The point is to make that glove look like it’s your real hand when you hold the sack in front of you. So when you glue it on the sack, the thumb of the glove needs to point to the outside. (If you turn your palm up and hold something in your hand, your thumb is to the outside, see?)
NOW, CUT A HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE SACK. It helps to hold the sack in front of you and figure out where your free hand (and arm) easily touches the back of the sack. Then mark that spot and cut.
FINALLY, hold the sack in front of you with one hand, let the glove look like your other hand, and stick your real other hand in the hole. To people in front of you, your hand and arm sticking up from inside the sack will look as if they belong to some other creature! For fun, let that hand go wild — swing it, tug at your hair, make the peace sign. Just don’t go so wild that the sack tips up and people can see that the glove at the bottom of the sack isn’t attached to an arm.
