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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 28, 2002
Learn to amaze and impress your friends with a few sleight-of-hand maneuvers and you won't have to come up with live creatures that flutter and jump. If you're looking to draw a rabbit from a top hat, you may want to go faux.
-- MARY JANE PARK, Times staff writer
Want a serious start toward becoming an illusionist? Here's a starter kit in a box, complete with instruction book and directions for 80 tricks. Great Magician's Magic Set. $35.99. The Trick Shop, 11419 Starkey Road, Largo; (727) 399-9947.
A magician who is knowledgeable enough to perform in public requires a costume of sorts. Search thrift and consignment shops for a tailcoat; these accoutrements are but a song at party stores. Black plastic top hat, $1.29; wand, 99 cents; white cotton gloves, $2.49. All items, Fun Stuff, 5005 66th St. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 547-9607.
Soft, cuddly creature is a trouble-free house pet; that's special in itself. Twenty-inch fluffy bunny by Kellytoy. $9.99. TJ Maxx.
Agile it is not, but this rabbit looks real enough to cause a second glance; from nearly every angle, it appears to be gazing at you. Brown rabbit. $19.99. Stein Mart.