Kids LOVE this effect- they go crazy! This is a great way to encourage audience participation from your young spectators. Kids love it when they think they know how "it's done" - but of course, with Fraidy Cat Rabbit, they are fooled in the end!

The routine goes like this:

 

Display an empty wood frame, and open the front and back swinging doors. Now show a wood plaque that fits inside the frame with the picture of a black rabbit’s face. This rabbit plaque is put into the frame, and now for the magic! The kids yell, “Boo!”, you turn the frame around, open it up, and the BLACK rabbit has changed to WHITE with fright!

 

Next, tell the kids to yell “Oob!”, (that’s boo spelled backwards). Turn the frame around, and open it up- the rabbit has changed back to black again. After several color changes back and forth, the kids are now screaming "Turn it around!" as they realize you are apprently just turning the frame around. So- take the plaque out and turn it around. Imagine their surprise when they discover the back side of the plaque shows a picture of a smiling clown - the rabbit has vanished!