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Carnival of Shrews
Mar 27, 2013

You're not David Attenborough
The Moving Paper Dragon Illusion in action, courtesy of the Grand Illusions store and online illusion museum (warning: you probably will want to buy things from here, should you look around):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGkj880N5Aw

The Grand Illusions paper dragon page should have a downloadable PDF on it, but I can't find the link. Anyway, here's the PDF, with a printable pattern:

http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/opticalillusions/dragon_illusion/dragon.pdf

The Cheshire Cat Illusion is extremely impressive and quite unnerving when it works, but a bit hit and miss in my experience (you'll also need a small square mirror, a friend with a not-too-terrifying smile, plus nerves of steel and/or a double brandy):

http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/Amazing-Cheshire-Cat-Optical-Illusion-636.html

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