NEW YORK, Sept 7 — Cool tricks can be a good way to impress your friends.

And let’s face it, no matter how great the party is, there’s bound to be a quiet moment or two throughout the night. Use these pauses between conversational topics to impress your friends with these amazing science tricks that require inexpensive equipment.

All you need is an audience, a pair of hands, and maybe this video by BuzzFeed to practice beforehand. Once you’ve got these tricks down, you can perform them at a moment’s notice whenever anyone asks, “Can you do any tricks?”