These five tricks are meant for house parties and relaxed outdoor get-togethers where vaping is allowed. None of them takes much skill. Most rely on cold temperatures or a household prop instead of practiced technique, and they are as entertaining for the people watching as for the person doing them. An earlier post covered the ghost, the dragon, the French inhale (reverse waterfall), the o-ring and the tornado; you can find that one in the beginner and intermediate tricks article.
Why cold props matter
Two of the tricks below depend on chilling the vapor. Cooled vapor moves slowly, sinks and holds together, which is what lets you pour it or keep it sitting in a glass. Warm vapor simply drifts off. You may have seen a related effect on a humid summer day, when the moisture already in the air makes clouds linger longer before they break up.
The Waterfall
This one is closer to a science demonstration than a trick, and it needs no skill at all. The only preparation is a water bottle with a small layer of ice frozen into the bottom, so get that into the freezer ahead of time.
- Take a drag from your device.
- Breathe the vapor gently into the bottle until it is full. A few seconds is enough.
- Lay the bottle on its side and let the vapor spill onto a table or another flat surface.
The vapor runs out like liquid, collects in a pool and then fades. The ice is not optional: without it the vapor is not cold enough to pour. There is a video of the effect if you want to see it first.
Liquid Mist
The same cooling idea works with a drink. Use a wide-rimmed glass, such as a whisky or martini glass, holding an ice-cold beverage. Any fill level will do, though about half-full gives the best result. Water, juice, soda or a cocktail all work as long as the drink is properly cold.
Take a normal pull and hold it. Bring your mouth down to the rim and let the vapor out slowly into the glass. The cold surface keeps it from rising, so a layer of mist sits over the drink. The author says it reminds her of the Stephen King story The Mist, and that it is a favorite of hers at parties. This video shows how it looks.
Vapor Bubbles
The author first came across this in an Instagram clip of someone blowing a huge rainbow bubble over a pond; when it burst on the surface, mist spread over the water. A similar video gives you the idea.
The simple version uses an ordinary bubble wand. Blow a few plain bubbles first to learn how much breath the wand needs. Then take a hit and blow the vapor through the wand with the same gentle pressure. The bubbles come out filled with vapor.
For bigger bubbles you can make your own tool:
- Cut the bottom off an empty plastic water or soda bottle and keep the top half.
- Mix hand soap and water in a bowl wide enough to dip the cut edge of the bottle all the way in.
- Dip the cut edge into the soapy mix, then blow vapor through the neck.
- When the bubble is full, turn your wrist in a gentle circle so it comes free of the edge.
A walkthrough video shows the motion. Do not do this one around young children. They will want to chase and pop the bubbles, and those bubbles are full of vapor.
Sharing Vapor With a Kiss
The author found this by accident at a party with her boyfriend. She took a large pull, kissed him, breathed the vapor across and told him to exhale. He blew out the cloud she had inhaled. The surprise was that the vapor held together long enough to be passed along. She suggests calling it a French Kiss Exhale.
It is an intimate trick, meant for two people in a relationship who both vape. Here is a couple demonstrating it.
Vape in the Hair
This is more of a prank, and it only works on thick, very curly hair. The author describes a friend whose dense curls would end up in her face whenever the friend turned to talk to someone else in the group. She began exhaling into the curls, where the vapor got caught and kept curling around as the friend walked about unaware. The group thought it looked like snakes and nicknamed her Medusa. In time the friend learned to pat down her hair whenever everyone started laughing.
That friend vaped too and took it as a joke. Before you try it on anyone, be sure the person is comfortable having vapor around them, or expect an angry reaction. There is no video for this one.
Wrapping up
All five are low-effort and built for fun, not for showing off technique. The author originally planned a second list of beginner and intermediate tricks and ended up with party tricks instead; a follow-up on intermediate and advanced tricks was promised for a later post, and readers were invited to share their own favorites in the comments.