The Evaporated Milk Bottle by Funtime Magic is solidly made from heavy transparent plastic. It is a very good value for the money, costing 3x less than a similar vanishing milk bottle currently on the market.

With either of these milk bottles you can attach a real milk bottle label to them or design a custom milk bottle label and print it on clear vinyl that can be attached to the bottles, so these bottles will pass for something you would find in the local grocery store dairy section. (of course , you can use the bottles just as they come out of the box, with no labels, but I think adding a milk bottle label to the bottle adds a level of realism to it)

Some people have noted that setting the Evaporated Milk Bottle (filling it with liquid) can be slow and a bit tricky. Here's the solution that works for me: use a 100 ML syringe with a very thin tip to fill the bottle.

You could use The Evaporated Milk Bottle in a way similar to the classic milk pitcher, where milk is poured into a paper bag or other receptacle , then the milk vanishes. It requires some careful practice to get the timing of the pouring action just right.

However, one of the best uses for this bottle is for the classic 'DeMuth’s Milk Miracle' effect invented in the 1930’s by Frederick DeMuth a magician whose day job was as a glass specialist at Corning Glass Co. DeMuth’s original milk bottle was fabricated by skilled glass craftsmen entirely from real glass. Combining the milk bottle with another gimmicked glass (a m _ _ _ or glass ) it enabled the performance of DeMuth’s Milk Miracle, as follows:

The magician shows an empty glass. The glass is covered with a napkin and set on the table. A plate is placed on top of the covered glass. Next a bottle of milk is shown and placed on top of the plate. Suddenly the milk in the bottle is seen to mysteriously descend until enough milk has run out to fill the glass underneath the napkin. The milk bottle, plate, and napkin are removed from the glass and now the glass is seen to be filled to the brim with milk , which has apparently penetrated through the solid plate and the napkin. If you have bad angles you can eliminate using the m _ _ _ or glass by using a "Liquid Appear" set up which is a metal canister which you insert the empty glass into, then put the plate on top of the canister , then place the milk bottle on top of the plate. The rest of the effect is as described above. In either case you'll most likely have to custom make the Liquid Appear glass or the m _ _ _ or glass because most of the commercially available versions of those type of glasses are too small. The amount of milk that apparently passes through the plate into the glass underneath is more milk than would fit in the relatively small m _ _ _ or glasses (or Liquid Appear glasses) you usually find. It's not too difficult to make either of those items in a larger size glass, but you need some basic craft skills.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I am having problems with this bottle. Seems like it's leaking from the top so the pressure doesn't hold in order for it to work. It's also difficult to fill, and a pain to clean. Will be looking for another vanishing milk prop.

Easy for kids show and very usefull. Don't expect to full adults all the time with that. Man if like me you went with cards for a kids show and it flapped go for this simple bottle.

This is not user friendly. Stick with the tried and true pitcher.

Love Penguin Magic.... not this milk bottle.

Good quality

I like the concept a lot, and I came up with a way to reset it without having to dump and refill (using a big syringe to force air into the center chamber). However, in spite of its initial promise, I immediately noticed a leak. The outer wall leaks approximately 10 drops of liquid per minute, so the prop can’t be set up in advance without leaking all over the place. And it isn’t something you can set up on the fly either.

I tried patching the leak with super glue — didn’t work. And it would cost almost as much as the prop itself to ship it back for a refund, so unfortunately this item is bound for the recycling bin. Bummer, I was really looking forward to adding this to a milk in lightbulb routine.