Playing card holder

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A holder for playing cards designed specifically for young children who struggle to hold them in their hands is now available. This device allows kids to practice holding the cards properly while standing on a tabletop or by grasping the middle leg in a similar way adults typically hold cards. This should aid them in mastering the proper card-holding technique. Perhaps this innovation will help families stay entertained during times of isolation like the COVID pandemic. I haven't yet tested it since I'm still awaiting delivery of my Prusa MINI printer. Be bold and you can be the first to put this device through its paces! The holder consists of three parts: a frame, a middle plate that holds the cards with its springiness, requiring some flexibility, and a front plate available in unicorn, tractor, or plain designs. Printing instructions are as follows: - The frame prints without supports on its back while the front part sticks up. - The front plate prints tilted with supports on the back and under the fillets. Optionally use modifiers around the screw hole when assembling (read assembly instructions below). - The middle plate prints without supports on a large flat base, ensuring to properly slice the thin wall, such as using "thin wall detection" enabled in PrusaSlicer. Assembly involves three components held together by an M4x16 mm hex head bolt. The front plate has a 3.1 mm hole that can be tapped to M4 or printed with a lot of perimeters/solid infill around the hole and then drilled out for a brass threaded insert.