Melissa's smokin'! Not only did she submit the clever Pez camera attachment hack (which got us Boing Boinged, thank you very much, David), she now has photographic evidence of her brilliance. Behold: two lids and a paper fastener combine to create a playing card holder that helps kids keep the cards appropriately fanned.
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These are also commercially available. I've seen advertising in German card games, so I'm not sure if they're available in States, but definitely in Germany.
Posted by: Mikko | 25 July 2006 at 12:04 AM
Yes they are, but these are 'free'.
Posted by: melissaS | 25 July 2006 at 05:02 AM
Really a clever idea. I love it.
Posted by: kelly jeanie | 25 July 2006 at 07:12 AM
brilliant! very alton brown, if alton brown was into kids' games instead of immersion blending.
Posted by: marjorie | 25 July 2006 at 10:58 AM
Thanks for the idea. It will make Phase 10 so much easier.
Posted by: stephanie | 25 July 2006 at 02:01 PM
Darn it, just after I bought this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00011R5AG/ref=nosim/104-1593439-9746322?n=3760901
which works wonders for little hands but I did have to shell out the bucks. Wish I had thought of this clever hack!
Posted by: Jill | 26 July 2006 at 09:15 AM
we did something similar a couple of years ago with two of those junk cd's and some elastic threaded through buttons on either side. the kids loved it, and as they got older we even got clever about trying to use the reflections off the cd's to spy on others' cards. ;)
Posted by: sarah | 26 July 2006 at 10:12 AM
My parents did this for me many years ago when I was a child. I remember "graduating" to hands-only. It's a great technique!
Posted by: flynn | 26 July 2006 at 10:16 AM