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Pour Amuser Les Petits by Tom Tit
 
'Pour Amuser Les Petits' by Tom Tit was published in Paris in 1894 by E Plon, Nourrit et Cie. The book contains chapters on how to make toys and amusements for children from, among other things, corks, oranges, nuts, playing cards and cartes de visite.

A full copy of the work can be viewed here.

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Analysis

The Playing Card Cube

The Playing Card Monk

This page shows toys that can be made from playing cards. At the top is the Playing Card Cube and below it a Lidded Box made by first putting two cards together to create one side of the box and then linking them togerther with simple joining pieces.

The figure in the bottom left corner is the Monk.

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Pencil Holder

The section on Cartes de Visites contains this simple pure origami design for a pencil holder (which is also included in Tom Tit's later book Joujoux En Papier).

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