Pencil grip trainer for early penmanship

General:

 A quick, comfortable, easy print design to help young students with finger placement when learning to write.

Why I designed this:

My son is learning to write, and struggles with finger placement. he was very discouraged about writing because of all the negative feedback. I remember using something like this when I was in learning to write, and thought it would help motivate him and train his grip, but I couldn't find anything like what I used online, in stored, or here on printables.

Layer height: .15 is preferred

Recommended Material: TPU

Supports: None

Infill: 10% Gyroid

Walls: 2

Other Modifiers: Print as oriented, and brim is recommended.

Material Quantity: ≈5 grams

I printed from Overture TPU on FLsun T1 Pro at .15 layer height and 25mm/s with 10% gyroid infill.

Cautions and updates:

As with any printed object for children, I recommend washing before giving to young children. TPU is non-toxic, but additives, cross contamination from old material in the head, lead from brass nozzles, etc mean printed TPU is not.

Also, It's a small object, so keep an eye on any child who might want to put it in their mouth. I'm not responsible for any choking that might occur. 

Please use good judgement.

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My wife is a middle school math teacher, so I've started a collection of printable classroom aids, including some of my own designs:

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