The Public Paperfolding History Project
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The Sugar Tongs | |||||||
This
page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the simple active play paperfold known as
the Sugar Tongs. Please contact me if you know any of
this information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. ********** 1932 As far as I know this design first appears in 'Winter Nights Entertainments' by R M Abraham, which was first published by Constable and Constable in London in 1932. ********** 1949 The design also appeared, as 'Cardboard Snapper', in Hugard's Magic Monthly for September 1949, in an article written by Martin Gardner titled 'Stunts with Paper'.
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