Manicuring aid for infants and toddlers

A manicuring aid for controlling the finger movement of infants and toddlers to facilitate trimming said infants' and toddlers' fingernails, comprising:

• a cylindrical barrel, said barrel being made of a resilient, pliable, plastic material, said barrel having a cavity and opposite ends which are open so as to permit access to said cavity, said barrel having a longitudinal axis and four substantially parallel finger grooves, said grooves being oriented orthogonally to said longitudinal axis, said grooves being longitudinally spaced along one side of said barrel, said barrel having two fingertip support ledges, one of each of said support ledges located at each side of said barrel at the ends of said finger grooves, said support ledges being oriented parallel to said longitudinal axis, said support ledges protruding radially outward form said barrel and being circumferentially spaced around said barrel, said finger grooves extending between and normal to said ledges, an elastic cloth strap, and a plurality of slots cut into said cylindrical barrel on opposite sides of said finger grooves.