Best Hand Puppets
From classic wooden toys to crafts, pretend play, and games, Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose. Use one hand to manipulate the puppet's mouth and facial expressions, and the other to gesture with the wooden arm rod. Whimsically designed to inspire "animated" play, and durably constructed to stand up to it.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It came in a box where the arm stick could have been broken if shipping were rough, otherwise the puppet came in a sealed plastic bag, and was made very well, it looked a lot like the puppets on tv, one lady had an embroidery machine and embroidered a name in the jacket " Chef (enter name)."
"My daughter really wants to be a chef and has recently gotten into ventriloquism."
"Grandson loved it."
"Son loved it, works well, a lot of little strings coming out of it, but once we trimmed off all the loose threads we were good."
"Puppet is well made for the price."
"My child has a ton of puppets but chef noodles is his absolute favorite."
"Awsome says my creative and future puppeteer son."
"Great product."
Great for motor skills, hand-eye coordination, communication skills, self-confidence, and social-emotional connections.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I watch him so he doesn't eat the eyes or anything, but we purchased these with the intent to teach him animal sounds, dramatic play, and I use them to help me read books."
"At first she looked disappointed in the gift, but once we started playing with her with the puppets, she got engaged in the action and ended up have a lot of fun."
"Fabric, although whimsically patterned and soft, is a bit thin and flimsy."
"I'm a 5'8" adult male and my hands can fit in them, I just have to position my hands a certain way so I can move the animals hands and head. The way I have my hand placed inside, is my pinky and ring finger in the center of my palm of my hand."
"They are the perfect size for adult and child hands."
"The fabric is a bit thin, but they seem well made and the colors are very vibrant."
"Two stars for cute but unfortunately, even with my small hands, I could not use these for my classroom; they were much too small."
"Not much movement to the faces because of the padding placement."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The quality of the material and construction is a revelation at this price, and the faces are too cute."
"We had a tradition of reading stories at night and talking through our day with puppets with our son and he can now continue the tradition."
"These hand puppets are soft and well constructed."
"However, it says it fits adult hands but it is almost impossible for me to move the head."
"They mostly unused in his toy box as compared to the finger puppets we randomly found at the mall."
"These were great for baby shower table decor."
"My toddler niece loved these."
"Too small for my hands; barely big enough for a woman's medium sized hand."
Best Finger Puppets
This monkey bar and swing play set includes Liv - a cute, exclusive, periwinkle blue Fingerlings Baby Monkey with pink hair. Play set provides plenty of room for Liv to play with her friends.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This little monkey is adorable!"
"My 4 year old grandson loves his Fingerlings & I have to admit I think they're pretty adorable myself."
"Fun monkey."
"great play set and my friend's daughter loved it!"
"Had been searching over Christmas and was very disappointed in people taking advantage of others trying to get these toys because prices were outrageous."
"I bought this for my daughter for Christmas and since i ordered it so early by the time she opened it and we realized it didn’t work it was past the return date but i am very unhappy with this product."
"My kid had to have it, so I got it."
"These monkeys didn't really live up to the hype."
Best Plush Puppets
Our Minnie Mouse Plush Toy is a pretty-in-pink dream come true. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"She is cuddly and we wanted one large enough to put in a toy baby stroller and high chair."
"I was super impressed with this doll!"
"We just received our Minnie and absolutely love her!"
"I've been avoiding Disney with my 1 year old because I'm not a big fan of the MM Clubhouse show."
"I sent it back (easy return, no problems with a refund) and bought directly from Disney."
"Adorable."
"Second purchase for the same item intended for birthday gifts."
"Great product."
Best Marionette Puppets
This innovative string puppet will hop, skip, and dance simply by moving the control bar and strings. Marionette string puppet operated with control bar.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It takes about 10 seconds to get the hang of moving her (don't forget to remove the velcro from around the strings -- they keep the strings from tangling during shipment)."
"Even after a week with the two preschoolers, we simple untied the strings to reset the puppets."
"Love these marionettes....daughter bought one to play with and dance to music."
"What an adoreable marionette."
"Great little puppet,well made, and thank goodness easy to untangle and use!"
"She loves it when I move Amy along the floor and make her dance ... and she always loves a hug from Amy."
Best Puppet Theaters
Style: Puppet Theater. Wooden puppet theater where kids can tap into their imaginations to put on a show.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I took one star off because: The rod that the red curtain hangs on was not working and after checking each piece (making sure it was not assembled upside down or backwards) my husband found that one of the holes the rod sits in was missing/not drilled."
"Gave it to grand kids this morning ... then spent an hour (no, I didn't time it) putting it together."
"It's pretty great!"
"This is amazing!"
"Bought 2, For my 4yr old son & nephew."
"Priced competitively and arrived pronto."
"I would have given 5 stars but this thing was a PAIN to put together."
"It takes up a lot of space though, so we had to reorganize our play room to make it look like part of the planned decor."
Best Ventriloquist Puppets
Charlie and Bergen started out in vaudeville but as their popularity grew, eventually switched to radio. Charlie is approxinately 30' in length, he is ready for immediate use and this popular Celebrity Ventriloquist Doll comes in a handy, storage tote bag. Your Ventriloquist dummy comes with an extra Free Bonus, our incredible detailed step-by-step E-Book 'How To Be a Ventroloqiust' on learning the Ar of Ventriloquism. Charlie McCarthy will entertain you and your friends for hours to come and he makes for a wonderful companion with any of our Celebrity Dolls . Charlie is well known for always wearing his formal black suit, top hat and monocle. For easy operation, just hold the head with one hand and pull the string with your other.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The product was packed well and it was delivered on time."
"creepy as can be and not the highest quality all around but my daughter really wanted one for her birthday, and this particular one seemed to be the least creepy- and it's functional!"
"My grandson absolutely loves this doll!!!"
"my 9-year-old brother loves it."
"He is good size & just what he expected in a ventriloquist doll!"
"Pretty good quality."
"way better quality than expected.. perfect for our play."
"To get the mouth to open and close requires so much pressure on the white cord that it is impossible to perform the action surreptitiously."