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These big beautiful birds are 38" tall from the control to the bottom of the puppet's feet. The flamingo puppet is available in pink, orange and rainbow colors.

This realistic butterfly puppet features spreading wings and tentacled eye stalks.

The Japanese snow monkey puppet features a mouth that opens and closes, allowing the puppet to “speak.” Launch date: February 2008.

This string puppet has an airplane-type control that, when rocked side-to-side like an airplane dipping its wings, causes the puppet to walk or dance. It measures approximately 12” from the control to the feet.
— Owner Lynn Robillard of Toys in the Attic in Manchester, Vt., told TDmonthly in summer 2007 that marionettes from Sunny & Co. are a best-selling product line in her store. The smaller ones sell better than the larger she said, and the absolute favorite is “a toss up between the deer and the moose.”