This is Hale Bop, inspired by the comet Hale-Bopp. Children love his silly nose and exaggerated pointy head. His spaghetti-thin arms and legs and tubby body will make you laugh. Like all Diabolo puppets, he has a built-in squeaker and is fully lined. Great for boys and girls ages 3 and up.

Meet Gorg, the newest creation from Diabolo Puppets: a funky, zany, spiky hand puppet with a truly outgoing personality. Like all Diabolo puppets, he has a built-in squeaker. He is fully lined and his body, spikes and feet are lightly stuffed. Great for boys and girls ages 3 and up.

Olive is a full body hand puppet. She is a little girl with a friendly, goofy face and long hair. Like all Diabolo puppets, her mouth has a built-in squeaker. Olive is fully lined with a cute pink skirt, striped leggings and stuffed feet. A great hand puppet for boys and girls ages 3 and up.

Leo is a full body hand puppet. He is a little boy with a friendly, gap-toothed grin and a mop of unruly yarn hair. Like all Diabolo puppets, his mouth has a built-in squeaker. Leo is fully lined with a cute collar and dangly arms and legs with stuffed feet. A great hand puppet for boys and girls ages 3 and up.

The mosquito has a long nose or stinger, long triangular fleece wings on his back and soft antennae and arms.

The doe-doe bird is a cross between a toucan and a duck.

The fly is a fat little insect puppet with big google eyes and a gaping grin.

Adventure Planet has new Vinyl Sound Puppets with all of your favorite animals. Listen to them roar!

Kids can tune in to the hottest sound around with this singing plush puppet. Each Pet Yapper plays three favorite children's songs, "Old MacDonald," "London Bridge" and "Frere Jacques," in its own distinctive voice. Favorite tunes have never been sung quite this way before. Calypso the Cat is just one of eight styles in the Russ My Pet Yapper assortment, which also includes dogs, a cow, a pig, a frog and a monkey. They're all surface washable, too. This doll measures 12” x 12” x 12” and weighs 1 lb.
— "My Pet Yapper by Russ" was the best selling puppet in the store of Jamie Burdette, owner of LB Toys in Media, Pa. Two of 62 retailers specifically cited the Yappers as customer favorites.
— Burdette said she sold about a dozen of the puppets a month, which is close to the average sales in puppets for most retailers TDmonthly spoke with in spring 2007.
— "When you move your hand inside the mouth, the Yapper will sing each note of the song. So, the Cat will meow the notes, the Dog will bark them, and so on," said Arline Wall, senior vice president of product development and marketing for Russ Berrie.

This 8” mouse is an addition to Folkmanis' 2007 stable of new animals, which also includes the Teddy Bear and the Fluffy Cat. The Brown Mouse comes with a workable mouth as well as a detailed educational hang tag for young puppeteers. The puppet measures 4" x 6" x 8" and weighs 3.2 oz.
— "The mouse from Folkmanis" is what's selling in plush at Lasso the Moon Wonderful Toys in Helena, Mont., Owner Amy Barrett said.
— Eighteen of 62 retailers who spoke with TDmonthly in spring 2007 agreed with Barrett about the popularity of Folkmanis with their customers.
— Specialty retail sales of Folkmanis puppets range from a few units a month to as many as 50 units a month.

The full body Baby Puppet is a perfect pretend pal. The cute character is easily animated with a working mouth. It's fun to play with and sure to inspire the imagination of kids, adults and drama departments alike. All Melissa & Doug people puppets have removable clothing and include a hand-operating rod. The Baby is constructed with super-soft quality fleece, measures 4" x 8" x 18" and weighs 11.2 oz.
— "We sell quite a few puppets from Melissa & Doug," said Char Mcaulay, manager of Toy Town in Casper, Wyo., when she talked to TDmonthly about store sales in the spring of 2007.

The 25 cm bee is part of Diabolo's line of zany, expressive and colorful hand puppets that "squeak, squeak." The bee has blue fleece wings sewn onto its back and has small black eyes as well as a cute, happy expression. To make her fly, just rotate your wrist and forearm back and forth quickly to make her wings lift out a bit and her arms and antennae flip-flop about. Other puppets in this line include the doe-doe bird, the fly and the ladybug.
— "If I had to say, our best sellers in plush would [include] anything from the Diabolo line," said Tom England, owner of Dancing Bear Toys and Gifts in Frederick, Md.

These are professional stage sized versions of our popular half-body puppets. Big Brother and Big Sister measure 24 inches tall and are light weight and very easy to operate the extra large, wide mouth. They come with a Plexiglas control rod to manipulate the arm. Available in 3 skin colors.

Wholesale price: $25.00 each or $45.00 for the pair. (Available as half-body puppets at half the size and over half the price for $11.00 each, inquire for more detail).

Mr. Tree comes dressed in his winter attire, but is accompanied with a spring, summer and fall wardrobe. Children love to dress Mr. Tree up in the appropriate fashion for each season. The leaves and blossoms are easily attached and removed by means of Velcro. He is a great tool to teach children about the four seasons and the wonderful things trees do for us. A set of blossoms, green leaves, autumn leaves and a three script booklet is included.

Wholesale price: $16.00

This set is designed to work with Puppet Partners' full-body puppets to portray children with various special needs. It is a great means of expression for the special child, or the teacher who works with these children. The set comes with a Pauline puppet, wheelchair, crutches, leg braces, hearing aids, glasses and a can for the blind. (Individual props can be sold separately. A CD with a recorded script teaching children to include and understand those with special needs is also available).

A Puppet Partners Exclusive design, this puppet stage measures 6 feet tall by 8 feet wide with a 24”x48” stage opening, and accommodates up to 4 puppeteers. The curtain is designed for puppeteers to see the audience but is hard for the audience to see the puppeteers. It has a nice wide play-board to facilitate lots of props or to sit puppets on. Easy to assemble and disassemble. The entire stage folds up into one duffle bag for easy storage and moving. The duffle bag is designed as a backpack, leaving your hands free to carry your puppets to your performance. Entire stage weighs only twenty pounds.

Wholesale price: $200

This plush animal is handcrafted in Germany with special emphasis on naturalistic appearance and excellent quality. It fulfills the demands of collectors and enthusiasts who ask for plush toys to be produced with selected natural materials. It is optimally designed to give children an understanding of shy animals that are difficult to observe in the wild as they conceal themselves from humans. When these animals are in soft toy form, children can come to like them while including them in their play. The rat is made of mohair wool. It won a 2006 Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine. Launch date: 2006.

These high-quality, detailed hand puppets are available in more than 60 styles.

Adorable, comical, zany and colorful, this bunny puppet features soft plush fur and fleece. It has a squeaker built into the mouth so that it can squeak. Designed by Steven Barkley, an artist who has been making puppets in Laval, Quebec, for 13 years, the bunny has a friendly face, funny ears and a buck-toothed grin. It is great for creative play. Launch date: 2006.

This Dragon Puppet is 32" tall when sitting. From head to tail the puppet is approximately 52" tall.

The charming rod marionette puppets are simple to operate, yet offer plenty of animation for dramatic performances. After the show, the theater folds flat for easy transport and storage. Five puppets are included.

The beautifully illustrated scenery book, with its pop-up features, becomes the set for the stage. Simply flip the page and you have changed the set for the next scene.

The Shadow Puppet Accessory Pack easily converts the theater into an enchanting shadow puppet theater. This art form originated in China and Indonesia hundreds of years ago. Although these shadow puppets have fairly simple forms, in the hands of a puppeteer, they come to life to excite and entertain audiences. They are cleverly accented with exciting color and constructed with tough poly-plastic, and the moving parts bring them to life. Use a simple desk lamp (not included) as a light source.

Additional story sets sold separately. Included is a shadow screen panel, 10 shadow puppets and props for three stories — The Gingerbread Man, The Little Red Hen and Old McDonald.

Each puppy, duck or frog sings three different songs. Launch Date: January 2007.

Meet Susie. She comes completely dressed as shown. All clothes can be removed and changed. She is about 30 inches tall with legs attached or about 18 inches tall if used as a half body puppet. Legs can easily be snapped on and off as you wish. Remove the legs and you have a wonderful half body puppet perfect for use behind a puppet stage or curtain! Hand enters through bottom.

Other features include a seamless face, individual fingers, nylon lycra lining, sewn elbows, light weight foam covered construction, and an extremely easy moving mouth.

Professional puppets like these sell for $150 and up. Grab her now at the special introductory price for a limited time!

A detachable arm rod (1) is included for hand movement.