Aurora - Hand Puppet - 10 Garth Dog

This is DeDe, my special teaching assistant for my online teaching. DeDe is a great icebreaker for small children who may otherwise be afraid to interact with a foreign teacher. I enjoy how DeDes mouth moves so obviously- she is my puppet of choice for encouraging children to speak. I also recommend getting a puppet with arms for non-speaking purposes in English class. DeDe is a great size and has a wide enough neck for me to quickly pop her onto my hand. Some of my other puppets have too small of holes to slip on quickly, so this is a plus when I need a quick prop.

UPDATE: Oh, the poor little Bandit! Bandit has been Bingos security blanket, humping companion, BFF, and only other dog in the house until we got a real-live lifewire little dog, Doobie, who is a Jack Chi. Doobie is one high-energy chewing fool. Doobie has gotten up inside of Bandit and pulled his guts out of his butt and also chewed his eyes out, leaving holes. Bingo is not happy and so is trying to tug his dear Bandit away from Doobie, so I knew Bandit was not going to be long for the world. I ordered a new Bandit for Bingo, and he is thrilled, but Im going to have to put him up until Doobie is over his puppy stage. But this Bandit racoon puppet is a fantastic purchase for a little dog. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Move over Gator. Hit the box, Fox. Bandit has arrived. Our 10-week-old Chiweenie puppy wants to bite-shake play, and even though hes careful not to be too vicious with DHs hand, he was breaking the skin. I got this puppet as a way to protect us from those sharp little puppy teeth. Bingo went nuts for Bandit, and we did, too. On my hand, I dont like the fit on my thumb, which tends to slide out of the arm, but it seems to be fine on DHs larger hand. I just lift Bandit by the back and march him up and down, and the puppet is floppy enough, but also firm enough, to seem like a living critter. I cant emphasize enough how nice the contrast between his nose and white snout is. When we say bite his nose, he goes right for that little black nose. The nose and the eyes are sewn in very well so I dont worry so much about our dog pulling them off and choking them. Another thing really nice about this puppet is that it has some movement to it even when we are not assisting him in playing with it. He will pick it up and shake it, carry it around like its his prize possession (which is funny, because its bigger than he is), and put it in his room (a small rug) with his collection of squirrels and such. UPDATE: Oh, Bandit is such a hit! Bingo sleeps with Bandit, pees on Bandit, madly humps Bandit, chases him all over the house when we throw him, carries him proudly to show Bingo too in the mirror, jumps up into the back of the loveseat in the living room with Bandit so Bandit can look out the window with Bingo at the neighbors passing by. Bandit has had to go in the washing machine quite a few times now, and with vicious chiweenie tug-of-war play, poor Bandits scalp is starting to come unsewn. I can sew him up by hand and hell be fine, but Im already thinking Id better get another Bandit to have on hand for when Bingos BFF is in complete shreds! Bandit has shrunk some with washing, so its hard to get a large adult hand into him, but hes still more than doing his job. He and Bingo now are about the same size. Bingos eight months old and seven pounds.

I bought it for my puppy,as he loves to play. it has been his favorite toy for a good 6 months. Every other toy he chews and rips up, so I put the TRex up out of reach when Im done playing so it would last longer. its been 6 or 7 months now, hes 11 months old and much stronger. the eyeballs are chewed off, the neck is torn 3/4 off. it lasted a long time and he still loves it. Im going to order another one this week. lots n lots of fun. When hes ready to play he keeps eyeballing the out of reach toy haha. I pick it up and say you want this?? he starts barking lol I put it on my hand and I can barely get it on my hand at times as he is all over it haha.

I bought this T-Rex for a friend for her birthday. Now, we are adults, and it was more of a gag gift. She was always saying how she wished she had a T-Rex when she was at work to destroy things when she got frustrated. I was worried that the puppet wouldnt fit comfortably on her had since, like I said, we are adults. I had my husband try it on when it arrived and it fit easily on his hands, and he has large hands. So if you order this then you should be able to play with it yourself, and put on puppet shows with your child. Or, if you are like my group of friends, put on puppet shows for your own entertainment. I gave it 4 stars for durability only because of the teeth. I think they will probably hold up well, but the way they are made they end up being a little crooked, which I really think adds some character to the puppet. But some people might not like that. Weve had so much fun with this puppet that Ive just ordered 2 more, one for myself, and one for another friend.

This puppet is great, only compliant I may have is that the eyes bulge a bit, but I’m not using this for my dog so that hopefully won’t be a problem

So soft and cuddly. Know my grandson will love it, I do! Wish you could operate the mouth as well as hands and head but grandson too young to operate any of that anyway. So cute!

Absolutely love this puppet. I teach early childhood music and my kids adore this puppet.

Attacked it right out of the box and played with it for an hour. Loves it.

Fun little puppet kids love it

I teach two year olds and they love this puppet! I used it at circle time. He read to us and sang songs with us. We named him Scout! I would recommend this puppet!