Aurora - Hand Puppet - 10 Garth Dog

Well made and great price. Nice material like a stuffed animal. The eyes are put on very tightly and it doesnt appear that they would come off. It will fit a large hand. The only down fall is the mouth does not move too freely. I had the tendency to insert my hand in the wrong place and it took me a while to figure it out. I made a couple of stitches in the top of the head that help guide my hands to the right position. Problem solved. You can bob the head up and down and move the mouth slightly but it is O.K.. Overall, my granddaughter will love this and I am very very glad the made the purchase.

I use the puppet to wrestle my cat so he doesnt wrestle my hands when we are not playing. He loves it. Very cute and soft. My cat and I are playing very rough with it seems very durable so far.

Quality is good; better than average, though it is a bit uncomfortable with my big hands (kids & most women would probably find it comfortable). I bought this to play with my dog, and didnt realize that the mouth and nose are made of or contain hard plastic. As a result, this was kind of a failure; we have other (much more expensive) Folkmanis puppets that have no hard parts and are great for this particular use. To be fair, I was trying to do something that this puppet wasnt intended for, or represented as; a dog toy. Although I dont recommend this to people hoping to use it as I did, for its intended use AS A PUPPET, I think the quality is quite good and was certainly worth the price.

I actually bought this for my dog, so my durability rating may not be accurate for a child. The eyes were the first to go. They were chewed off immediately. However, my dog loves it. The beak is a little hard to get fingers into.

We found a tiny orphaned calico cat & purchased this puppet as a sort of nanny cat. Our kitten has bonded with Nanny Cat. All this time latter she still cuddles with it.

Our little Bichon loves all these Aurora puppets. We play tough guy with them. His favorite is the parrot. He looks forward to fighting and chewing on Mr Hand every day. He eventually gets it off my hand (I let him) and he looks for a soft spot to tear a hole in it. I have tried a bunch of these different brands of puppets and the Aurora brand puppets are without question the best. They are the sturdiest and longest lasting. They fit the hand well and are nice and soft and well padded for the little guy to chew on. Its become a staple for his Holiday and Birthday presents.

My son watches popular children youtubers, and we got this bear to play along with it.

I bought this for my classroom and my students love it, they named him Kevin

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

I got this when the pandemic started to use in my psychology telehealth sessions with little kids (preschool-early elementary). He is a real favorite across all different sorts of kids and if I forget to have him on screen, at some point in our session many kids ask for him. My 7 month old nephew really responded with smiles and giggles to him on Face Time the other day. Hes had lots of flu shots, learned to tolerate a mask after trying to eat it, stolen sips of my coffee and so on. Its easy to open and close his mouth like he is talking or yelling or giving licks, and his resting face is warm and inviting.