You can hire us. Whether you need puppets for a parade, a pageant, a festival, or a community event, we bring years of experience and a deep collection of puppets ready to go. We also lead workshops where you can learn to build your own puppets from simple materials.

We offer guidance on organizing parades and pageants, from the practical logistics to the artistic vision. We've done everything from First Night Boston processions to neighborhood street parades, and we're happy to share what we've learned.

We also build and teach others to build a wide range of puppet types: simple puppets like fatheads and pole dragons, backpack puppets that move naturally with the wearer, giant puppets that tower over crowds, hoop-and-cloth creations, wire birds, dragons of all sizes, and even inflatables for demonstrations where sticks aren't allowed.

Simple Puppets: Fatheads, Purely Cardboard, Pole Dragons, Face Banners, Star Banners, Hat Cats, Opera Singers, Totems, Fliers, Penguins, Shimmy Dancers, Hattifatners, and Flapping Angels.

Backpack Puppets: Built on a pole attached to a backpack frame — the movement is very natural because the puppet simply does everything you do. Our collection includes Jo's Ladies, Jose's Ecstatic Demonoid, Hep Cat, and Skeleton.

Animals & Birds: Two-person Fish, Cats and Dogs, Riding Horses, Wire Demons, Circus Stilt Apes, Frogs, Bread and Puppet Flying Birds, Flapping-wing Birds, Herons, Amusing Birds, Wire Birds, and Stilt Birds.

Giant Puppets: Kid-King, Preying Mantis, Mr. America, Poseidon, Flora, Dorchester African King, RISD Fisherman, Samba Dancer, George's Jumping Jack, and Death.

Dragons: Ground Dragons, Half-hoop Caterpillars, Half-hoop Dragons, Mermaids, and more. Hoop and Cloth Puppets: Wiggletrees, Mr. Punch, Big Fish, Big Croc, and others. We also have foam puppets, printed banners, costumes, stilts, crankies (paper movies), and plaster casting supplies.