Baby Lop Rabbit Puppet

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$59.90 ~~$76.90~~ /

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Soft brown fur, floppy ears and a mouth that opens with every word.

🐰 Expressive play: a movable mouth opens and closes as your child speaks, so the voice and the character move together
🖐️ Hand-sized fit: made for a child's hand, with the fingers and thumb working the mouth
🧸 Cuddly texture: soft brown fur, floppy ears and a fluffy tail make it as comfortable to hold as it is to perform with
🎭 Story starter: a calm, gentle character that suits storytelling, role-play and show-and-tell
🔇 Quiet play: no batteries, no buttons and no sound, so it works indoors at any time of day

The Educator's Note

The movable mouth needs a repeated thumb-to-finger pinch and release, which builds the same hand strength and control children need for a comfortable pencil grip.
Speaking through a character lowers the pressure on hesitant talkers, so it's a practical tool for building spoken language and confidence at 3 to 5 years.
With no batteries, buttons or recorded sounds, the child supplies every word, so the story changes each time and keeps working as they grow from simple greetings to full puppet shows.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

Recommended for ages 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

Role Play & Imagination

🔇 Silent

No sound

🏠 Indoor

Living Room / Playroom

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

Guided / Scaffolding Required

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

🗣️ Language

Speech & Vocabulary

💡 Creativity

Innovation & Imagination

The Educator's Note

The movable mouth needs a repeated thumb-to-finger pinch and release, which builds the same hand strength and control children need for a comfortable pencil grip.
Speaking through a character lowers the pressure on hesitant talkers, so it's a practical tool for building spoken language and confidence at 3 to 5 years.
With no batteries, buttons or recorded sounds, the child supplies every word, so the story changes each time and keeps working as they grow from simple greetings to full puppet shows.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

🔇 Silent

🏠 Indoor

👤 Independent Play

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

🤏 Fine Motor

🗣️ Language

💡 Creativity

Slip a hand inside and this gentle brown rabbit comes to life. The movable mouth lets your child give the rabbit a voice, a personality and a bit of mischief, with no batteries or setup. Puppet play suits children from 3 years, when they start inventing characters and talking through their own stories. It builds the hand strength and coordination needed for pencil control, and gives shy talkers a safe way to say what they want to say.

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Best suited to children who like to talk things through, act things out or carry a favourite character everywhere.

Children aged 3 to 5 years who are starting to invent characters, voices and simple storylines
Quiet or shy 3 to 4 year olds who find it easier to speak through a character than as themselves
Children aged 5 to 6 years in prep and Year 1 who enjoy putting on shows for family or practising oral storytelling
Parents, grandparents and educators looking for a gentle animal character for reading time, storytelling or show-and-tell

Meet the rabbit

Pick this rabbit up and the first thing you notice is the fur. It's soft and brown, with floppy ears and a fluffy tail that children tend to stroke before they've even put a hand inside. Slip a hand in and the mouth opens and closes with the movement of the fingers and thumb.

That movement is what makes it a real puppet rather than a soft toy with a hand-hole. Your child controls the mouth, and the voice and personality are all theirs.

What the puppet builds

Operating the mouth is a repeated open-and-close of the thumb against the fingers. That is the same pinch-and-release pattern that builds the hand strength and finger control needed for holding a pencil in prep. Most children don't notice they're practising, because they're busy making the rabbit talk.

There's a language benefit too. Around 3 years, children begin to narrate, ask questions and act out conversations. A puppet gives them a character to speak through, which helps hesitant talkers try out new words and longer sentences without feeling put on the spot.

How it gets played with

One afternoon the rabbit is a shy visitor at a tea party. The next day it's the patient in a vet clinic, or a character in a bedtime story your child tells you. It's a gentle character, so it suits calm, nurturing play as well as performing.

It makes no sound of its own, so the voice is always your child's. It works well alone in a bedroom or playroom, and it's even better as a two-person game, with a parent or sibling holding a second puppet for a back-and-forth conversation. Play grows with your child: at 3 it's greetings, animal noises and simple pretend scenes, by 4 or 5 it's short stories with a beginning and an end, and by 6 it's scripted puppet shows for an audience.

Safety note: not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

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Why gift givers choose this

No batteries: nothing to charge, replace or switch off
Silent play: the only voice is your child's, so it suits any room and any time of day
Pencil-grip practice: the opening and closing mouth works the same finger muscles used in writing
Confidence builder: gives shy children a character to speak through
Soft and cuddly: plush fur and floppy ears invite cuddles as well as performances