Rabbit Stage Puppet

by Folkmanis

$61.74 ~~$70.90~~ /

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Soft plush rabbit puppet with a mouth that opens and closes on every line.

🐰 Expressive speech: movable mouth opens and closes in time with the words, so a child can see their voice become a character
🙌 Gestures built in: moving arms let the rabbit wave, clap, point and hug during a story
📏 Stage presence: stands around 51 cm tall, big enough to be seen from across the room at a puppet show
🧸 Soft detail: heirloom-quality plush detailing that feels good to hold and cuddle
🔋 Zero setup: no batteries, no assembly, and light at about 163 g so small arms don't tire
🎭 Solo or group: works for one child narrating alone or a group taking turns on stage

The Educator's Note

The movable mouth gives children visible feedback on their own speech, because each word opens the mouth, which helps hesitant talkers practise out loud through a character.
At 51 cm with a mouth and arms that move together, it reads clearly from across a room, and working both builds the hand strength and coordination that carry over to pencil grip and scissor control.
The puppet show printed on the hangtag gives a child a ready-made first performance on day one, then the same rabbit carries storytelling and book retelling from 3 years into the early school years.

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

👥 Group Play

Collaborative / Multi-Player

🗣️ Language

Speech & Vocabulary

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

💡 Creativity

Innovation & Imagination

The Educator's Note

The movable mouth gives children visible feedback on their own speech, because each word opens the mouth, which helps hesitant talkers practise out loud through a character.
At 51 cm with a mouth and arms that move together, it reads clearly from across a room, and working both builds the hand strength and coordination that carry over to pencil grip and scissor control.
The puppet show printed on the hangtag gives a child a ready-made first performance on day one, then the same rabbit carries storytelling and book retelling from 3 years into the early school years.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

🔇 Silent

🏠 Indoor

👤 Independent Play

👥 Group Play

🗣️ Language

🤏 Fine Motor

💡 Creativity

Slip a hand inside and the rabbit talks back. The movable mouth and arms turn a quiet child's thoughts into a character who can say them out loud, which makes it a gentle way into storytelling and show-and-tell. Right at home from 3 years, when pretend play moves from acting out small scenes to running whole stories with a beginning, a middle and an end. It carries on being useful through the early school years for retelling books and performing for family.

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Chosen by our educator for children who learn best by talking, performing and pretending.

Children aged 3 to 4 years starting to link pretend play into short stories and chat with a puppet 'friend'
A quieter or shyer child, 3 to 6 years, who finds it easier to speak through a character than as themselves
Families building a puppet theatre or storytime routine, where the rabbit can join other animal puppets as a cast member
Children aged 5 to 6 years retelling favourite books, practising reading aloud or putting on shows for visitors
Grandparents and carers buying for a 3 to 6 year old who enjoys animals, soft toys and make-believe

Give the story a voice

A rabbit puppet changes who is doing the talking. Instead of a child announcing what they think, the rabbit does it. For a shy or hesitant speaker, that small step sideways gets words flowing. The movable mouth opens and closes with each sentence, and the child feels the timing of speech through their own hand.

What the hands are learning

Operating the mouth and arms at once is a real coordination task. Your child opens and closes their hand to match the words while the arms gesture, which builds the finger and hand strength and control they'll lean on for holding a pencil and cutting with scissors at school. Add a voice, a plot and a few props, and they're also practising sequencing a story and taking another character's point of view.

Size, feel and everyday use

This is a full stage puppet, so it's bigger than a finger puppet and a step up from an ordinary soft toy. It measures approximately 51 cm tall x 15 cm wide x 15 cm deep and weighs about 163 g. It's made from soft, heirloom-quality plush, with no batteries and no parts to assemble. Play is as loud or quiet as the child makes it, which suits a bedroom corner, a lounge-room theatre or a rainy-day tent. Pair it with a puppet theatre, a favourite picture book or a few other animal puppets, and a rabbit that starts out saying hello soon becomes a regular cast member.

From 3 years, expect simple greetings, copying the voices from stories and short back-and-forth chats. By 5 or 6, children are scripting whole shows, giving the rabbit a personality, and performing for siblings and grandparents.

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Why gift givers choose this

Moving mouth and arms: real expression, so the puppet can talk, wave and hug
Full stage size: around 51 cm tall, easy to see in a puppet show
No batteries: nothing to charge, replace or fail mid-performance
Voice building: builds confidence in speaking out loud, especially for shy children
Grows with them: from simple greetings at 3 to scripted shows by 6