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Recent Examples of hand puppet
Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 May 2025
The life-like hand puppet used to feed the chick was designed and created by artists in the Bronx Zoo’s Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
Artists with the department created the hand puppet and carefully painted it to match the appearance of the real thing — right down to the distinctive red rings around the eyes.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tickle the funny bone as dueling hand puppets.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Her son, Michael, writes the storylines and does voiceovers for some of the hand puppets.
—Eve Glover, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Over the years, several institutions, including this one, have figured out a peculiar but effective solution to that conundrum: A zookeeper does the feeding with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 May 2025
The life-like hand puppet used to feed the chick was designed and created by artists in the Bronx Zoo’s Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
Artists with the department created the hand puppet and carefully painted it to match the appearance of the real thing — right down to the distinctive red rings around the eyes.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tickle the funny bone as dueling hand puppets.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Her son, Michael, writes the storylines and does voiceovers for some of the hand puppets.
—Eve Glover, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Hand puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20puppet. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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