Petite Peachy: Folkmanis's Dutch Rabbit Will Hop Into Your Heart and is Highly Recommended by Whom You Know! Folkmanis are the best Puppeteers around!
These Folkmanis pupptets are so cute and so well-made they will capture your heart immediately, and they make a great gift to every child in your life. The wide variety of creations ensures that you can find something for everyone, and you know Peachy loves rabbits. You'll remember the baby:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/08/baby-dutch-rabbit-by-folkmanis-our.html
We named him Gatsby because of his sociable nature. His relative has hopped into the world of Petite Peachy and Whom You Know and is named Swifty, because Swifty is a little big bigger, a little bit faster, and likes to eat a little bit more at Swifty's. Plus you know they are animal friendly there-you know the best animal charity around even has Swifty's cater their events-Friends of Animal Rescue.
Swifty and Gatsby in an Upper East Side Garden in negotiation, deciding whether to go to Swifty's and order the Crab Cakes, or the Rock Shrimp Risotto, but are in agreement on the salads they will feast on first
Folkmanis has been mentioned several times before, and they will be mentioned several times again. This is a company that is committed to quality puppets, and these are not just any puppets. The quality of all of the Folkmanis puppets is unsurpassed, and they are so huggable they can double as stuffed animals. Additionally, they are smartly engineered and the design of each Folkmanis puppet we've ever encountered lends itself to endless hours of creative play that is a staple of childhood. In this digital age, which obviously we embrace as a site, we find it sad at how many children grow up with digital toys that don't encourage imagination like the designs of Folkmanis do.
Of course, Peachy Deegan does not go bounding into Swifty's with Swifty and Gatsby, but you know who is after the doggie bag the minute she has walked in the door...
Folkmanis® Puppets
The most innovative, creative puppet maker in the world!
Folkmanis® Puppets believes imagination is the key to a healthy childhood, encouraging play and discovery to develop the skills necessary in life. The company has been making the most innovative and engaging specialty puppets in the world since 1976, delighting imaginations and winning nearly every industry, child development, and kid-tested award, many repeatedly.
31 Years and Growing!
Conceived as a “cottage industry” business in Watertown, MA., in the late 1960’s and nurtured among the street vendors lining Berkeley’s famed Telegraph Avenue, Folkmanis® Puppets are the expression of Judy Folkmanis’ active imagination, sewing wizardry, and love of nature.
Creating her first animal puppets to entertain her own children, Judy was astounded when her unsung, but cuddly, creations began attracting a growing group of paying customers. Most often these were other parents who sought high play value from their toy purchases and an appreciation of the natural world for their children.
Joined in the burgeoning endeavor in 1976 by her Ph.D. husband Atis—who happily abandoned a career in biochemistry for pattern-cutting—the couple realized that launching a menagerie of carefully detailed and realistic animal puppets was their “right livelihood.” They hired several seamstresses and never looked back. The rest, as they say, is toy industry history – as Folkmanis’ line and renown grew by leaps and bounds.
Still headquartered in Emeryville, California, today Folkmanis, Inc. has grown to become the premier manufacturer of plush puppets worldwide. Folkmanis® Puppets offers over 200 of the most heartwarming and realistically designed creatures—both exotic and familiar—on the market today. And, after more than 25 years, Folkmanis, Inc. is still a family business. Judy and Atis oversee both the creative and operations sides to ensure that the quality and love of the natural world they wish to convey through their toys remains true to their original vision.
“The success that Folkmanis Puppets has enjoyed for more than 30 years simply reinforces the fact that when it comes to children, old-fashioned, open-ended play patterns are the best, and the simplest toys are really the healthiest gifts one can buy for a child,” says Elaine Kollias, marketing director. “That is why puppets are so firmly in the ‘good toy’ category – not just that they encourage and inspire imaginative play, but that they represent a thoughtful and fun gift that is more than ‘just’ a toy.”
Widely regarded as the most innovative puppet-maker in the world, Folkmanis® Puppets consistently designs beautifully crafted toys that inspire creativity, promote hands-on discovery, encourage interaction, teach fine and gross motor skills, help develop early language, and become a child’s lovable companion to be treasured for years. The company’s line includes a virtual menagerie of plush pets and friendly wildlife friends with new designs constantly on the drawing board.
