Melissa & Doug Pirate Puppet

I purchased this puppet for our son for Christmas. I also purchased the "Mini Scarlet Macaw Finger Puppet" by Folkmanis to accompany him. I really like the quality of the Melissa and Doug products and Barnacle Bart is no exception. He is very well made and has so far stood up to our almost 4 year old who can at times be very destructive. If I could change anything about Bart, I would give him an additional eye with an eye-patch that you can lift up. Our son is facinated with trying to lift the patch up but it is sewn into place. That is not a complaint, just a recommendation. Something else that is very nice is that the stick that is included is removable but it attaches with velcro so that it doesn't slip out during play.

Our son's pre-school teacher has the Melissa and Doug police officer, and so we also ordered one of these for her for in her classroom.

My husband and I had seen these beautifully crafted puppets in our local specialty toy store and fell in love with them. They were kind of pricey, so we checked Amazon and were amazed at the low prices.

We bought this pirate and the kids have so much fun playing with it. Of course, it is fun to use a pirate voice and the puppet is well crafted so that when you move its mouth and hands, it makes some really fun expressions. There is a stick attached to one of the hands so that you can do hand/arm movements as well.

These are similar to the puppets I have seen in professional puppet shows. I am well pleased with the quality.

As an elementary teacher I use this puppet to teach r controlled vowels. Barnical Bart is a very cute puppet, I especially like the stick to make his hand move which creates cute "expressions". This puppet is made well and well worth the price!