Customer Reviews

Gund Elmo Hand Puppet

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

I have a 1 year old daughter who loves it when I make puppets talk to her. I have really had a hard time finding puppet in the local stores, so I decided to turn to the internet. I used to have some Sesame Street puppets when I was a kid and thought that they were great. So I figured this would be a perfect puppet to use with my daughter.

Here's the thing. The opening into the head of this puppet is too small to get a grown ups hand into and still be able to operate the puppet with any ease. This puppet is easier to operate than the Ernie puppet, (which I also bought) but still pretty difficult.

The overall look of the puppet is good, but it isn't very user friendly. Needless to say, I am pretty disappointed in this product and wish that I wouldn't have bought it.

If you are looking for a puppet to entertain your infant, try checking out Toys R Us. From time to time, I have been able to find some animal puppets that make noise when you use them. My daughter just loves those.

We got 4 of the sesame street puppets for Christmas and grandkids just loved them. They are so soft and well made and the mouths can move so the kids had them talking up a storm. My son also teases and tickles the kids with them which gets my grandson going. My grandson won't part with his Elmo puppet (his favorite). I'd buy them again

I ordered Elmo and Cookie Monster for my grandson's first birthday. Definitely a low tech toy as you talk for it and operate it - allows for some creativity. The only problem is making the mouth move and operating the hands at the same time with one hand. William absolutely loved them - they are much larger than I expected and very soft and cuddly. He loves Sesame Street and wanted to give them many hugs and kisses. I uploaded a picture so you can see how big and cuddly Elmo is.

I'm not particulary please with how this hand puppet handles. This is due in large part because the stuffing for the head on the inside constricts your hand, and the arms.... forget about using them they're worthless and pointless. However, this is Elmo we're talking about not Oscar the Grouch. Everyone loves Elmo, just like he loves you!!!!

This puppet was a great addition to his toy box. It is well made and little kids love it when they see it...FYI don't pull it out of your diaper bag and try playing with it because a little girl may think it's hers and take it from you at a restaurant. The only down side of this puppet is that it's not really made for big handed people like Dads.

We bought this for my son because he LOVES Elmo. If that weren't the case, though, we probably wouldn't play with it much and I'll tell you why: Elmo's mouth (the black, inside part) is made of two plastic pieces that have been attached on the back (hand) side. The way they attached the two pieces makes it difficult to open his mouth very wide.

Also, if you really get your hand in there to get the mouth going, it's near impossible to control/move the arms. Maybe I just have small hands.

Bottom line: it's a cute toy. It's a little difficult to "puppet", but my son loves it, so we still play with it.

Pros: quality of the material is good and Elmo's expression looks always fun/happy (at least the 1st unit we got in 2009; the 2nd unit we got in 2010 has a thicker neck and the nose is more roundish; the color of the 2nd unit is also more orangish).
Cons: It's hard to maneuver hands and mouth at the same time as it is, but I put rolled card paper inside the arms to harden them and make them easier to move.
The mouth structure is a hard plastic that is difficult to open/close, but I found that you can use one hand to move the arms and open the upper part of the mouth and another hand to hold the lower part of the mouth. With practice, it works, although it gets me tired after 5 min.
The body of the puppet should be stuffed so Elmo would look more realistic when hands are in.
It probably won't fit large hands.
The 2nd unit we got has a more stuffed head and softer mouth structure plastic.
Practice your Elmo voice and have fun!

ELMO PUPPET IS A LITTLE SMALL BUT YOU CAN WIGGLE AN ADULT HAND INSIDE THE PUPPET. MY DAUGHTER LOVES THE PUPPET.

This Elmo puppet is a hit with the kids, but it is really difficult to manipulate with small hands. An adult almost always has to use it to really make it animated.

I am quite dissapointed with this Gund Elmo Hand Puppet as it shows its mouth
wide open, but when you use it - it does not open wide, in fact it is difficult
to open. Rating - poor!