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Your cart is empty.Experience the beauty of life and the magic of metamorphosis with the Folkmanis Monarch life cycle puppet. A wonderful teaching tool with extraordinary design, This unique toy changes from caterpillar to Chrysalis to adult monarch butterfly. Utilize the zippers to tuck and reveal one stage to the next and watch life unfold before your eyes! Once the transformation is complete, insert your hands into the Monarch wings to cause a flutter with your friends.
julie o
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2025
Absolutely gorgeous!Soft & appears to be well made. This is for a seven year old and I’m sure she will love it!
Teresa R.
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Adorable teaching tool, accurate coloring.
Johns25
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
It is so tight to get the butterfly out of the cocoon. I have not tried the worm yet. I was disappointed in that fact but really like it other wise.
Bourgault
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2024
Pour programme enfant nature en garderie
Telenaut
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
It is just like the video shows, 2 zipper pockets to change it for all three stages. It's very creative and also fun to put both hands in and flap to wings. I'll be buying more of these in the future, I have my eye on the whale and the shark.
Yvonne Sharples
Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2022
Purchased these as gifts for a few teachers of kids K-2. Great quality, excellent teaching tool. A huge hit with the recipients.
R L Thompson
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021
This is a well made, quality puppet that seems like it will last the years. We used it as an illustration of the transformative work God does in those who follow Him. At first the puppet was a little stiff to work with but it quickly softened up for the changes from caterpillar to crysalis to butterfly. It helps to fold the wings into the wider part of the crysalis when packing the butterfly away. Also helpful is to close the zippers until you are ready to reveal each part.
Berlin Mum's
Reviewed in Germany on December 17, 2021
Wie immer von der Marke Topqualität wunderschöne tolle Farben tolle Stoffe sieht aus wie echt wir sind einfach nur begeistert haben schon ganz viele Produkte von Folkmanis
Immatrex
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2020
Let me start by saying we have SO MANY of these Folkmanis (and other) puppets. Tying it into a soon to be butterfly unit in our homeschooling, and thought this was going to be just absolutely perfect based on reviews and such, because how cool is it to have a transforming butterfly puppet?!It's beautiful - absolutely no doubt, 5/5 stars originality as well. The material is soft, and it's big! The wings are floppy and soft, very easy for even my huge hands to fit in and play with. The detail in the wing pattern and the eyes used, not to mention the little hairs, are so adorable. The chrysalis stage is rather basic, but I liked the thoughtfulness of the little hook added to the top so one could hang it like the real thing if so desired. The caterpillar stage is also adorable. Fat, chunky, but basic, with the two sets of hair/antennae on either end. The shape is really like a colorful lump though, no legs but the pattern is identifiable so I don't think most people would mind.The problem comes into the execution of the transformations of the product. The more I worked with it myself, the easier it became to transform as I had to learn how to push things in and where. One cannot just stuff the butterfly wings into the pouch and expect it to zip up properly without a hitch. There is absolutely zero wiggle room in this thing in terms of folding it up and being able to zip it up. Thankfully I had my son to test it out in terms of how easy it was to transform. He loved it! So he REALLY worked at it, but it was still quite a struggle, and this kid's fine motor skills are pretty advanced, so it wasn't just that. It was truly a struggle. In the end I forsee the frustration of the child trying to transform themselves, and the frustration of the parent being asked to constantly stop to have to do it themselves. This product is perfect for classrooms and nature centers, makes a fantastic teaching tool. But unfortunately, even though my son absolutely loved this product despite his frustrations with the transformations, I returned because for the cost, this was just not justifiable even for our classroom use.UPDATE: So I ended up keeping this, because two months later kiddo would not stop talking/asking for it, and we're learning life cycles, so I got roped back in. I have to admit that I'm glad I did, because all the kids I've used this with since have loved it and parents keep asking where we got it for their kids. It definitely becomes easier to transform I think once the puppet "breaks in" a bit. The zipper is also better on this one vs the first one we ordered, so maybe that was part of the problem. Still no wiggle room, kid still needs help transforming, but it's a huge hit. Updated to five stars!
Betsy O
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020
My daughter was a monarch butterfly for Halloween and really wanted a caterpillar stuffy to carry. This was perfect! It was a bit of a splurge, but the attention to detail and education potential makes it worth it in my book. My daughter noticed the scent glad spots on the butterfly - "it's a male!" she proclaimed. The chrysalis has gold trim like the real thing, and the stripes on the caterpillar are spot on! Changing between the forms is a little challenging and takes practice, but works pretty well once you've figured out the process (tucking the wings in separately works better than together. All in all, cute a thoughtfully designed item!
JCH
Reviewed in Australia on September 4, 2019
We use this product as part of our education programs and it is fantastic.
Patti
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2018
This puppet is so beautiful, well constructed (stitching, material, colors, zippers) and accurate that it accomplishes why I bought it as a teaching aid for my monarch butterfly presentations.As previous reviews mention, it is a little difficult to switch from one stage to another but with practice I've got it down to as much struggles as the real butterfly goes through!For some added realism, I bought some small black pompoms and place them in the chrysalis pouch. When I'm ready to manipulate the caterpillar to chrysalis stage I drop all those pompoms out on table to emphasize how much the caterpillar poops! The kids love it!!When I pull the butterfly out of the chrysalis, the wings are crumpled just like the real butterfly's! Then I straighten ot the wings using the pockets in the wings. Love this!
Markus Hofmann
Reviewed in Germany on June 3, 2018
Diese Handpuppe ist einfach toll. Sie zeigt Kindergartenkindern komplexe Vorgänge in der Natur von Insekten auf einfach und anschauliche Weise. Überdies ist die Handpuppe sehr schön gefertigt und weckt sofort das Interesse der Kinder. Zugegeben die Puppe ist nicht ganz billig, aber mit dendrei Segmenten Made, Puppe und Falter ist sie ihren Preis wert, also preiswert. Sehr empfehlenswert, besonders für Kleinkinder
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