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Penny Benson Puppets

Custom Puppets, Masks & More

  • Puppet Design and Fabrication
  • Puppetry Direction and Productions
  • Puppetry Performance
  • About
  • Contact
  • Events, Clients and Collaborators

Giant Puppets & Creature Puppets

A sampling of custom creatures and giant puppets designed for stage, screen and live events.

Giant (15 feet tall!) Winifred Sanderson in her new job as a ranger in the National Forest Service. She made headlines after her appearance in the Haunted Happenings parade in Salem, Massachusetts. Head is available for rental.

An 8 foot tall “La Catrina” walk around puppet premiered in Las Vegas for an industrial event promoting Victoria beer. This puppet is available for rentals.

A lifesized reindeer for the title role in the stage production of PRANCER. Contact Penny Benson for rental details. See the puppet on a newscast here: https://www.newschannel10.com/video/2023/12/05/2nd-cup-ali-allison-live-amarillo-little-theatre/

 6’ tall “Wild Thing” created for Magic Wheelchair, after the book Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.

A giant bumblebee for an event on Artist’s Row, Salem, MA. Available for rental 2024.

Mama Higgoth created for the Midnight Zoo, a Puppet Showplace Theater production. Artistic Direction by Brad Shur. Stage Direction by Roxanna Myhrum. Performers Brenda Ray and Deniz Khateri alternated as attendants to the monster and as puppeteer. Honey Goodenough performed as the caretaker of the baby Higgoth.

Giant Puppet, Winifred Sanderson
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Giant BumbleBee Puppet
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