| Tiny but so sweet are the little people coming from the workshop of Karl-Heinz Bilz in Germany. They are very easy to play with, very responsive to your pushes! I love these little puppets. These are my people from his shop. Look at my puppet maker page for information about Herr Bilz. |
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 clown... |
 ...he bends and picks up his hat |
 construction worker |
 tennis player |
 the football champion |
 football (soccer) player |
 football (soccer) player |
 football (soccer) player |
 Pittiplatsch, Pitti for short, is a German fictional sprite, very famous in the former German Democratic Republic |
 Schnatterinchen the duck is a very dutiful and honest character created in 1958 for the GDR TV program "Meister Nadelöhr erzählt". |
 Der gestiefelte Kater (Puss in Boots) from an Italian-French fairy tale. The cat used trickery to get power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his poor master. |
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 Max und Moritz from "A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks" |
 Sandmännchen, new and old ("Little Sandman") |
 side view of the Sandmännchen |
 bride and groom |
 boy with ball trick... |
 ...over he bends... |
 ...and gets his ball! |
 chefs old and new |
 trumpet players, new and old |
 conducting a meeting |
 close-up |
 chimney sweep |
 drum major |
 wood cutter |
 beer drinkers |
 gardener |
 train conductor |
 maid |
 close-up of the maid's lace |
 lamp post man |
 the jester |
 the jester's back |
 side view of the jester |
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 Der Drachenfest |
This series was started especially for me! A good kite friend in Germany requested Herr Bilz create a push puppet of a kite flier. This was Holm's gift to Bob and I on a visit to our home. Other visits produced the others. Thank you, Holm and Herr Bilz! I requested 2 special kite flier ones, too. One was for Rike's pushpuppet convention as a gift for the other attendees. The second puppet was just for me alone. My signature kite, my polka dotted Eddy. |
 Bob and Charmayne? |
 girl flying a delta kite |
 Rokkaku dako flyer |
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 man flying the famous German Eddy |
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| and my famous Wonder Bread kite, the polka dotted Eddy... |
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 Sweet and sweeter! |
 label and button |
 return address on an envelope |
