Giant puppet parades and lantern workshops
Invite a 30-foot caterpillar to your celebration
Street Creature Puppet Collective / Asheville Puppetry Alliance
This volunteer-run collective invites individuals to hire giant-puppet mini-parades, lantern activities and hands-on puppet making. Its pollinator-party offer includes a 30-foot monarch caterpillar, with other creature puppets selectable by arrangement.
Current location note / listed area: Asheville and Western North Carolina
A private-event candidate requiring wedding inquiry. Advance planning is important for this volunteer collective; confirm the available puppets, facilitators, space, route, weather plan and permissions. No live animals or flying-lantern release is implied.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://streetcreaturewnc.wordpress.com/hire-us/
- https://streetcreaturewnc.wordpress.com/about/
- https://streetcreaturewnc.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2026-calendar/
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- North Carolina · based
Owned About states a Western North Carolina base; its maintained 2026 calendar identifies recurring work at the Asheville Mall clubhouse. Hire Us expressly invites private individuals, not only public festivals.