was formed in 2009 after its founders, Marjun and Helge Biernath, discovered that Kumquats didn't exist in the American market. As their children's lives were enriched growing up with the puppets they wanted to share these benefits with other families. Have a look at some of these pictures above and you can see that Lucky, their first puppet was even joining their son at school or that he was joining them for breakfast.

So they started Kumquats-USA to spread the smile.  Starting from their home office in Marin County, CA they first supplied their products to local shops, dentists, and hospitals.

Once upon a time ....based on the results of surveys among teachers and upon her own experience, Heidi Degro designed and sewed the first puppet. Heidi and her partner Ludwig Bodrik presented it in kindergardens and to their friends. The instant response was phantastic. They sold many, many puppets and in these days costumers even waited for over three months to get their puppet.

The name "KUMQUATS" was created because of the skin;of the first puppets as they had the colour of these little sweet fruits. In a very short time they designed more characters such;as a pastor, a grandfather, a clown and many more. Today there are about 30 different KUMQUATS-Puppets. The number of KUMQUATS-Fans went extremly up and still on the rise - we hope that you will be one of them to enjoy the benefits of this unique, handmade experience !

Spread the smile !