Our Story

Bubba Boutique is a mother-daughter venture by Valerie & Yvette in Melbourne, Australia.

In 2002, Valerie established Puppet Pals, a one-woman business with beautiful handmade hessian puppets. These were sourced through fair trade & sold door-to-door to childcare centres & kindergartens.

Valerie saw the potential to expand the Puppet Pals business & began sourcing a wide variety of multicultural & educational resources, again predominantly through fair trade.

Over the years, Valerie has established a loyal client base of childcare centres. She is encouraged to visit year after year as they are always excited to see her new range of genuine multicultural resources including wall hangings, mobiles, hand & finger puppets, rugs, unusual fabrics, costumes, traditional dolls, musical instruments, knitted animals, wooden toys, balls, decorations & more.

Not only do teachers purchase Puppet Pals' items for their early learning centres, but many also purchase for themselves. Likewise, many parents & grandparents remark on the kindergarten's new range of decorations & educational resources, asking how they too can purchase gifts for their loved ones from Puppet Pals.

As a result of increasing interest from individuals, Yvette decided to streamline the enormous range of Puppet Pals' most popular products & launch an online store. In 2013 Bubba Boutique was born!

Bubba Boutique believes that a child's world should be surrounded by interesting, tactile, sensory & colourful toys & decorations to inspire their creativity & aid their learning.

In contrast to mass produced plastic toys, Bubba Boutique is proud to offer a unique range of handcrafted, timeless play things which place an emphasis on natural materials & quality detailing to engage your little loved one's senses and capture their imagination.

We look forward to being part of your child's special learning journey!

If your childcare centre in Victoria would like to request a visit from Puppet Pals, please send us an email via the contact page.