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Giant Lantern Puppet Collection
We call them lantern puppets because they are illuminated and born of lantern parades
Photos by Steve Eberhardt
Flirtation the Fresh Phoenix of the West Side
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade
Seahorses Poseidon & Neptune
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade
The Shore Birds:
Great Blue Herons, Wood Storks, Great White Egrets, Roseate Spoon Bills, and Pelicans
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Hilton Head Island and Sandy Springs Lantern Parade
Mama Loggerhead and the Hatchings
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade
Water Puppets:
Alice the Alligator, Kissyfish and Junior, and the Hippo & the Egret
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Sandy Springs Lantern Parade "Take it to the River"
Kissy Fish
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Sandy Springs Lantern Parade
Sheepshead Fish
Crested by Chantelle Rytter for the Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade
Blue Catfish
Created by Chantelle Rytter for Tom Lee's Gumption Revival Lantern Parade, Memphis
Fantastical Botanicals:
Pink Lady Flowers created by Chantelle Rytter for Hapeville's Butterfly Lantern Parade
Swamp Sunflowers and Mushrooms created in Rytter's Master Class for the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade
Butterflies
Created by Chantelle Rytter for Hapeville's Butterfly Lantern Parade
Parliament of Owls:
Five flying owls, five spinning owls headdresses, a nest of owlets, and Zelda Owl
Created by Chantelle Rytter with much help from Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons for Parliament of Owls Lantern Parade in Midtown Atlanta
Rex Kitty
Created by Chantelle Rytter for the Decatur Lantern Parade
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