Product images via Great Pretenders.
Founded by Joyce Keelan after sewing puppets for her daughter, the Sarnia, Ontario family company still makes many costumes in Canada.
What does Great Pretenders make?
Great Pretenders is filed under Toys here, one of 36 brands we list in that category. This is a kids range rather than dad kit: costumes, capes and play jewellery are for your daughter.
Where is Great Pretenders based, and how long has it been going?
Great Pretenders is based in Canada, one of 21 makers in the directory from there. It has been trading since 1989, so roughly 37 years, with 11 of the other toys brands here going back further.
Who else should I look at alongside Great Pretenders?
The directory carries 35 other toys brands and 20 other makers based in Canada. The closest matches are Sarah's Silks (US), Little Adventures (US) and Meri Meri (UK), ranked on shared category first and shared country second.
Every maker here is hand-picked and checked as a real, trading shop before it goes in, and nobody pays for a place. Browse the full brands and makers directory, or read our guide to the girl dad movement these makers grew out of.
