I struggled for weeks to figure out a way to turn this Dollar Tree rat skeleton into a ventriloquist figure. Today I finally hit on the world's simplest solution, and best of all the mechanism is detachable so when the act is over, all trace of how you got the rat to speak is gone.  It's in the Dollar Store Book 3 Halloween collection:  magicnook.com/dollarstoreMagic/DollarTOC03.htm#ChattyRatSkeleton The method also applies to their bird skeleton and their small human skull on a stand. But the rat is going to be a lot of fun because it is so creepy and leaves behind tasty raisin "droppings."