PpppawaI repaired a toy today. We couldn’t simply throw away Didier. He's family!
My repair isn’t pretty, but I did my best. It’s part of his story.
DoomsdaysCWNext date: Sunday, January 25, 2026 | 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM
Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, 94301
"The Repair Café Palo Alto is a volunteer-run, community service dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfill. Bring broken things and repair volunteers will help to assess what it takes to repair them for continued use and life."
"Repair Café is a free event all about repairing things (together). We have tools, materials, and volunteer experts to help you make any repairs you need on clothes, furniture, small appliances, bicycles, crockery, electronics, lamps, toys, and lots more. Our goal is to extend the life of everyday items and keep them out of the landfill.
Repair Café Silicon Valley started over ten years ago as separate organizations in Palo Alto and Mountain View and has grown to encompass all of Santa Clara Valley. Interested in hosting an event near you? Get in touch and we’ll help you get set up."
FMI - https://www.paloalto.gov/Events-Directory/Public-Works/Repair-Caf%C3%A9-Palo-Alto
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RepairCafesCalifornia #RepairCafesPaloAlto #FixIt #SmallApplianceRepair #LampRepair #ElectronicsRepair #Mending #BikeRepair #ToyRepair
irai bought this set 2hand and poohs head/neck was a bit worn out but i fixed it with a little rubber band ^^ #toyrepair #winniethepooh #playmobil #figures #toys
EmmaLovelaceThis is Peaches, found with no eyes, a wonky mouth and a loose tail.
Some needlework later and he is a happy dog again.
Added my own handmade felt eyes
TheLocalBardOne slightly broken G1 Snarl and one VERY broken G1 Snarl. After a quick operation this morning I now have 1 good G1 Snarl~
Hell yeah.
#Transformers #G1Transformers #Dinobots #Snarl #ToyRepair #ToyPhotography
MikkoToying with the idea of repairing this semi for my boys. It needs a little bit of glue and a paint job. It was my toy back in...yeah. We really don't need to talk about that. 😁
#toys #ToyRepair #Matchbox #Peterbilt #phoneography #photography
Zumbador5/? Rescue toy is complete. See earlier posts to see how wet, sandy, and miserable he started out.
If I give him to a child (as opposed to keeping him myself) I'll have to reinforce the stitching on his dungarees as they're a bit fragile.
Got to think of a name for him. Spencer? Pablo? Rodney?
4/? The little dog I rescued from the vlei (see previous posts) now has a knitted scarf and a pair of denim shorts. I'm planning to turn the shorts into dungarees, am making a bib front and back. I want to add nice brass buttons too, but if he's ever a real child's toy that might be a problem so I might hold off on that.
(Writing "nice brass buttons" means I now have that sentence from The Hobbit echoing in my head - "...while bewildered goblins were still picking up his nice brass buttons on the doorstep.")
I might make a little shirt for him to go under the dungarees. Will see how that goes.
I have a cold today so it's nice to have a comforting project to keep me busy while I wait for Mr Zumbador to come home with the extra hot Tom Yum soup that's the only thing that really makes me feel better when I'm sick.
Mr Zumbador rescued another small toy from the estuary. A little dragon.
It cleaned up so nicely! He made it a little high vis vest to hide the stains he couldn't completely remove, and the cigarette burn that's still visible even after being sewn up.
It might become a mascot for the girls' hostel at his school 🙂
3/?
Toy dog rescue progress: He's clean and dry, and I replaced all his stuffing. His belly is now full of flax seed so he has a nice heft to him.
I also started knitting him a stripy scarf.
