Behind-the-scenes: Real-life Doc McStuffins at Stuffed Toys Hospital If you have been following us for a while now, you should already know that we are constantly getting overwhelmed by orders and are trying our best every day to cope with the constant influx of stuffed toy repairs. Working late into the night. Some of you have reached out to us asking if you could give us a helping hand. It's really amazing to know that so many people care and are willing to help us! But do you really know what it takes to be a stuffed toy doctor? 1. Small and strong hands Small hands that are barely 6 inch ..read more

Stuffed toys deserve some warmth too! Pooh bear wrapped up in a handmade scarf? Your stuffed toy has been providing you warmth and comfort every night, now it's your turn to give back! That's right, stuffed toys deserve to be warmed in a fashionable manner too, especially for Christmas? Don on our chic and soft handmade scarf with these 5 styles, and your beloved stuffed friend is ready to steal the spotlight amid the crowd! Difficulty 1: The drape Does Pooh look that handsome too? For the lazy people who don't know how to tie complicated scarf wraps, but still want to wear a scarf ..read more

It helped me heal after experiencing the death of an extremely close one: what it is, why I made one, and takeaways. Before and after: I converted my wake clothing into a huggable bear. Losing my grandfather came as a shock, to everyone. He was still smiling and speaking to us the day before, and gone the next morning, just like that. The sudden death of a major pillar of support at home tore everyone down. He definitely made sure that his presence was felt by all of us... We felt it the most after he left, to the depths of our bones: the emptiness, disbelief and denial. The person he was, th ..read more

A Labour Day tribute Back when I was just handling the administrative work for Stuffed Toys Hospital, I would always side with the customers. “Christine, this customer said the price is too high, can we give a discount?” And she would always give in. Back then, I had the same thoughts as you as a customer, “It’s only addition of stuffings, there is no need to charge so much right?” Back then, I had no idea at all. Common misconceptions of our services Addition of stuffings: open toy up > add new stuffings into parts that lacked stuffings. Cleaning: dump the entire toy into water with soap ..read more

Your past, remembered by a stuffed friend Growing up. Birthdays. School graduations. Valentine's Day. ORD from army. Marriage. Christmas. First job. First child. Getting out of debt. Retirement. Death. Life in chapters We all go through different phases of life, and have unique memories from each and every one of them. Whether it's a simple annual event to celebrate your birth, or a once-in-a-lifetime milestone to celebrate an achievement. Each and every one of these chapters mark a change in your life, and the moving on from one phase to another. My very own memory bears, made out of just 2 ..read more

A personal experience, how I coped, and how I think it could help you too. Flowers my grandmother arranged all by herself for Chinese New Year. Grief, a foreign emotion I don't even remember the very last wake that I attended. Or maybe I do, just flashes of images: people wearing black and white clothing, fire, people chatting, and lots of tears on the last day. I never had to attend the wake of a close one, and never really thought about it. Until two weeks ago I found myself in a position of having to grief over the course of a long week after losing my grandmother. We were never that close ..read more

Your biggest mistake You have a stuffed toy that requires attention and some TLC. After some googling, you read that you can either hand-wash or use a washer to clean a stuffed toy. Being a tech-savvy individual, you questioned the purpose of hand-washing when you can use a machine (and also because we are so used to throwing our clothes into a washer and have never faced much of an issue doing that so far), and thus decided to give your beloved stuffed toy a good wash in the washer... Only to find that tears have started to appear, its eyes have fallen off, some areas have started to bald ..read more

Devaluation of crafts in a world of cheap, non-durable goods I run a small business together with my mother. This is our 4th year of being in the toy repair business, and it’s also the same year my smart brain decided to say, “Hey, let’s have a website!”   Like how most businesses first started, everything was done manually. And after 3 years of being in the toy repair business, here are 3 main reasons why I wanted to start a website: Customers asked the same questions time and again. I wanted to provide customers with a page where all the information/FAQ was present. We always have q ..read more