Toy Repairs and Teddy Bear Restoration at Leith Toy Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland Don't panic!
Do you or your child have a much loved toy who's looking a bit worse for wear? At Leith Toy Hospital, we carry out expert repairs to all kinds of soft toys and dolls. We're experienced in repairing both modern and antique teddies, and many of our patients are over a hundred years old! We understand how important a favourite toy can be in a child's life, and take the utmost care to ensure that the character of every toy is retained after repairs. Get in touch for a repair estimate or browse our price list on our website here www.leithtoyhospital.co.uk/toy-repair-services-pricing/
19/12/2025
Santa is in his grotto ready for tomorrow's open day! Come and experience the weird and wonderful world of Leith toy hospital, meet Santa and adopt a toy restored by our team. £10 for a child or £18 for a family of up to 3 children - grown ups free!
18/12/2025
Festive afternoon getting Santa's grotto ready for our visit from the big guy this coming Saturday! Our Christmas open day is 10-6 - you can look around a real toy workshop used by Santa, choose your present from Santa's lucky dip, partake of some festive refreshments, buy handmade gifts and enjoy some Christmas activities. Kids £10; £18 family with up to 3 kids. Free adult entry.
16/12/2025
An update on our Holiday Opening Hours over the next couple weeks!
16/12/2025
Well done everyone for your guesses! Biscuit is so happy to have a home for the holidays :). For those interested - Biscuit was born on April 2nd, making him an Aries x
08/12/2025
Edit: Contest has now closed!
🎁 HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY - Biscuit the Bear 🎁
Our rather large friend Biscuit is looking for a home this holiday season, so we thought we'd help him out by having a giveaway and sharing some information about him with you!
🐻 Biscuit is a large Brown Bear native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. He loves adventure, is not afraid of danger, and is always open to new experiences.
🐻 He likes to read books about world leaders and ambitious movements that inspire others, and he is fiercely loyal and and supportive. He speaks his mind, and always prefers honesty and being upfront about his feelings.
🐻 Recently, he made the impulsive decision to move to Scotland without doing any research and was shocked to find there were no other Brown Bears like him! While we assured him that if he was patient he may be able to return to North America, he has insisted on making a home here and wants our help to find one.
Would you like to give Biscuit a home for the holidays? To have a chance to ✨win the giveaway✨ and adopt Biscuit, like this post and comment what star sign you think Biscuit is based off the information we shared with you. If you guess it right we'll pop your entry in the pool!
📣 Contest closes at 9am on December 15th 📣. Winner announced on December 16th. You must be able to come pick up Biscuit at our studio in Musselburgh (post not available at this time) before the holidays. He is a rather large bear, so come prepared! Only entries that have liked and commented correctly on this post will be considered.
Good luck! We hope you can give Biscuit the home he needs for the holidays 🎄.
25/11/2025
This Teletubby came to us with a cracked and breaking face. Here's how we fixed it step-by-step:
1) Picture of the toy when it arrived. The cracks spread from the ears and through the eyes. Toy Hospital to the rescue!
2) Step one was to make a copy of the original face with alginate.
3) We use this to make a replica of the face in clay, ready to have the cracks smoothed out.
4) Creating a plaster mould, we then make a new rubber face after adjusting the clay sculpture to have no cracks.
5) Once the new face is complete we paint it to match the original one.
6) The big reveal! Before and after.
7) Teletubby is all fixed up and ready to go back to the owner.
14/10/2025
Kewpie is a little cutie once again ☺️
08/10/2025
Hello all!
We already have Christmas on the brain, can you believe how the time has flown by this year?
If you would like your toy to have a visit with us to be home in time for Christmas, please get in contact to arrange a slot for no later than November 15th
21/09/2025
Feeling much better with warmer fur going into autumn!
02/09/2025
We are so excited to announce a great new chapter for the Leith Toy Hospital! From the 22nd of September, we will be moving into our new studio space based in Musselburgh. Just 6 miles from our original studio in Leith, you won't have to travel too far to find us either. We'll still be the Toy Hospital you know and love, with more space to repair your beloved toys. We're taking great care to transfer all our teddy and dolly patients to the new wards over the coming weeks. You will be able to reach us by email and telephone using the same contact information, and a member of our team will be available at the original studio up until the 22nd of September. Stay in touch for more news and updates!
12/08/2025
Tonight our Doll Doctor Charlotte will be on an episode of the Repair Shop using her skills to fix up a doll house. A slightly different repair from the dolls we fix but using the same knowledge and skills! Hope you enjoy this episode! 👩🏻🔧🎨
06/08/2025
Paint touch ups require precision and perfection! 🤗
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Do you or your child have a favourite cuddly toy who’s just been loved and cuddled that bit too much? A teddy full of holes, a bear with missing limbs, or someone who’s just lost their smile? Don’t panic! Here at Leith Toy Hospital I’ve seen worse! I can give them a careful operation (under anaesthetic of course), and make sure that they come back to you healthy and strong enough to withstand many more years of love and hugs. We carry out teddy repairs every day ranging from much loved childrens’ toys to antique bear restoration.
I make toys all day every day, so have a very thorough understanding of how they are made. Favourite cuddlies are the centre of a child’s world, and it can very upsetting when they become damaged. I know how important it is that retain the same character and expression, so will make absolutely sure that this is preserved.
TEDDY REPAIRS WE CAN DO:
Surface clean – £10-30
Opening and closing per compartment – £5
Seam repair/ reinforcement – from £4.50
Joint Replacement – £15 per joint
Replacing paw pads -£7.50 per pad
Limb replacement (matching fabrics as closely as possible) – From £25
Patching/ Darning – from £8
Re-embroidering nose & mouth – £12
Replacing safety eyes/ noses £5 per feature
Restuffing – from £5
Making new clothes – From £25
“New skin!” Well, snakes do it, so why not teddies? I can make a new skin in a very similar fabric to exactly the same size and shape as your teddy, and put the original teddy inside the new skin (including the soul, of course.) It’s the same teddy, but with a complete makeover. – from £65
Or in the most drastic of cases where the teddy has been lost, we can recreate it from a photo. From £130