Every stuffed animal repair shop we hold

A fibre artist in Cincinnati running a stuffed animal hospital alongside making and selling her own. The clearest published price list of any US repairer here, and a same-day appointment for local people whose child cannot sleep without the toy.

A doll restorer who writes up every job she does, in detail, with the reasoning. She sculpts missing porcelain in Apoxie two-part putty, then sands and airbrushes it; she built a whole new cloth body around a family's heirloom doll head; and she says plainly that gluing on a wig is far cheaper than re-rooting hair. Also takes mohair Steiff, which she warns is fragile enough that pulling a needle too hard puts a hole in it.

Nicole repairs stuffed animals, fabric-bodied dolls and pet toys from a clinic in Madison, Alabama, taking work in by post and by local drop-off. She mends tears, holes, faces and limbs, cleans and brushes out matted plush, and makes memory bears and weighted bears, with prices published from $50 and free estimates.

A doll and teddy bear hospital west of Chicago, run by the same person for over forty years and now working from home. Everything starts with a paid examination, in person or by post, and most toys have to be cleaned before any repair begins. It takes stuffed animals as readily as dolls, and accepts donated toys for parts.

Deborah Castaldo runs a one-person stuffed animal restoration and repair service in New Hampshire. The pages crawled are mostly about how she works: the job is agreed in a written document first, photos are sent midway through, and there are no refunds once the work is done.

A stuffed animal repair service in Omaha run by Janice Bjornstad, covering ripped seams, missing facial features, limb reattachment, joint repair, fur weaving, restuffing and hand washing. You text photos to get a free quote, but parts of the website are unfinished and still carry template placeholder text.

Celia Baham, an award-winning bear designer and pattern author of more than twenty-five years, who also takes on bear restoration and conservation. Named in the Susan Quinlan Doll and Teddy Bear Museum's own conservation links list, which is a recommendation from inside the trade.

A specialist cleaner of thirty-five years with a dedicated soft toy service, in store in Scottsdale and by post from anywhere in the country or the world. They clean, sanitise and deodorise inside and out, and they draw a careful distinction between a plushie, a soft toy and a stuffed animal by what the eyes and nose are made of. Cleaning, not repair.

Every bear Vermont Teddy Bear makes carries a lifetime guarantee. If anything happens to it you send it to their Bear Hospital in Shelburne and they repair or replace it, free, for as long as the bear exists. Their own bears only, and unlike Build-A-Bear you post it rather than walk in.

A Tallahassee dry cleaner of twenty-five years with a fire and flood restoration arm, fur and leather work, and complimentary pickup and delivery. Their advice on hurricane damage is the most useful thing they publish: photograph everything before you clean or throw anything away, because documentation decides what an insurer will pay for and what a restorer can save.

Every Build-A-Bear store runs a Bear Hospital: stitching, restuffing, a brush and a clean bill of health, free, in about five minutes while you wait. There is one catch and it is a big one. They only take Build-A-Bear bears.

A stuffed animal restoration service run by Danielle, working to three set packages: full restoration at $250, partial at $190, and a $100 memorial package that cleans the toy and puts it in a custom memory envelope. Restorations run by appointment, the next slots open on 1 September 2026, and there is no fixed turnaround.

Tina runs a mail-in stuffed toy cleaning and restoration service, with a standard package that unstuffs, deep cleans, restuffs and brushes a toy, plus customisation on top. Enquiries have been closed since a wave of demand in 2021, and she also sells one-to-one video sessions teaching you to do the repair yourself.

A postal stuffed animal repair service started in 1983 by Sally Winey, working to three set packages: clean and restuff, stitching and part replacement, and full restoration. They rebuild missing limbs and take on dog-attack damage, and the price includes shipping the toy back to you.