Saturday, May 16, 2009

St. Luke's Hospital for Broken Toys

So our toy hospital (box with a red cross sign on it) was filling up and it was time to address our patients' needs. Basically the drill is, when I or the boys notice a toy in distress (broken) it goes in the box. **Note: if it is very beloved it might get priority service. I assess the repairability and some are thrown away. Those that can be saved go on a waiting list for surgery. What can I say, our funding is limited feel free to donate...

Today we set up the hospital in the dining room and got to work.



First up: simple dinosaur stitches...
The interns did very well after the instructions - they are sewing! I am such a proud mother!!!




We did some wood glueing together, but I kept the superglue to myself. That's all I need is the boys' glued to each other or some plastic and a real trip to the emergency room.
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7 comments:

  1. What a cute idea. I am totally copying that one!!

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  2. sooooo cute! I love it that you are exposing your kids to the art of "repairing" as always, so creative!

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  3. You are the BEST Mom! I love to read all the interesting things you do with your boys. They are so lucky!

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  4. That is a cool idea. I love having an emergency room where the kids can help repair their toys. I'll have to keep a better look out for broken toys, right now I can't even think of any! Maybe I'll have to go sabatoge a few so we can have all the fun you guys are.

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  5. What a fantastic idea (and a fantastic mommy!) I may have to do this. My poor daughter actually asked Santa to sew her teddy bear up.

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