Make and Mend through Palatine Library is a community learning series for anyone who wants to learn by doing. Each Saturday session offers a new opportunity to explore practical skills, discover useful tools and equipment, and get hands-on experience making, maintaining, or repairing everyday things. Materials at booths to complete repairs are provided for free.
This Saturday's Theme is Play, Page, and Pedal.
Learn the basics of caring for and repairing toys, books, and bikes through hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations. Practice simple repairs, explore common tools and equipment, and learn how to use them safely and confidently.
Learn the basics of caring for and repairing toys, books, and bikes through hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations. Practice simple repairs, explore common tools and equipment, and learn how to use them safely and confidently.
Our booths will include activities and information on:
- Mike's Bikes will be in to help with information on maintaining bikes
- Stuffed Animal Hospital will be a booth showing you how to hand sew your favorite friends back together
- Providing information on Toy Battery Basics so that you can safely clean and replacing batteries
- Other simple toy cleaning tips
- Book Tape Mending Booth where we'll show you different methods to repair books with special tape
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Other general tool overviews with screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, allen keys, measuring tools, drills, etc.
Special thanks to Palatine Cool Cities for co-running this event and to Mike's Bikes for coming in to assist with bikes! Please bring a toy, book, or bike to get hands-on guidance on how to fix it and learn proper use of common tools at interactive booths. Materials provided. Sign up begins 8/29. All ages.
Anyone interested in volunteering to help lead repairs and organization at these events or that would like their business present should reach out to Selicia Applegate at sapplegate@palatinelibrary.org
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 12, 2026
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
Saturday, September 12, 2026
1:00pm–4:00pm
Location
700 N. North Ct. Palatine, IL 60067
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
https://www.palatinelibrary.org/event/workshop-repair-cafe-hold-229061?language_content_entity=en
Contact Information
Selicia Applegate, Workshop Manager (She/Her)
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