Child Life's Wishlist

Your generosity in providing donations of gifts and handmade items goes a long way towards brightening a patient’s hospital stay. This list contains suggestions for gifts and for other items that are used during a child’s hospitalization.

Current Specific Needs

  • DVDs and PlayStation (1 or 2) games (new or used)
  • Small boxes of crayons (4-8 crayons per pack)
  • 4”x 6” photo paper for printing digital pictures
  • Craft supplies
  • Groove-It and Bop-It
  • Infant toys
  • Infant crib mobiles – all plastic, no cloth parts
  • Stain-glass paper for windows
  • Birthday Gift Bags
  • “Guess Who” Board Games
  • Bubbles (small bottles)
  • Only new, non-toxic paint, glue or craft supplies can be accepted.

Age Specific Items Needed

Infants (birth to 1 year)

  • Baby Einstein DVD series
  • Bath toys
  • Blankets
  • Bumble Balls
  • Chubby books
  • Diaper bags
  • Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium
  • Light up toys
  • Mobiles (all plastic, no cloth parts)
  • Pacifiers
  • Pop up/cause and effect toys
  • Rattles
  • Sassy toys
  • Soft stuffed animals
  • Star Stacking Toy (lights up and plays music when you stack the stars)
  • V-tech toys
  • Baby gym
  • Bibs
  • Bottles
  • Busy Boxes
  • Crib toys
  • Fisher Price Bounce and Giggle Kitty or dog (other animals if available)
  • Leap Frog toys
  • Mirrors
  • Music CDs
  • Musical toys
  • Plastic infant toys
  • Rain sticks
  • Ring stacks
  • Snap beads
  • Squeak toys
  • Teethers

Toddlers (1 to 3 years)

  • Audio Books
  • Blocks
  • Bubbles
  • Cars and trucks
  • Housekeeping toys
  • Music CDs
  • Pop-up books
  • See-n-Says
  • Sippy cups
  • Toy animals
  • Waffle blocks
  • Wooden puzzles
  • Balls
  • Bubble blower
  • Bumble Ball
  • Character toys (Barney, Bob the Builder, Dora the Explorer, Blues’ Clues, Sesame Street, Winnie the Pooh, etc.)
  • Light up toys
  • Musical toys
  • Push-pull toys
  • Shape sorters
  • Toddler Duplos
  • Toy phones
  • Wind up TV/radio

Pre-schoolers (4 to 5 years)

  • Action figures
  • Barbie accessories
  • Bubble tumblers (no spill)
  • Card games
  • Dress up accessories
  • Hot Wheels
  • Legos
  • Lucky Ducks game
  • Model Magic
  • Playdoh and accessories
  • Puppy Racers
  • Rescue Heroes
  • Scooby Doo accessories
  • Thomas the Tank Engine or other train sets
  • Audio Books
  • Barbie and Ken dolls (all races)
  • Building toys
  • Character slippers
  • Fisher Price games
  • K'nex
  • Lincoln Logs
  • Memory
  • Nerf balls
  • Pretty Pretty Princess
  • Puzzles (24 pieces)
  • Rescue Rangers
  • Sound books

School Aged (6 to 12 years)

  • Action figures
  • Barbie and Ken dolls
  • Body glitter
  • Book bags, back packs, purses
  • Bratz dolls
  • Clue
  • Craft kits
  • Guess Who
  • Hand held games
  • K'nex kits
  • Lip Smackers
  • Make-up kits
  • Monopoly Jr.
  • Nerf basketball sets
  • Powerpuff Girls accessories
  • Scooby Doo accessories
  • Snap together model cars
  • Sponge Bob Square Pants
  • Sport balls
  • Trouble
  • Yahtzee Jr.
  • Barbie accessories
  • Battleship
  • Boggle
  • Books (e.g. Harry Potter, Goosebumps)
  • Checkers
  • Connect 4
  • Groovy Girls
  • Hair accessories
  • Hello Kitty
  • Lego kits
  • Mad Libs/puzzle books
  • Mancala
  • Nail polish
  • Nerf sport sets
  • Puzzles
  • Simon
  • Sorry
  • Temporary tattoos
  • UNO
  • Yo-yos

Adolescents (12 years and older)

  • Bath gels
  • Boxer shorts
  • Card games
  • CD’s of current music
  • Clue
  • Craft kits
  • Gift certificates (Blockbuster, Target, Old Navy)
  • Hats/visors
  • Journals
  • Lotions
  • Make-up
  • Model sets (cars, etc.)
  • Nail polish
  • Picture frames
  • Poster pictures to paint
  • Scattergories
  • Sport balls
  • Stationary
  • Tapes/CDs
  • Uno
  • Yahtzee
  • Books
  • Cameras -- regular or disposable
  • Catch Phrase
  • CD cases
  • Cosmetic bags
  • Cranium
  • Gym bags
  • Jewelry
  • Key chains
  • Mancala
  • Manicure kits
  • Monopoly
  • Nerf basketball sets
  • Phone cards
  • Posters
  • Skip-Bo
  • Sport team/entertainer memorabilia
  • T-shirts
  • Teen computer games
  • Walkman

Activity Room Needs and Items Staff Use With Patients

Electronics

  • Laptop Computer
  • DVDs -- G, PG, PG-13 (especially new releases and teen movies)
  • PlayStation 1 or 2 games
  • Game Boy color games/other hand-held games
  • CD Walkmans with earphones
  • CDs -- Radio Disney, Disney collection, popular kids' movie soundtracks

Arts & Crafts

  • Art supplies -- Crayons, jumbo crayons (preschool-size), washable markers, blunt scissors, glue (Elmer’s and Tacky), colored pencils, glitter glue, etc.
  • Playdoh/Model Magic and accessories
  • Swirl Art (Toys R Us)
  • Non-holiday coloring books, Crossword Puzzles, Word Find Books
  • Blank Journals
  • Poster Board
  • Puffy Paint
  • Fabric Markers
  • Glitter
  • Plain T-shirts (Sizes 2T – Adult XL)
  • Scrapbooking Supplies
  • Small Photo Albums
  • Embroidery floss
  • Small beads

Department Needs

  • Snoezelen products
  • White noise or other soothing noise machine
  • Environment CDs
  • Children's books on medical diagnosis or about the body
  • Flash Drive
  • Digital Camera
  • Portable Printer for Digital Camera
  • 4”x 6” photo paper for printing digital pictures
  • Polaroid Instamatic Cameras
  • Polaroid film
  • Disposable Cameras with flash
  • Batteries (AAA, AA, C, D)
  • Mini containers of bubbles
  • Small boxes of crayons (4-8 crayons per pack)
  • Party Blowers
  • Fun Toothbrushes
  • Stickers
  • View Finders
  • “I Spy” Books