Wish List Items
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- Arts and Crafts Supplies
- Items for Infants
- Items for Toddlers and School-Age Children
- Items for Teens
- Homemade Items
Arts and Crafts Supplies
- Friendship bracelet string
- Glass beads
- Jewelry screw clasps
- Fishing line
- Bead animal kits
- Necklace and bracelet wire (round)
- Boondoggle, guimpe, lanyard material
- Small wooden or paper boxes – plain
- Sand art kits
- Small pots of water colors, poster and acrylic paints
- Paint brushes, especially mid-size - size of a pencil
- Stickers
- Colored pencils, markers, crayons
- Activity books
- Drawing pads
- Design pencils
- Blunt scissors, designer edge scissors
- Glue stick
- Glitter
Items for Infants
- Baby rattles
- Plastic crib toys
- Receiving blankets
- Crib mirrors
- Teethers
- Plastic and board picture books
- Lullaby Music
- Baby sleepers or outfits (preemie, small, medium or large)
- Sippy cups
- Halo sleep sack
- Baby undershirts (onesies) (preemie-24 months)
- Crib music boxes
- Connecting links
- Children’s thermometers
Items for Toddlers and School Age Children
- Coloring, activity or paint with water books
- Crayola washable crayons, markers or colored pencils
- Craft kits or art kits
- Small Fisher Price Sets or Little Tykes or Playskool toys
- Books (I SPY, musical, picture or Spanish)
- View finders with reels
- Games (e.g. Connect 4, Memory, Guess Who or Sorry)
- Playdoh & small Playdoh sets
- Lego kits
- Drawing boards (Magna Doodle or Etch-a-Sketch)
- Matchbox or hotwheel cars or trucks
- New stuffed animals
- Mittens or hats or scarves
- Multicultural dolls (cloth or plastic)
- Stickers
- Character bandages (latex-free)
Items for Teens
- Pocket and video games (Battleship, Yatzee, etc.)
- Personal care or lotion or cosmetic kits for boys or girls
- Playing cards or Uno
- Drawing pads, markers or colored pencils
- Craft kits or art sets
- Jewelry kits
- Nerf balls or soft sports balls
- Velvet coloring posters
- T-shirts (small through extra large)
- Sweatshirts and sweatpants (small through extra large)
- Slipper socks (women’s & men’s)
- Sports team posters, banners, clothing, books, etc.
- Plastic model car or truck kits with non-toxic cement
- Journals or diaries
Homemade Items
Our patients appreciate gifts that have been made especially for them. We also welcome book drives to help support our many playrooms and waiting rooms. Our most popular books are short children’s books. Below are some suggestions of items that have been very successful in bringing the children happiness.
- Activity books (word searches, mazes, etc.)*
- Craft kits for children to do (friendship bracelets, bead animals, etc.)*
- Blankets or lap quilts (for children 0-18 years)**
- Dolls (cloth, multicultural, plain)**
- Doll clothes and Barbie clothes**
- Seasonal door decorations (9” x 12” or smaller) – 25" per area or 75" in all
- Infant picture books (2” x 5”) tri-fold
- Puppets (finger or hand)**
- Pencil box with supplies*
- School work folders (folder, paper and pencil)*
- Small hug pillows (9” x 9”)**
- Stationary
- Sticker books
- Terrycloth bibs**
* Popular items
**We would like to request that all sewn cloth items are laundered before being donated. We also ask you to keep in mind the safety guidelines.
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