Items sure to make a kid smile
Card game decks - Uno, others
Handheld games - 20Q, Yahtzee, others
Jewelry or bead kits
Matchbox cars
Art or craft kits for kids
Cartoon figures - Spongebob, Spiderman, My Little Pony
Bionicles, small Lego kits
Disposable Cameras
Small Etch-a-Sketch or DoodlePro
Hand held games
Infants (0–18 Months)
Baby blocks
Books — cardboard or vinyl
Duplo blocks
Music boxes, musical radios
Push toys, carts
Rattles
Shape sorters
Stacking rings, cubes, cups
Teething rings
Toy telephones
Toddler/Preschool (18 months–4 years)
Blocks
Dressing dolls
Farm animals
Infant dolls
Linking toys
Little People sets
Musical toys, instruments
Peaceful Aquariums
Play food and kitchen toys
Play medical kit
Pop-up books
Puzzles of 10 pieces or fewer
See'n'Say
School age (5–12 years)
Beads and jewelry making kits
Board games
Bubble machines
Cars and trucks
Coloring books — non-violent
Crayons, colored pencils
Dinosaurs Geo Safari and game packs
Handicraft kits
Handheld games
Modeling clay (air-drying)
Nerf Ball games
Paints (tempera and watercolor)
Play-doh Fun Factories
Playing card games
Puzzles, 25–100 pieces
Science/nature model/craft kits
Stickers
Adolescents (13 years and up)
Back packs, tote bags
Books
Calculators
Cameras
CD players - portable with headphones
Computer games (E rating)
Hand-held game units
Gift cards for music, department stores
Jewelry kits
Make-up starter kits
Model kits — challenging
Painting sets
Picture frames
Playing cards
Posters Puzzles, 300 pieces
Sports paraphernalia — t-shirts, cups, posters
Stationary, diaries, notepads, calendars
Stress squeeze balls
Toiletries (nail care, brushes, combs, pins)
Movies/Music/Video Games
Please note that we do not currently have a need for VHS tapes (videos) in the hospital, but DVDs are welcome.
Gift cards from iTunes
Latest releases of DVD movies with G or PG13 ratings, nonviolent. Movies for teens are especially needed.
Nonviolent video games for Playstation 2, X Box, X Box 360 and GameCube.
Items needed for the playrooms
Especially needed are small 2 oz. containers of play-doh, and small arts & crafts kits for kids
Art Kits
Glitter pens
Craft sticks
Pipe cleaners
Glitter/sequins
Self-drying art clay
Stickers
Watercolors
Play-doh
Markers
Paints/brushes
Safety scissors
Beads