Holiday Wish List

Top 10 most needed items

1. New small to medium sized stuffed animals
2. Arts & crafts kits for patients at bedside
3. Coloring books, crayons and washable markers
4. Activity supplies for teens
5. Parties in a box - see subject heading below for more information
6. Board games, card games and puzzles
7. DVDs & CDs
8. Video games
9. Gift Cards for patient activities and supplies (Target, Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble, Michael’s, JoAnn’s, Ralph’s, Vons)
10. New small to medium sized blankets – quilted, fleece, crocheted or knitted

Entertainment

• DVD movies rated G, PG, PG-13 in English, Spanish and Korean
• Games rated EC, E, E10+, T for Xbox 360, Original Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube and Wii (Most requested games: Super Mario, soccer, racing)
• Playstation 3 gaming system with games rated EC, E, E10+, T
• Starlight Starbright Fun Center System
• CD boom box
• CDs for infants, children and teens in English, Spanish, and Korean
• Handheld video game systems
• DVD/VCR player
• New 19” TV or larger

Parties In A Box

Sponsor a patient activity by providing themed arts and crafts supplies, disposable cameras, paper products, gift cards for groceries, etc.
Please provide enough supplies for 30-50 participants.

Some ideas are listed here.

• Beach day or a Hawaiian luau
• Holiday activities (Valentine’s Day, July 4th, Halloween, etc.)
• Mother’s Day or Father’s Day workshop or boutique
• New release movies (provide the DVD with matching toys, activities, and paper products)
• Outing sponsorship

Medical Play

• Blank cloth dolls wearing hospital gowns
• Fabric paints and markers
• Surgical caps
• Doctor play sets
• Operation game

Items to aide in distraction and coping

• Magnet books
• Colored rain sticks
• Glitter wands
• Handheld light toys/fiber optics
• Find it tubes
• Individual size bubble bottles
• Search-and-find books: I spy and Where’s Waldo
• Musical push button toys
• View Masters with cartridges
• Leap Pad learning systems
• Handheld electronic games – Yahtzee, Connect 4, 20 questions, racing

Arts and craft supplies

• Jewelry items: beads, elastic cord, clasps, jewelry wire, etc.
• Jewelry making kits
• Washable markers, colored pencils and crayons sets
• Sketch pads
• Fuse beads with peg shapes
• Klutz how-to craft books
• Coloring books
• Crayons (prefer boxes of 8 and 24)
• Sand art
• Embroidery and latch hook rug kits
• Watercolor paints
• Paint by number kits
• Playdough and Crayola Model Magic
• Wood shapes for painting
• Craft projects for teens
• Scrap booking materials (rubber stamps and stamp pads, decorative papers, colored cardstock, construction paper, paper punches, edging scissors, stickers)
• Elmer’s Washable Glue and gluesticks
• Fabric paints and markers
• Stickers and foam shapes

Books

• Books for all ages in English and Spanish
• Journals
• Board books
• Coloring Books
• I Spy and Where’s Waldo style books
• Sound books
• Word Search books or printed packets in English and Spanish

Games & Puzzles

• Puzzles (large floor puzzles, preschool wooden board puzzles, crosswords, word search, jigsaw under 200 pieces)
• Games for English and Spanish speakers (Checkers, Chess, Connect 4, Mancala, Operation, Trouble, Jenga, Scrabble, Sequence, Sorry, Yahtzee, Triominos, etc.)
• Playing Cards (UNO, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, etc.)

Infants Items

• Infant-safe SAFARI stuffed animals
• Rattles
• Infant Mobiles (must not include any plush/cloth items)
• Crib side mounted toys (light up soothers and mirrors)
• Infant activity centers
• Board books or soft plastic books
• Plastic toys with lights and sounds
• Pop- up toys
• Busy Boxes
• Shapes and blocks

Toddler Items

• Fisher Price items
• Shapes puzzle box
• Toys with lights and sounds
• Pop- up toys
• Busy Boxes
• Push button toys
• Snap and lock beads
• Shapes and blocks
• Toy cash register
• Plastic kitchen food and playhouse dishes
• Playtime doctor kits
• Toddler-safe toys - cars, school bus, farm animals, dinosaurs, etc.

Children

• School Kits – backpack w/ notebook, pencils, pens, markers, paper, rulers, calculator, etc.
• Coloring sets or paint-by-number
• Bratz, My Scene and Barbie Dolls
• Cars – Hot Wheels and Remote Control
• Latch hook sets

Teen items

• Hair-styling items (hairdryers, curling irons, hair brushes, hair accessories)
• Nail polish and makeup sets for teen girls
• Nail care sets for males and females
• Stationary and journals
• Learn-to-do kits – drawing, crochet, knit, origami, calligraphy
• Scrapbooking kits
• Small photo albums
• Handbags
• Bracelet / jewelry making kits
• Portable CD or MP3 players with headphones
• Sports equipment – basketballs, soccer balls, padded volleyballs, Nerf
• Electronic dart boards