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General Wish List
University of Maryland Hospital for Children Child Life Department
These items are routinely used and most appropriate for entertaining children while in the hospital. While our patients range in age from a few hours old to 20 years old, many of our children are infants and toddlers and this list reflects the fact that we have a sizable need for play items for them. Items may be used for birthday/special celebration events or for general use in our activity rooms. Please remember that all items must be new.
Under $10
- Books:
- infant & toddler board books
- preschool picture books
- coloring books
- activity books (word search, crossword)
- Mad Libs
- Blank journals or sketch books
- Bubbles
- Character Band-Aids
- Blue's Clues
- Disney
- Dora
- SpongeBob
- Spiderman
- Crayola markers, crayons, colored pencils, paint sets
- Chap stick (variety of flavors)
- Decks of cards
- Disposable cameras
- Duncan yo yo's
- Fuzzy posters
- Hair care items (brushes, big tooth combs, pony tail holders, hair clips)
- Hotwheels® & Matchbox® cars
- Individual packets of Model Magic®
- Infant toys & rattles:
- Sensory blocks by Fisher Price
- Snap beads
- Stacking toys
- Sassy brand items
- wrist & foot "jingles"
- Koosh® balls
- Kids' and teen magazines
- LEGO® sets
- Nail polish, remover, & fingernail files
- Plastic mazes and puzzle games
- Puzzles - 24, 40, 60, 100 pieces
- Play Doh® (regular & party pack sizes)
- Scrapbooking supplies
- Small craft kits
- Stickers
- Silly string
- Stress balls
- Wrapping paper & gift bags - birthday and special celebrations
Under $20
- Action figures - Rescue Heroes®, Spiderman, & Batman in particular
- Books - Pop up books, I Spy books, Look-A-Like books, Where's Waldo books,
talking books, spanish books
- Building blocks - especially Duplo® and Bristle Blocks®
- Board games:
| Battleship® |
Don't Break the Ice® |
| Chess/checkers |
Monopoly® |
| Sorry® |
Trouble® |
| Connect 4® |
Guess Who® |
| Candy Land® |
Chutes & Ladders® |
- CD's and audio tapes of classical music, lullaby music, sing-a-long music
(Raffi, Wee Sing, Pooh Corner, Spanish language, "Transitions" by Placenta
Music, Inc.)
- Craft kits
- Character slippers with safety skid soles (toddler and preschool size)
- Dolls with plastic bodies
- DVD movies (recent releases - G, PG, & PG-13 only)
- Fisher Price®, Playskool®, Discovery Toys® infant, toddler and preschool
toys
- Gift cards for special event planning (Michael's, Target, Toys R Us, Blockbuster,
Walmart and grocery stores for food activities)
- Model kits - snap and glue
- Music boxes and busy boxes
- Kaleidescopes
- Koosh® balls, Koosh® Hoops and over-the-door basketball hoops
- Puzzles - 40, 60, 100 pieces
- Plain white t-shirts for painting - S, M, L
- Stuffed animals (must be brand new)
- Spanish videos (Disney and popular children's titles)
- Toys with lights and noises
- Travel size and regular size Etch-A-Sketches®, Magna Doodles®, Connect 4®,
etc
- Travel toiletry bags
Under $50
- Boom boxes (dual cassette and cd player preferable)
- Gift cards for special event planning (Michael's, Target, Toys R Us, Blockbuster,
Walmart and grocery stores for food activities)
- Hand-held electronic games (Tetris® is popular)
- Non-violent video games (E-rated) for X Box 360 & Playstation 2
- Video game controllers for X Box®, Playstation 2® & Nintendo 64®
- Washable crib mobiles (especially musical)
This page was last updated on: March 13, 2008.
For more information about UMHC or to make an appointment,
please call
1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).
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