Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department Wish List
Department and Patient Gift Use
We appreciate your interest. There are many items to consider. These are some suggestions of
items that fare well in the hospital environment as well as serve as great gifts to help us
celebrate special milestones and holidays that the children may experience while in the
hospital. Thank you for your consideration!
Due to infection control policies, all items must be brand new with tags.
Gift and Program Use Ideas
Infants (0-18 months)
Toy brands to consider: Fisher-Price, Lamaze, Chicco, Playskool, Sassy, Tiny Love, and Baby Einstein,
Usborne, Jellycat, Infantino, Gymboree and Manhattan Toys. Items are suggested from these companies
as they have been identified as well constructed and safe for infants.
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Crib toys
Rattles
Board books
Musical toys
Busy boxes
Crib mirrors
Stacking toys
Simple cotton clothing
Lullaby CDs
Sound machines
Links
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Oballs
Winkels
The First Years BPA Free GumDrop Infant
Pacifiers™ – 2 Pack
Stacking Toys
WubbaNub Infant Pacifier
Toddlers/Preschoolers (18 months - 5 years)
Toy brands to consider: Fisher-Price, LeapFrog, Playskool, Little Tikes, Melissa & Doug, Crayola. Items
are suggested from these companies as they have been identified as well constructed, safe and
educational for toddlers.
• Popular character items (Sesame Street, Dora, Disney, Doc McStuffins, Paw Patrol, Thomas the
Train, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Nemo, Dory)
• Jumbo knob wooden puzzles
• Building blocks
• Musical instruments
• Simple art kits/supplies
• Baby dolls
• Plastic animals, dinosaurs
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Cause and effect toys
Imaginative play toys (dress-up, pretend
food, play tools and playhouse items)
Cars, trucks, trains and planes
Push/Pull Toys
Super hero action figures
Board books and simple story books
Magna Doodle
School-age (6-12 years)
• LEGO™ sets (small and medium sizes)
• LEGO™ Brickmaster sets
• LEGO™ Mixels
• Hot Wheels™ cars and track sets
• Character items (StarWars, Shopkins,
DreamWorks Trolls, Harry Potter,
Minions, Ninja Turtles, Transformers,
Pokemon,etc.)
• Hatchimals
• Little Live Pets
• Pillow Pets™
• Craft sets (Crayola, Totally Me)
• Nerf™ basketball hoops
• Magnetic Dart boards
• Remote controlled cars/robots
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Fisher-Price™ medical play kits
LEGO Duplo Read and Build™ sets
Fisher-Price Little People™ activity sets
Fisher-Price Little People™ people
Playskool™ brand Playdoh™
Fisher Price Spiral Speedway
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Card games (Uno, Skip-Bo, Spot It,
Playing cards)
Goldie Blox sets
Basic Fun View Master
Super Hero Action Figures
Magna Tiles by Valtech
Twister Tracks by Mindscope
Games: Original versions of Sorry,
Headbandz, Life, Jenga, Connect Four,
Monopoly, Battleship, Clue, Beat the
Parents, Apples to Apples
Gift cards ($10, $15) Target, iTunes,
Walmart, Toys R Us
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Teens (12 -17 years)
• Air Hogs™ Remote Control
• Fingernail polish/nail care kits
• Glass beads and jewelry-making sets
• Digital cameras
• Blue tooth speakers
• Popular sports team caps, t-shirts, sweatshirts
• Magnetic dart boards
• Pajama bottoms, slippers
• Model kits- 3D Laser metal models and tools
• Perplexus™ puzzles
• Ear buds
• Journals and gel pens
• Hand-held electronic games (20 questions, Bop-it, Simon, Scrabble Catch Phrase)
• Gift cards ($15, $20) Target, iTunes, Lids, Game Stop, Forever 21, Claire’s, Amazon, Sephora, Old
Navy
• Gift cards ($5, $10) Jamba Juice, Starbucks, McDonalds, Chipotle, iTunes, Taco Bell
Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy Department
These items will help support the Child Life and Creative Art Therapy Department throughout
the year, while providing fun activities for hospitalized children
Electronics
• Portable DVD players
• Nintendo 3DS XL
• Nintendo 3DS XL games
• Wii games
• XBOX 360 games
• PS3 games
• PS2 games
• New-release DVDs (all genre, ratings G, PG, PG-13)
• Classic and newer release Disney DVD's
• Air hockey table-top game
• iPad™ games or additions (Carbots, etc)
• Olympus digital voice recorders
• Blue Tooth Speakers
• Universal phone chargers
Art Supplies
• Crayola™ watercolor sets
• Water color paper
• Sketch books
• Yarn/ Knitting & crochet needles
• Paint by number sets
• Elmer’s Glue™ sticks
• Beads (glass and plastic)
• White Sculpey™ clay
• Crayola™ felt-tipped markers
• Gel pens/ Sharpie pen sets
• Canvas boards
• Crayola™ colored pencils
• Crayola™ model magic
• Fiskars™ blunt-tip scissors
• Crayola™ crayons (8-,16-,24- or more count)
• Fabric Markers
• Paint brushes
• Five-by-seven-inch scrapbooks and photo books or scrapbook sets
• Stickers
• Felt coloring posters
• Coloring books
Miscellaneous
• Chapstick™
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Bubbles
Dry erase boards (black or white) with pens
Playcraft Sport 40-Inch Table Top Air Hockey
Fingernail polish
Hair-care products
Self-care kits (face wash, deodorant, hand sanitizer, body wash)
Word search books, Sudoku, crossword puzzles, etc
Colorful/Character non-latex band-aids
New stuffed animals
Big Brother/Big Sister items
Treasure Box items (toys $5 and under)
Gift Cards for program use of any monetary amount (Target, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart,
Michaels, JoAnn’s)
I Spy and Seek and Find Books
Plain White Pillowcases
Weighted blankets www.sensorygoods.com
Nurture Smart Mobiles www.playabilitytoys.com
Magazine subscriptions for children and teens made in the name of the Child Life
Department
My Baby’s Heart Beat Bear
Handmade Items
Patterns and specifications can be located on the
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/children/clinical_services/child_life_program/index.html
webpage under handmade items.
• Fleece tied blankets
• Quilts
• Pillow cases with patterned fabric
• Weighted blankets
• Infant hats
• Plain Canvass Bags
• Muslin dolls
• Taggies
• Infant Flannel Blankets
• Scent Squares
• Weighted Heart Pillows
• Beads of Courage Bags
• Craft Kits