Thank you for your interest in providing toys and other needed items for the patients at Children’s Hospital Colorado. They cannot accept used items or bubbles. To assist you in your gift choices, here are a few suggestions:
Toys for Infants and Toddlers
There are many children in the hospital that are in this age group (1 month-3 years). Items that work best are those with few pieces and are easily disinfected (nothing cloth). Rattles Infant Mobiles (Wimmer Ferguson black & white) Cribside mounted toys (washable) peaceful aquariums Squeeze toys Rubber balls - all sizes Shape sorters Pounding Toys (pound and ball set, hammering bench) Books-sound, cardboard, vinyl, pop-up, English and Spanish Light up infant toys Baby gyms/activity centers Pop-up Toys Music box Teethers Crib Mirrors Dublo boxes Lullaby & soft music CD’s & tapes See & Says Infant Bouncy Seats (vibrating) Boppy Pillows & Covers Baby Einstein items Toddler riding & push toys Toy phones Duplo blocks Strike a ball Infant dolls: both genders, all ethnicities Puzzles 10 pieces or less Stacking toys Rescue heros Little Tykes (wagons, push cars, riding toys) Toy cash register Play mobile sets Kitchen sets with plastic food Infant bead mazes Fisher Price Little People sets, play sets, farm animals furniture, farm garage, castle, medical play etc. |
Items for Teenaged Patients
Adolescent clothing (pajamas for girls, t-shirts, sweat shirts, sweat pants, sports clothing for boys, sweaters, hoodies etc.) Colorful body pillows Purses: cut/trendy, over the shoulder, etc. Arts & Crafts: bead kits, scrapbooking kits, fuzzy felt posters, stained glass, fuse bead with peg shapes. Bean bag chairs Book sets Blank journals Book – adolescent theme, English & Spanish Video’s/DVD’s No R rated: English & Spanish Exercise mats – plastic/vinyl Models Nail polish sets Cases of Puffs Plus tissues Klulz Arts & Crafts books Puzzles 500-1,000 pieces Games: Othello, Battleship, Trouble, Clue, Connect 4, playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry, Yahtzee, Tri-Ominos, Catch Phrase, Uno, Skip Bo etc. Magazine subscriptions (Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for kids, fashion, Teen) Disposable cameras Video Game Systems (Playstation 2, GameCube, X-Box) Handheld Video Game Systems (Gameboy Advance, PSP) Video Games for all of the above systems: (games must be rated with "E" or "T") Extra controllers for video game systems Polaroid film Headphones for CD players Portable CD players with AM/FM radio CD boom boxes/stereos Blank cassette tapes and video tapes CD ROM games for computer (educational/ painting programs/entertaining) DVD players Polaroid cameras with film Blank cassette tapes and video tapes Gift cards in $20.00 increments (Target, Best Buy, Gap etc.) |
Items Always Needed
Markers Colored Pencils Crayons (8 pack) Water color paints Play dough Pony Beads Sketch pads, word searches, cross word puzzles Puzzles 24-500 pieces Playing cards Small Lego & Kinex kits Spanish language books and videos Glue & glue sticks Scissors Batteries: C,D,AA,AAA Search & find books: Where’s Waldo, I Spy etc. Craft kits |