Gifts to Buy

Infants and Toddlers (area of HIGH NEED)

 

  • Musical mobiles (especially need washable mobiles without cloth parts)
  • Musical toys
  • Light up toys
  • Soft vinyl books and board books
  • Crib mirrors and toy links
  • Stacking toys
  • See and Says
  • Lullaby and soft music tapes and/or CDs
  • Busy boxes
  • Rattles and teethers
  • Push toys (lawn mower, stroller, shopping cart, "popcorn popper")

Preschool Age

 

  • Crayons and coloring books
  • Toy medical kits
  • Toy cash registers
  • Play food and dishes
  • Play tools
  • Washable (not cloth) baby dolls
  • Toy musical instruments
  • Wooden puzzles 
  • Pop-up books
  • Light up and musical toys
  • Play Doh and accessories
  • Construction toys like: Bristle Blocks, Duplo, wooden blocks, etc.
  • Simple games such as: Memory, color and number games
  • Little Tike and Fisher-Price action structures (house, farm, garage)
  • Little Tike and Fisher-Price action accessories like: people, animals, cars, planes, and furniture

School Age

 

  • All sorts of games like: Clue, Clue Jr., Monopoly Jr., Yahtzee, Yahtzee Jr., Connect  4, Uno, Guess Who, Trouble, Sorry, Apples to Apples, etc.
  • Etch-a-sketches
  • Magna Doodles
  • Travel games
  • Craft kits like: posters to color, beads, bead and hemp jewelry kits, ink stamp kits, stickers, paint kits, wood kits, etc.
  • Matchbox cars and trucks
  • Toy dinosaurs, insects animals
  • Non-violent action figures
  • Building sets - Lego, Bionicle, etc.
  • Barbie and Ken dolls and doll clothes
  • Walkie talkies
  • 60 and 100 piece puzzles

Teens (area of HIGH NEED)

  • Games for young adults like: Monopoly, Scrabble, Battleship, Life, checkers, chess, Scene It, Scattegories, etc.
  • Craft kits such as: latch hook, stitching, bead kits, leather craft, fabric painting, posters to color, etc.
  • Model kits (cars, planes, boats)
  • Journals and scrapbooks (blank) and materials
  • Disposable cameras
  • Lotion and bath gel sets
  • New fingernail polish
  • Walkman type radios, CD players or MP3 players
  • Hand Held electronic games (20 Questions, etc.)
  • Stationery sets
  • Attractive spiral bound notebooks
  • Playing cards
  • Phone cards
  • Gift certificates for movies, music, book stores, clothing, etc.
  • Word search, crossword puzzle, Suduko books

Audio/Visual Items and Game Systems

  • Blank CDs
  • CD Players
  • Recent release DVDs  (rated G, PG, or PG13)
  • CDs appropriate for children and youth
  • Small electronic keyboards
  • Play Station II systems and games*
  • Game Boy units and games*
  • Wii Systems and games*

* Games must be rated for all ages and be non-violent

Arts and Crafts Supplies

  • Glitter glue
  • Glue sticks
  • Safety scissors
  • Acrylic paint
  • Feathers
  • Construction paper
  • Finger paint paper
  • Sculpy or Fimo
  • Pom poms
  • Gel pens
  • Crayola Model Magic
  • Glue dots
  • Coloring posters
  • Glitter glue pens
  • Colored pencils
  • Scratch Magic Scratch Art sheets
  • Tacky glue
  • Stickers
  • Fancy edging scissors
  • Buttons
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Crepe paper
  • Glitter
  • Beads
  • Paint brushes
  • Shaving cream
  • Crayons
  • Paint with number books
  • Craft kits from Oriental Trading
  • Washable markers
  • Elmer's 3D paint pens 

Additional Gift Ideas

Large Toys

  • Little Tikes ride-ons such as: Cozy Coupe (red and yellow)
  • Little Tikes Explorer Wagons (green, tan and red - no other wagon styles are used in the hospital)

 

 

Books and Magazines

  • Donations of new and gently used children’s books and family-oriented magazines are welcome.
  • We especially need: I Spy books, board books, new coloring books, crossword and word search books.
  • The following types of materials are NOT acceptable: Encyclopedia, textbooks, news magazines over a year old, books or magazines with adult themes, religious themes, violent themes, or scary characters.

Other Gift Ideas

You may want to consider Gift Cards for patients and families from any of the following corporations that support Nationwide Children's Hospital:

  • Big Lots
  • Giant Eagle
  • Kohl's
  • Kroger
  • Macy's 
  • Meijer
  • Schottenstein Stores
  • Speedway/Super America
  • Wal-Mart