CHLA patients prefer toys from the list below as they can be used during recovery in a hospital bed.  Toys from well-established brands such as Fisher-Price, Playskool, and Leap Frog are also popular with our patients.

All Ages

• Sweat Pants
• T-Shirts
• Play Doh
• Underwear

Infants (0-12 months)

• New baby clothes (sleepers, onesies)
• Interactive Crib Toys
• Rattles (musical keys)
• Musical Crib Mobiles
• Musicals with lights
• Board books

Toddlers (13 months – 2 years)

• Interactive toys with lights & music
• Cars /Trucks (appropriate for ages under 3)
• Soft Baby Dolls (appropriate for under age 3)
• Pop-Up Toys

School-Age (4 -11 Years)

• Model Planes/Cars (recent models)
• Barbie/Bratz Dolls
• Super Hero Action Figures
• Remote Control Cars
• Barbie/Bratz Clothes
• Puzzles (100-piece & under)
• “Dora the Explorer”
• Anything with Dinosaurs
• K’Nex or Leggos
• Bubbles (no attachments)
• Transformers
• Super Bounce Ball
• Craft Kits

Teens & Young Adults

• (12 Years & Above)
• Bath & Body Works lotions/gel sets
• UNO Cards
• Life
• DVD/CD Players
• Playing Cards
• Connect Four
• Craft Kits (Teen Level-challenging)
• Fuzzy Brand
• Battleship
• Bead Kits (Teen Level-challenging)
• – Velvet Art Boxes
• -Velvet Art Posters
• Operation
• Hand-held Electronic Games
• Monopoly