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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Approved Patient Gift List St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Approved Patient Gift List ♥Infant/Toddler Monster High Dolls ♥Crayola Washable Marker Mosaic crafts Unfortunately, we cannot Bouncy Seats Little Pet Shop ♥Crayons/Color pencils Board Books distribute or use any of the Portable Baby Swings Walkie Talkies Fuzzy velvet poster coloring kits Glue Sticks following items: Rattles (no cloth) My Little Pony ♥Coloring Books Scissors Stuffed Animals, Food, Toy Guns, Baby Einstein Items Lalaloopsy Foam Sticker Sets I Spy Books Candy, Cloth Body Dolls, Balloons Fisher-Price/Playskool Toys K'Nex Stickers Picture Books (English/Spanish) Porcelain Dolls, VHS Movies, Soap Musical Activity Centers (All Plastic Parts) Revell Snaptite Plastic Model Kits Small Dry Erase Board & Markers Audio Books Bubble Mixtures Cardboard/Audio books Carebears Plastic Model Magic by Playdough Small bead kits Used items of any kind and Snap-Tite No Glue Models (only) Ride On Toys Toddler/Preschool Arts, Crafts (small kits) ♥Electronics PS Vitas Duplo Blocks View Master PSP Handheld Game Consoles Nintendo DS Games Play Cell Phones Remote Control Cars Nintendo DS Consoles iPods Baby Born/Loves to Cuddle Baby Dolls Magnadoodles MP3 Players iPod docking stations Play Dish Sets and Play Food CD Players/CDs/Cases all genres iPod/iPad/iPhone Accessories Per Doctor's Orders: Wooden and Plastic Puzzles (only) ♥Adolescent Headphones/Earbuds ♥Wii Games To maximize the effectiveness of ♥Fisher Price/Playskool Items Glass Bead Kits Kindle ♥Xbox Games patient treatment and reduce ♥Fisher Price Little People (figures) Journals Portable DVD Player ♥PS 3 Games chances of infection or serious Sponge Bob/Bob the Builder Nail Polish Kits Digital Cameras allergic reactions: Handmade/fabric ♥Thomas the Train/Handy Manny Playsets Individual Nail Polish Remover Pads Web Cams items should be sealed in a Ziploc Tonka ChuckTrucks and Cars Cosmetic Bags ♥ New Release DVD's(rated G, PG or PG13) bag prior to shipping. This includes: Dora the Explorer Purses/Wallets Television Series Season DVD's Do-Rags, Bandana Head Covering, Shape Sorter Toys Scarves/Hats Amazon Quilts, Tote Bags,Bibs and Burp Pads. Push button/Interactive Books Model Kits- cars, etc ♥Gift Certificates/Cards Minecraft V-Tech Interactive Toys Chapter Books Toys r Us Target Leapster Items Wal-Mart Wizards 101 Bionicles (small and medium sizes) Board Games and Travel Games Old Navy Starbucks Sesame Street Items Apples to Apples Sequence Best Buy Leap pads Trouble Guess Who Kmart Cardboard/Audio books Taboo Pictionary ♥I tunes/ Apple Toolbench/Toolsets Monolopy Catch 22 Picture Books (Spanish & English) Balderdash Connect Four Misc. Items Current character items Guesstures Jenga ♥ International Pre-paid phone cards iSpy Books Guess Who Uno Disposable Cameras Scattergories Sorry School Age Perfection Skip-Bo ♥Action Figures (Spiderman, Hulk, Playing Cards Checkers *All Items Must Be Brand New* Batman, Transformers, Superman) Fishing Game Head bands *All items need to come from a pet and smoke free ♥Lego Kits/Bionicles/Clikits Trivia Puzzle Joke Books enviroment.* Hello Kitty/Polly Pocket Riddle Books; mind puzzles *Please Do Not Gift Wrap Items* ♥Strawberry Shortcake (small dolls) ♥Crossword, Word Find and Suduko Books ♥Carebears (not stuffed) ♥ Very popular items that are Barbies/Barbie Sets School/Art & Craft Supplies always in high demand. Smurfs Playdough (no accessory kits) Fisher Price doll house furniture Activity Sets/ Prepackaged Crafts Matchbox Cars (individual and large packs) ♥Crayola Washable Marker/Crayons Hotwheels Rev. 10/13.
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