Help make the holidays special for our kids!
Our supporters often like to provide our kids gifts of toys and other items for our children at this time of the year. We would appreciate any item you would like to purchase from this list. (Please note that we cannot accept toy guns and movies, video games or books depicting violence.)
Unwrapped, new gifts can be dropped off our Administrative Office during office hours (9-4) Monday through Friday at 1125 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Gifts can be shipped Italian Home for Children, Attn: Griffin Thomas, 1125 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Please click here for detailed drop off instructions.
If you order from Amazon, consider using Amazon Smile supporting Italian Home: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/
If you choose not to order through our wish list, below is a list of items our children often request. Links are examples for your reference.
- Target gift card
- Amazon gift card
- Five Guys gift card
- Dunkin gift card
- Showcase Cinemas gift card
- AMC Movie gift card
- Best Buy gift card
- Michaels gift card
- Passes to Museum of Science
- Passes to New England Aquarium
- Passes to Legoland
- Underwear and socks for children ages 4 to 12
- Legos (ages 5-12)---these are a huge favorite among our kids
- K'Nex sets
- LeapFrog LeapPad
- Art and craft supplies (googly eyes, pipe cleaners, feathers, etc.)
- Scented markers
- Yoga mats
- iPod Touch -- pink and silver
- iPad Mini -- space gray
- Headphones
- Batteries (especially D, AA and AAA)
- Slime and Slime mix-ins
- Pokemon cards
- Pokemon figurines
- Pokemon binder
- Board Games for ages 4 to 21
- Lego Chain Reactions kit
- Kinetic Sand
- Orbeez
- Clay
- Xbox and PS 4 and the games for E (everyone)
- Nintendo Switch and games for E (everyone)
- SpongeBob and Spiderman comic books
- Transformer Toys
- Captain Underpants Books
- My Little Pony
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Sketchbook
- Goosebumps Books
- Power Rangers
- Play kitchen items
- Bath bombs
- Sit and Spin
- Hippity Hops
- Bean bag chair
- Piano books for children
- Hand trampoline
- Earmuffs or ear defenders
- MagnaTiles
- Balance Discs
- Bosu Ball
- Perler Beads
We also need these items for our residential dorms:
- Pots and pans
- Frying pans
- Baking sheets
- Cupcake tins
- Brownie pans
- Cooking utensils
- Electric griddle
- Kid themed place mats
Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones!
