Long Island Children's Museum Wish List

LICM Wish List Gifts that give back to the children in our community

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Exhibits Our Backyard Help our garden grow! Our Backyard exhibit features: an herb garden, flower “bed,” strawberry maze, sunflower house, vegetable garden, water play area and so much more to help children learn about caring for our environment.

Bubbles So much science wrapped in a bubble. We need lots of sudsy soap solution for bubble exploration! LICM’s special recipe helps visitors make the perfect bubble.

Gift Amount $150 Plantings and garden supplies $100 Water play, sand and digging toys $75

Bubble solution

$25

Bubbles wands

Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support exhibits every month.

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Exhibits Tool Box Join the maker movement by helping provide real hammers and nails and goggles for safety!

LICM’s Tool Box Exhibit needs lots of wood and materials for young builders to make their creations.

Feasts for Beasts The Feasts for Beasts exhibit is home to a menagerie of teaching animals. Help LICM provide clean and comfy bedding and healthy food for our animal family.

Gift Amount $100 Food and bedding for the animals $75 Wood and building material $50 Hammers, nails and safety goggles $25 Nectar for the Bees in winter Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support exhibits every month.

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Early Childhood stART Who doesn’t like a good book?! LICM’s Early Childhood program stART (Story and Art) provides children with an early exposure to story telling. Every week children listen to a story, then create an art project related to what they learned.

Kids in the Kitchen A cup of flour, a dash of cinnamon and a pinch of salt! Support Kids in the Kitchen and fledgling foodies! Children learn how to follow the steps, measure and cut and make a healthy snack.

Gift Amount $150 Books and art supplies for stART $100 Ingredients for healthy recipes for Kids In the Kitchen $75

Measuring cups and spoons and utensils for young chefs

$25

Chef hats and aprons to make it official

Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support early childhood programming every month.

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Early Childhood Music and Movement Movin’ and groovin’ to the beat! The Music and Movement workshop is always in need of fun musical instruments and CD’s to inspire little singers and dancers to get shakin’!

Messy Afternoons Let them squish and squash at the Museum’s popular sensory play workshop – Messy Afternoons – and we’ll clean up the mess!

Gift Amount $100 Musical instruments for children to play $75 Music CDs for singing and dancing $50 Mixtures of all things gloopy and gloppy for a sensory experience $25 Aprons to catch some of the mess Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support early childhood programming every month.

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LICM Theater All the world’s a stage! Support the LICM Theater where children experience a live show on stage with actors, musicians, puppets, circus performers, animals and more‌

Gift Amount $500 Set construction of scenery to set the stage $250 Costumes and props to bring characters to life $100 Music and lighting to create the mood $50

Assistive devices for those who need them

Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support the LICM Theater every month.

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Crafting Supplies Googly eyes, glitter and glue galore – pom poms, tissue paper, paint and more!

LICM workshops, programs and special events offer creative projects with lots of materials for imaginative creations!

Gift Amount $100 Paints and brushes of all colors and sizes $75 Glue, scissors, markers, crayons, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, foam shapes, beads, glitter, pompoms, googly eyes $50 Construction paper, tissue paper, yarn, fabric, feathers, hats, headbands $25 Face Paint Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support LICM by helping us purchase materials every month.

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LICM4all Friendly Hours Exclusive Museum times for families with children who are neurodivergent or have physical challenges.

Sensory Friendly Theater Live theater experience to children and families with a range of sensory, learning and communication differences in an exclusive environment.

Gift Amount $200 Rehearsals for adapted performances $150 Create a social script for relaxed performances $75

Sensory friendly backpacks

$50

Friendly Hours activity

Become a sustaining donor (at any amount) and support LICM4all every month.

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LICM Mission Statement Connecting all our communities’ children, and those who care for them, to one another and to a life of wonder, imagination and exploration.

Here, children discover their passions and their relationship to the world we share.