
Target Gigglescape™ Under the Sea Popping Toy
The clear plastic dome can detach from the blue plastic base, making the small plastic balls inside the toy accessible to children, posing a choking hazard.
- Choking
- About 49,000 units
- 9 reports
- Refund
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78 official CPSC notices naming Target, 1989–2026, across children & toys, clothing & accessories, sports & outdoors, lighting & ceiling fans, furniture, appliances, home electronics and grills & fireplaces, covering at least 9.8 million units. The most recent: Target Cat & Jack Children's Sandals, July 16, 2026.
Type the model number from your Target product's label. Every model number named in a Target recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
26 model numbers
Washington Shoe Western Chief toddler light-up rain boots · 21-048 · 2020
Target Circo Night Lights · 15-188 · 2015
J. Hunt White 2-Bulb Floor Lamp · 13-275 · 2013
Chefmate® 6-Speed Blender · 11-328 · 2011
Back Trails Jr. Toddler · 05-252 · 2005
Leoch Electric Scooters · 04-207 · 2004
IRIS plastic storage chests · 99-032 · 1998
Target First Years 3-In-1 Booster Seats · 95-128 · 1995
Nursery Needs Rolling Ball Rattle Teethers · 95-098 · 1995
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24 notices where the recalled products are toys & play sets.

The clear plastic dome can detach from the blue plastic base, making the small plastic balls inside the toy accessible to children, posing a choking hazard.

The stems of the toy mushrooms can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The tires on the toy vehicles can detach, posing a choking hazard to children.

The toy's plastic tubes can detach from the center ball and release the small silicone teethers that are threaded on the tubes, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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Zhejiang HuangyanXingbo Crafts Factory
The wheels on the vehicles can detach, posing a choking hazard to children

If the small toy is ingested, it can expand inside a child's body and cause intestinal obstructions, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and could be life threatening. Surgery is required to remove the toy from the body, if ingested. Medical professionals and parents should be aware that there is a possibility that the toys might not show up on an x-ray.
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The recalled rattles can break open, releasing the small beads inside, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Starite International
The surface paint on the recalled gardening tools and chairs contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
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The circular ash tray attached to the stainless steel legs of the grill could contain sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard.

The orange hubcaps on the wheels of the cart can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Small parts on the plush rattles and frame ornaments can break or detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. Additionally, the rattles' plastic ring can break and expose sharp points.

Some of these toys contain lead paint, which is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. Also, some of the toys have sharp points, posing laceration or puncture wound hazards.
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The handles on the puzzle pieces can come off, posing a choking hazard to young children. Also, the tips of the nails on the inside shelf of the puzzle table could be exposed, posing a laceration or puncture hazard.

Maxim Enterprise
Small wooden pegs in the top corners of the toy can come loose, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Small parts could break off the truck, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Components on the trucks could detach, posing a choking and sharp point hazard to young children.

The rounded ends of the xylophone mallets are smaller in diameter than the 1.75-inch standard for small balls. The mallets can get stuck in the throats of young children, blocking their airways, and possibly causing death.
7 notices where the recalled products are shoes & footwear.

The sandals' decorative pearls can fall off, posing a risk of serious injury or death from a choking hazard.

Rivets used to attach the handles to the boot can detach, posing a choking hazard to children.

The toggle on the boot can detach from the elastic lace, posing a choking hazard to children.

The unicorn horn on the rain boot can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The unicorn horn on the boot can detach, posing a choking hazard to children.

The decorative plastic flowers can detach, posing a choking hazard.

The heel on the boot can detach from the sole while in use, causing the consumer to fall.
6 notices where the recalled products are clothing & outerwear.

The heart-shaped graphics located on the knees of the romper can peel off or detach, posing a choking hazard to children.

The snaps can break or detach from the rompers, posing a choking, laceration and pinching hazards to children.

The belt buckles contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

The ribbon on the sock can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The fleece fabric on the inside of these sweatshirts fails to meet federal mandatory standards of fabric flammability, because it can ignite readily if exposed to flame, and therefore presents a serious risk of burn injuries, in violation of the Federal Flammable Fabrics Act.
5 notices where the recalled products are pacifiers & teethers.

The plastic wings can detach from the body of the teether, posing a choking hazard to young children.
5 notices where the recalled products are bicycles & components.

The handlebars, wheels and wheel brakes can break and detach, causing the rider to lose control, fall and possibly suffer injuries.

Leoch E-Vehicle
Improper wiring can cause a short circuit, posing a fire hazard in the scooter. In addition, inadequate insulation may expose electrical wiring, which poses a shock hazard.

3 notices where the recalled products are high chairs & booster seats.

The booster seat's restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured.

The booster seat restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured.
3 notices where the recalled products are sleepwear & pajamas.

The children's pajama sets fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.

The pajamas fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.

The children's cotton or cotton/fleece pajamas sets fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear, because they do not meet the tight-fitting sizing requirements. This poses a burn hazard to children.
3 notices where the recalled products are lamps.

The lamp can short when a standard one-way bulb is fully tightened in the lamp's three-way socket, posing a fire and shock hazard to consumers.

Lamps can overheat, causing the adhesive inside the lamp socket to melt and migrate into the bulb area of the socket. The cooled glue can adhere to the light bulb base and make the bulb difficult to remove which can result in a broken light bulb, posing a risk of laceration to consumers. Melted flammable glue that migrates onto the electrical components of the lamp poses a risk of fire.
2 notices where the recalled products are helmets.

UNA International
Some of these helmets do not meet CPSC safety standards for bicycle helmets, which poses a risk of riders suffering head injuries.
2 notices where the recalled products are flashlights.

When turned on, the flashlights can heat up, smoke or melt, posing fire and burn hazards.

The flashlights can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
One notice where the recalled product is a stroller.
One notice where the recalled product is a crib and bassinet.

Due to sizing problems with the crib's hardware, the drop side can come off the tracks. When the drop side detaches or partially detaches, it creates a hazardous gap, which can lead to infant entrapment and suffocation.
One notice where the recalled product is a jewelry.

LaRose Industries
The "Slider Bracelet" in the jewelry making kit contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues.
One notice where the recalled product is a scooter and hoverboard.

The knuckle that joins the wheel to the axle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
One notice where the recalled product is a exercise equipment.

A black plastic ball attached to the resistance cord's door anchor can unexpectedly release and strike the user, posing an injury hazard to consumers.
One notice where the recalled product is a camping equipment.

The floor of the tent failed a flammability test and poses a fire hazard.
One notice where the recalled product is a blender.

Chefmate 6-Speed
While in operation, the plastic pitcher can separate from the blade assembly, leaving the blade assembly in the base and exposing the rotating blades. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers.
One notice where the recalled product is a dresser.

The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.
One notice where the recalled product is a fire pit.

The fire pit spark screen can catch fire when it comes into direct contact with a flame, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.
One notice where the recalled product is a night light.

The battery can overheat and cause the night light to melt, posing a fire hazard.
Target notices outside the product types above.

If a water bead is ingested, it expands and can pose ingestion, choking and intestinal obstruction hazards inside a child's body, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and a risk of death to a child.

The metal around the cord can become electrically charged if it contacts the USB wall charger plug prongs while charging, posing shock and fire hazards.

The zippers on the pouf ottomans can be opened by children who can then suffocate or choke on the pouf's polystyrene beads.

Target Corporation; Minneapolis, Minn.
The ear on the bunny sippy cup can poke a child in the eye area while using the cup for drinking, posing an injury hazard.

The surface coating on the travel cases contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

The plush frog masks lack proper ventilation. When secured in place across a child's face, it presents a suffocation hazard to the child.

The recalled dive sticks could remain in an upright position, posing an impalement hazard to young children.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 57 of 78 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 78 notices on file as of November 1, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Target (55), Kmart (1), and Walmart (1) are the stores named most often in the 57 notices that say where Target products were sold. 30 of the 57 notices mention online sales.
The 57 notices that give a price range from $1 to $300. Half of them name a price of $13 or less.
By the 57 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 6 months or less; the longest for 4.5 years. Half the recalls came within 7 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 34 of the 35 notices that name a remedy, new instructions in 1, a repair in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Choking is named in 32 of the 78 notices (41%), against 14% of all CPSC notices on file. Then fire (15), fall (11), burn (9), and laceration (8).
40 of the 58 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries. 18 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
11 of the 78 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1, date codes or manufacture dates in 7, UPC codes in 10, lot or batch numbers in 1. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on a label attached to the mask”, “on a label located under the platform in format xx”, and “on a label on the headboard under the mattress support”.
China (55), Vietnam (3), Cambodia (2), Bangladesh (1) and Denmark (1), in the 63 notices that name a manufacturing country.
6 Target notices in 2021–2025, down from 13 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of November 1, 2026, CPSC has published 78 recall notices naming Target consumer products between 1989 and 2026, covering at least 9.8 million units.
Yes. As of November 1, 2026, CPSC has published 2 recall notices naming Target consumer products in 2026, the most recent on July 16, 2026 (CPSC 26-629).
Toys & play sets (24), shoes & footwear (7), clothing & outerwear (6), pacifiers & teethers (5), bicycles & components (5), high chairs & booster seats (3), sleepwear & pajamas (3), lamps (3), 12 more product types and 8 other notices.
“Target Recalls Plush Boys Rattles Due to Choking Hazard” (CPSC 08-002), announced October 2, 2007: about 820,000 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 11 of the 78 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1, date codes or manufacture dates in 7 and lot or batch numbers in 1.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Target notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Target Cat & Jack Children's Sandals (CPSC 26-629), call 800-591-3869 and go to www.target.com/help/articles/news-safety/product-recalls.
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