CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Ingestion Hazard; Violations of Federal Regulations for Consumer Products with Button Cell Batteries; Sold on Walmart.com

The skirts violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries. The string of LED lights connected to the skirts contains button cell batteries that can be easily accessed by children, posing an ingestion hazard. In addition, the products do not bear the required warnings.

CPSC urges consumers to stop using the Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts immediately and dispose of them.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts. The skirts violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries. The string of LED lights connected to the skirts contains button cell batteries that can be easily accessed by children, posing an ingestion hazard. In addition, the products do not bear the required warnings. Reese’s Law and CPSC regulations that implement it establish performance and warning label requirements for consumer products with button cell or coin batteries to protect children from life threatening ingestion. If a child swallows a button cell or coin battery, it can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns or death.The CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Happy Cart Emporium, of China, doing business as PLGEBR, but the seller has not agreed to an acceptable recall. The Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts were sold online from April 2024 through February 2025 for about $6. The skirts were sold in yellow with silver circles and stars on the outer layer. The battery compartment of the lights connected to the skirts contains three LR44 Alkaline button cell batteries. CPSC is aware that the skirts were also sold in the colors pink, rose red, red, blue and green. These products were manufactured in China.CPSC urges consumers to stop using the Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts immediately and dispose of them. Button cell and coin batteries are hazardous. When disposing of or recycling button cell or coin batteries, do so in a manner that follows local hazardous waste procedures.Do not sell or give away these hazardous Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts.Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.

Kids Light Up Ballet Skirts.