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CPSC, HandsOnToys, Inc. Announce Recall to Replace Rattles

Kids’ product recall 02-047. Announced by CPSC on Nov 28, 2001.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Nov 28, 2001. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The rattle can break and expose the noisemaker inside the rattle handle, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should immediately take these toy rattles away from children and contact HandsOnToys to receive a replacement toy.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Consumers may contact HandsOnToys at (888) 442-6376 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday

Which ones are recalled?

The rattles were sold under the Wiggly Giggler brand name. The rattle can be shaken, stacked and rolled. The rattle is a 3-inch long tube with mushroom caps on each end. It was sold in three color combinations, green with purple caps, orange with pink caps and purple with orange caps. The rattle contains a noisemaker inside that produces a sound when the rattle is shaken. “Wiggly Giggler™” is written on the tube of the rattle. Rattles with a small number “3” imprinted in the painted circle on the base of the mushroom end cap, in the center of the four sound holes are not included in this recall.

About 100,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Wiggly Giggler Rattles.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by HandsOnToys, Inc., Wilmington, Mass.
  • Specialty toy stores nationwide sold the rattles, from May 2000 through September 2001, for between $2 and $3.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC and HandsOnToys have received 11 reports of the rattles breaking. A 9-month old girl was found with the plastic noisemaker lodged in her throat. Her mother removed it, by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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