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CPSC, Creative Kids Inc. Announce Recall of Children’s Art Supply Sets

Kids’ product recall 03-138. Announced by CPSC on Jun 5, 2003.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Jun 5, 2003. 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 sets contain mini-cutters with razor blades, which pose a laceration hazard to young children.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Consumers should remove the mini-cutters from the set and return them to Creative Kids to get a free pack of colored paper clips.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Call Creative Kids toll-free at (888) 678-8697 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.creativekidsinc.com

Which ones are recalled?

The 87-piece art supply sets were sold in solid wood grain boxes. The sets contain crayons, markers, scissors, water and oil paints, brushes, etc. A label on the box reads “JUMBO ART CASE 87 pieces” and “Item No. 11519.”

1,400 units, as CPSC gives them.

Children’s Art Supply Sets.

Source:

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

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Creative Kids Inc., Monsey, N.Y.
  • Bigg’s stores in Ohio and Kentucky, from August 2002 through March 2003, for about $16.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

The Commission and Creative Kids are aware of an incident where an 8-year-old girl received minor cuts to her finger, when she used the mini-cutter.

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:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

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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