Nantucket Distributing Recalls Felt Easter Baskets Due to Choking Hazard
Home product recall 14-181. Announced by CPSC on May 15, 2014.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on May 15, 2014. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 24,200 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Decorative beads on the felt Easter baskets can detach and pose a choking hazard to young children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using or displaying these felt Easter baskets and return them to any Christmas Tree Shops, andThat! or Christmas Tree Shops andThat! stores to receive a full refund.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: Christmas Tree Shops toll-free at (888) 287-3232 anytime or online at www.christmastreeshops.com and go to the “Product Recalls” link at the bottom of the homepage for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
The recall includes felt Easter baskets with scalloped edges and a handle. The felt baskets were sold in five colors including blue, two shades of green and two shades of pink. The basket models include a blue basket with a small stuffed bunny face, a bright green basket with a bow, a light green basket with white and pink bunny ears, a bright pink basket with a bow and a pink basket with a bow and a yellow flower attachment. Black or white decorative beads are used as the eyes of the bunny and the center of the yellow flower attachment. The baskets measure 14” high by 9” wide at the widest point. The model number ct12011 and SKU number 30173064 are printed on a hangtag on the basket handle.
About 24,200 units, as CPSC gives them.
Felt Easter Baskets.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Santa’s Village Ind. Ltd., Jinhua City, Zhejiang, China.
- Imported by Nantucket Distributing Co. LLC, Middleboro, Mass.
- Christmas Tree Shops, andThat! and Christmas Tree Shops andThat! stores nationwide from February 2013 to March 2014 for about $3.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.