Target Recalls Halloween LED Gel Clings Due to Choking and Button Battery Ingestion Hazards
Home product recall 17-020. Announced by CPSC on Oct 20, 2016.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 20, 2016. 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 gel clings can separate and expose the inner decal and LED/button battery compartment, posing choking and button battery ingestion hazards to children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately remove the recalled gel clings from areas with children and return them to any Target store for 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: Target at 800-440-0680 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT Monday through Sunday, online at www.Target.com and click on “School/Stationery/Seasonal” on the product recalls page for more information, or the “Product Recalls” tab on Target’s Facebook page.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves six different Halloween-themed LED gel clings that come with two non-replaceable button cell batteries. The gel clings are for window use only and light up with a blinking light when you push on them. The six different gel cling designs are a green skeleton, pink skeleton, purple spider, black cat, orange pumpkin, and black bat. Model number 234-25-0904 is printed on the gel cling’s packaging. Product Model Number Color/Description Size LED Gel Cling 234-25-0904 Green Skeleton 3”(L) x 2”(W) x .5”(H) Pink Skeleton 3”(L) x 2”(W) x .5”(H) Purple Spider 2”(L) x 4”(W) x .5”(H) Purple and Black Cat 2”(L) x 2.75”(W) x .5”(H) Orange and Black Pumpkin 2.75”(L) x 2.5(W) x .5”(H) Green and Black Bat 2” (L) x 4”(W) x .5”(H)
About 127,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
LED gel clings.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 7 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Target Corp., Minneapolis, Minn.
- Target stores nationwide from August 2016 through September 2016 for about $1.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None reported
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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.
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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.