Claire’s and Icing Stores Recalls Halloween Witch Hats Due to Burn Hazard and Violation of Federal Flammability Requirement
Home product recall 24-299. Announced by CPSC on Jul 11, 2024.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 11, 2024. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 5,700 (In addition, about 450 were sold in Canada) 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?
The hats violate federal flammability requirements, posing a risk of burn injuries to consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled hats and return the product to any Claire’s or Icing store for a full refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- 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: Claire’s toll-free at 888-252-4737 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday, email at NAProductRecall@claires.com, or online at www.claires.com/us/recall-notices/ or www.claires.com and click on “Product Recalls” at the bottom of the page under the Help section for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves 100% polyester Halloween witch hats. The hats are black, and have a blue mesh with sparkling stars scarf above the brim. “CBI Distributing Corporation” is printed on the sewn-in tag inside the hat.
About 5,700 (In addition, about 450 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them.
Halloween Witch Hats.
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?
- Distributed by Claire’s and Icing Stores, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
- Claire’s and Icing stores nationwide from July 2023 through December 2023 for about $15.
- 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.