Minecraft light-up slap bracelets allow children to access button cell batteries
Minecraft Light-Up Slap Ruler Bracelets are being recalled because the battery compartment can be opened easily by children, violating the mandatory toy standard. About 75,900 units affected.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Risk-of-harm product: an accessible button cell battery compartment on a children's toy failing the mandatory standard, with no injuries reported in the source.
Plain-English summary
Minecraft Light-Up Slap Ruler Bracelets, models 718508MCR and 718075MCR, sold in pink and green, are being recalled. The "MINECRAFT" logo is printed on the front of the packaging and the model number on the back. The bracelets include three pre-installed button cell batteries. About 75,900 units are affected.
The stated hazard is that the battery compartment can be opened easily by children, allowing access to the button cell batteries and violating the battery-operated toy requirements under the mandatory standard for toys. According to the notice, if a child swallows a button cell or coin battery it can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns or death. Innovative Designs has received one report of a battery separating from the toy. No injuries have been reported.
The bracelets were sold at Walmart stores nationwide from March 2025 through May 2025 for about $2.
Consumers should immediately stop using the bracelets and take them away from children, then contact Innovative Designs for disposal instructions and a full refund, which requires emailing a photograph of disposal.
The recalled product
- Product
- Minecraft Light-Up Slap Ruler Bracelets
- Manufacturer
- Innovative Designs LLC, of New York
- Hazard
- button-cell-battery
- battery-ingestion
- childrens-product
- standard-violation
- Affected units
- 75,900
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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