TheKiddoSpace Recalls Children’s Handwriting Practice Kits Due to Risk of Injury from Lead Exposure; Violates Federal Lead Content Ban

Official action

Source. US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Official identifier. 26-293

Date. 2026-02-26

Jurisdiction. United States

Hazard (official). The pens in the recalled children’s handwriting kits contain levels of lead in the nib that exceed the federal https://cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Lead/Total-… lang="EN-US">lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues.

Action / remedy (official). Consumers should stop using the recalled handwriting kits immediately, take the pens and refills away from children and contact The KiddoSpace to receive free replacement pens and refills, including shipping. Consumers will be asked to dispose of the pens and refills according to local and state regulations and send a photo of the disposed products to info@thekiddospace.com.

Product. TheKiddoSpace Print and Cursive Handwriting Kits

Identification details. This recall involves two different types of TheKiddoSpace-branded handwriting practice kits sold with or without a carrying case: The block handwriting kits consist of four reusable books with animal images on the cover (alphabet with a bunny, numbers with a frog, math with a cow and drawing with an elephant); black pens; blue, green, yellow, purple, pink and red pen grips; and pen refills. TheKiddoSpace logo and “Handwriting Practice Kit” are printed on the blue and white book covers and their storage box. The cursive handwriting kits consist of three reusable books (letters, words and sentences) with an image of an open book on the cover; black pens; blue, green, yellow, purple, pink and red pen grips; and pen refills. TheKiddoSpace logo and “Cursive Practice Kit” are printed on the blue and white book covers and their storage box.

Units. About 19,700

Incidents reported by CPSC. None reported

Remedy type. Replace

Sold at. TheKiddoSpaceStore.com and Amazon.com from February 2024 through February 2025 for between $25 and $50.

Official record

Licence: US Government recall data made available for business and application reuse

Attribution: Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice