Skip Hop Recalls Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Choking Hazard

Official action

Source. US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Official identifier. 26-739

Date. 2026-09-03

Jurisdiction. United States

Hazard (official). The black eyes can detach from the recalled teether if frozen, posing a risk of serious injury or death from a choking hazard.

Action / remedy (official). Consumers should stop using the recalled teether immediately, take it away from children and contact Skip Hop Inc. at www.skiphoprecall.com to obtain a refund in the form of a gift card and further instructions on disposal of the product. The gift card can be used at any The William Carter Company brand store, including Carter’s, Skip Hop, OshKosh B’gosh and Little Planet.

Product. Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers

Identification details. This recall involves the Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether. The product is in the shape of Elmo’s face (red, orange, and white, with black eyes) and includes a textured key (blue) and fabric crayon box (beige, blue, green, yellow, orange, red). The model number for the Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether is 9R263210. A red tag with the Skip Hop brand name and teether model number is attached to the side of the crayon box.

Units. About 22,660 (In addition, about 3,177 were sold in Canada)

Incidents reported by CPSC. Skip Hop Inc. has received four consumer reports of the eyes detaching from the teether. No injuries have been reported.

Remedy type. Refund

Sold at. Carter’s retail stores nationwide and online at www.carters.com and www.skiphop.com from January 2025 through March 2026 for about $12.

Official record

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

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