Skidders Footwear Children’s shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysThe rivets on the shoes have sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard.

Cut hazards in footwear almost always come from metal parts: thread, wire, studs, rivets or trim. They tend to show up after some wear, when linings thin out or edges lift. A quick run of your fingers along the inside of the shoe will often reveal the problem the notice describes.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThis recall involves Skidders Footwear children’s canvas tennis shoes sold in three sizes: 12M, 18M and 24M. The shoes have white rubber bottoms and come in three different colors: navy blue fabric with orange rivets and laces, gray fabric with green rivets and laces, and denim colored fabric with pink rivets and laces.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Children’s shoes), the sale period (August 2016 to October 2016), the store (Meijer) and the “made in” label (China). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should immediately take the recalled shoes away from children and contact Skidders Footwear to receive a full refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Skidders Footwear toll-free at 866-636-1221 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.skidders.com and click on "Safety Notice" at the bottom of the page for more information.

The recall is 9 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 10 years ago. Most original owners have moved on to bigger sizes; the pairs still around tend to sit in donation bags, consignment shops and online resale listings. The notice gives a phone number and a website for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 5,500 units, this is the 55th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is below typical size.
• 9 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (cuts and scrapes), 5 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1997.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 3 months (August 2016 to October 2016), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 1 month after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $10. For shoes in the archive the typical stated price is about $38, so this pair sat at the cheaper end of its group.
• The notice cites 3 reports before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2016 brought 4 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 43,800 units in all. This was the 4th of the year by date and the 2nd largest by units.
• The notice names the rivet or stud as the part that fails. 5 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Birkenstock Kids' Mogami Sandals Sizes 24-28 (2021).
• Sold at Meijer. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive also list Meijer as a seller; the most recent is Girl’s "Susan" Sandals (2013).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• 3 reports on about 5,500 units works out to roughly 55 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew more reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 5,500 units come to roughly $55,000 of retail sales.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.