Deckers Outdoor Children’s Teva sandals

What went wrong

The notice saysThe straps attached to the footbed of the sandals can come apart. This can cause falls.

For children’s footwear, fall-hazard recalls in our archive tend to involve straps, soles or zipper pulls rather than heels: parts that catch on each other or give way while a child is running. Kids rarely report a near miss, so it is worth checking hand-me-down pairs against the notice details.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThese Teva sandals have straps that are "Abstract Bright," which are red, blue and yellow; "Abstract Pink," which are pink, purple, black and white; and "Frog Blue," which are blue, white and black. The footbed of the sandals are black. The bottom of the sole is marked with a star pattern along with the words "Teva" and "made in U.S.A." The shoes were packaged in a plastic box. Writing on the paper label inside the box includes, "Little Kids...Teva ... MADE FOR LITTLE FEET." The sandals were sold in sizes 2/3 through 8/9 for children aged 6 months to 4 years.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Children’s Teva sandals), the sizes (sizes 2/3 through 8/9), the sale period (December 1997 to August 1998), where it was sold (see “Sold at” above) and the “made in” label (United States). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should stop using these sandals immediately. To get information on obtaining a refund, contact Deckers.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Consumers may contact Deckers at (800) 781-9928 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PDT Monday through Friday.

The recall is 28 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 28 years ago. A child who wore these at the time has long outgrown them, yet sandals like these keep circulating through younger siblings, swaps and thrift racks. The notice gives a phone number for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 65,000 units, this is the 22nd 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 well above typical size.
• 26 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (falls), 5 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1998.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 9 months (December 1997 to August 1998), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 2 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $25. For sandals, clogs and flip-flops in the archive the typical stated price is about $24, so this pair sat near the middle of its group.

Year, part, store and origin

• 1998 brought 3 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 65,000 units in all. This was the 2nd of the year by date.
• The notice names the strap as the part that fails. 2 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Girl’s "Susan" Sandals (2013).
• Made in United States. 2 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list United States (2%).
• At the stated price, the 65,000 units come to roughly $1.6 million 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.