Products made for children have many specific safety standards and legal requirements that vary around the world. Etsy cannot advise on how to comply with the law. It is up to you to ensure that you comply with all local laws and regulations for the markets you serve.
We prohibit some of the items listed below because they are highly regulated. We also don’t allow patterns, designs, or instructions for making these items.
Not every product listed in this policy is a children's product. Some items — such as water beads and novelty lighters — are prohibited on Etsy for all sellers regardless of the intended audience because these products pose an elevated risk to children. Other items are only restricted when made for or marketed for use by children under a certain age.
Baby Formula
Bejeweled Pacifiers
Car Seats and Car Seat Accessories
Children’s Loungewear and Sleepwear
Cribs and Furniture for Infant Sleeping
Infant Neck Floaties
Infant Sleeping Accessories
Magnets
Novelty Lighters
Small Parts and Choking Hazards
Strollers
Upper-body Outerwear with Drawstrings
Water Beads
Baby Formula
Etsy prohibits baby and/or infant formula intended for consumption.
Bejeweled Pacifiers
Etsy prohibits pacifiers decorated with small materials such as crystals, beads, or cabochons.
Car Seats and Car Seat Accessories
Etsy prohibits car seats and safety seats. We also prohibit car seat accessories that function as restraints for children up to age 14. This includes pillows and/or straps that restrain, rather than support, a child’s head or neck.
Children's Loungewear and Sleepwear
Etsy prohibits loose-fitting, non-flame resistant sleepwear/loungewear for children sized from 10 months, up to size 14.
Etsy generally permits children's loungewear and sleepwear made from flame-resistant materials such as polyester, acrylic, etc., regardless of size or type of fit, and tight-fitting sleepwear, regardless of size or materials.
Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children's Sleepwear Products
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children's Apparel
Cribs and Furniture for Infant Sleeping
Etsy prohibits certain modern or vintage sleeping furniture and accessories for children under age 3. This restriction applies regardless of the item’s support structure - whether freestanding, stationary, wheeled, rocking, or elevated. This includes:
- Moses baskets, including stands
- Swings, sleepers, and rockers intended for sleeping
- Cots and nests intended for babies and infants
- Bassinets, bassinet stands, and bassinets on legs
- Hanging baskets
- Cribs, including bedside and slatted ones
- Cradles
- Baby boxes
- Inclined sleeping products
- Mattress toppers
- Pillows intended for babies to sleep on, including infant loungers, baby support pillows, and baby nap cushions
Infant Neck Floaties
Etsy prohibits infant neck floaties — flotation devices that attach around a baby's neck — for children under age 3.
Infant Sleeping Accessories
Etsy prohibits certain infant sleeping accessories for children under age 3. This includes:
- Crib bumpers
- Bed or crib snakes
- Crib rail covers extending over the side of the crib
- Crib liners made out of non-mesh fabric
- Sleeping bags with hoods and without arm holes
Magnets
Etsy prohibits the following magnet products:
- Loose or separable small, high-powered magnets and magnetic components that can be swallowed. This includes magnetic building sets, fidget toys, desk sculptures, jewelry, and products with small parts that snap together using strong magnets.
- Small magnets made to resemble candy in both size and shape that could be mistaken for something edible and swallowed.
Novelty Lighters
Etsy prohibits novelty lighters — lighters that resemble toys, candy, cartoons, or other items that may appeal to children.
Small Parts and Choking Hazards
Etsy prohibits items intended for children under age 3 that present a choking or ingestion hazard. This includes:
- Items intended for children under age 3 with loose and/or unaffixed small parts or small balls.
- A small part is a part or piece that fits fully inside a cylinder which is 1.25” in diameter and ranges from 1–2.25” in depth.
- A small ball is any ball smaller than 1.75” in diameter.
- Baby bottle propping devices, or devices that position feeding bottles so that babies can feed themselves while unattended.
- Teething items with affixed or unaffixed small parts or small balls (e.g., loose beads) intended to go into/near a child's mouth, including nursing necklaces, rattles, and pacifier clips.
- Items that themselves are small balls (e.g., marbles, pompoms etc.) or small parts (toys etc.)
Etsy prohibits the following amber jewelry:
- Amber beaded necklaces, bracelets, and anklets marketed as teething items, regardless of the number of strands or bead size.
- Single-strand necklaces composed of amber beads that are small parts.
Please also refer to our Seller Handbook articles for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Toys in Europe
Product Safety Essentials: Small Parts in Children’s Toys
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Toy Products
Strollers
Etsy prohibits strollers. This includes modern or vintage strollers.
Upper-body Outerwear with Drawstrings
Etsy prohibits upper-body outerwear containing drawstrings intended for children size/age 14 and under. This includes items such as hoodies, sweaters, jackets, raincoats, capes, and ponchos. Permitted alternatives to drawstrings include snaps, buttons, hook and loop fasteners, and elastic.
Please also refer to our Seller Handbook article for more information:
Product Safety Essentials: Selling Children’s Apparel
Water Beads
Etsy prohibits water beads — small, water-absorbing, often colorful balls made of absorbent material that grow many times their original size when exposed to liquids. They are often marketed and sold as toys, sensory tools, craft supplies, or agricultural products. This includes items marketed as gel beads and water balls.
Though not exhaustive, please review the following resources if you plan to list items for children:
US Resources
- CPSC - What is a Children's Product?
- Resellers Guide to Selling Safer Products
- Flammable Fabrics Act
- Drawstrings in Children's Upper Outerwear: Frequently Asked Questions
- Drawstring Bulletin CPSC
- "Trouble in Toyland" Report by US Public Interest Research Group
European Resources
United Kingdom Resources
- Product Safety Essentials: Important Resources for Selling Safe Products to UK Buyers
- Placing UKCA or CE marked products on the market in Great Britain
- Placing CE, or CE and UKNI marked products on the market in Northern Ireland
- UK - Proper Labeling for Children's Toys
- Business Companion Guide on Toys
Australia Resources
- Mandatory Standards for Consumer Products
- Nightwear for Children
- Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age
Canada Resources
- Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA)
- Children's Sleepwear: Flammability Requirement Guidelines
- Health Canada advises Canadians to avoid homemade craft and pesticide recipes using boric acid
We recommend you speak with a qualified expert for advice about your specific items.
Last updated on May 1, 2026