A general principle in product and package design is to never underestimate users’ stupidity. This should be even more true when designing product labels for children, and yet people manage to release some really poorly thought-out child product label fails like the ones on this list.

Some of the fails might be funny, but others are downright dangerous. The wrong product, label, or packaging design may prompt impressionable and inexperienced youngsters to use products in unsuitable ways or to even ingest products that can be harmful. If you’re a budding designer, this list can be a good list of things you shouldn’t do!

#1 Accidentally Sent My Son To School With His Newly Bought Ugly Christmas Sweater

Didn’t realize what Santa was doing until his kindergarten teacher pointed it out when I picked him up after school.

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#2 Ice Lollies Have Changed Since I Was A Kid

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#3 Kids Love Pandas

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Designers are often a tough crowd. It’s a competitive profession, and many professionals online are keen on picking apart each other’s work. The internet is full of communities sharing various design fails and poor choices for the world to see.

#4 Yummy Drink With A Trip To The Hospital

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#5 Light Switch In Kids’ Room

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#6 Uhhh… You Alright There Pikachu?

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When it comes to children’s product design fails, however, there’s another group that like to get in on the critiques – parents. Children are a highly vulnerable segment of society, so a poorly designed product or package has the potential to drive a child to accidentally harm themselves.

#7 Teaching Kids Terrible Things At Wellington Zoo

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#8 Strawberry-Scented Scissors For Kids. That’s How You Get Kids Stabbing Themselves In The Face

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#9 A Friend Bought This Balloon For Her Son’s Birthday But Decided Against Blowing It Up

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Product and packaging design for children is practically an entire discipline unto itself. For one thing, a single product and package has to appeal to two very different people – a child and their parent. The package and product have to promise to be fun while also convincing the parent that the product in question is safe, high-quality, entertaining, and, if applicable, developmentally helpful.

#10 I’m Not Sure If This Is A Thing That You Should Give Kids

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#11 The Brand Name Of My Daughter’s Shirt

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#12 My Son Just Asked Me Why The Tiger Had A Little Flower Under Its Tail… Thanks For The Detailed LEGO

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Package design for kids also has its own set of trends and visual principles. Things like minimalism and eco-packaging may be trending for adults, but children want something else entirely. Bright colors, zig-zags, and big pictures continue to dominate children’s packaging – because they work.

#13 This Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

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#14 This “M” On A Kids’ Menu Activity

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#15 This Kids’ Swimsuit That Looks Like A Self-Destruction Vest

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Of course, as we can see from the crazy design fails in this list, another key concern is clarity of purpose. Too many of the products on this list fail in this key aspect. Inedible or even toxic materials scented as food shouldn’t be making it into children’s hands – moreso if the products are also food-shaped.

#16 If You’ve Ever Thought Kids Getting Hurt One At A Time Isn’t Efficient Enough, Here’s An Idea

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#17 Chalk With A Popsicle Color, Shape, And Even A Wooden Handle. What Could Go Wrong With Giving These To Kids?

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#18 My Daughter Got A Globe Ball With Only America On It

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Even adults can make mistakes when product packaging and design are done wrong, so children can be even more vulnerable to issues like these.

#19 My Brother Pays $15,000/Year/Child To Send His Kids To Private School – This Is The 1st-Grade Homework From Last Week

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#20 The Hippo In My Kid’s Library Book Is Actually A Rhino

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#21 My Son Who Just Started To Read “Hell Baby. Hell, Baby. Hell, Baby!!!”

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#22 My Son Is Too Terrified To Learn Anything From These Speech Therapy Worksheets, And Frankly, I Don’t Blame Him

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#23 Paint That Looks And Smells Like Juice. There’s Literally A Picture Of Juice On The Box. Do You Want Kids To Drink The Paint? Because That’s How You Get Kids To Drink The Paint

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#24 “And As Your Child Gets Older, Simply Adjust The Head Restraint”

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#25 Never Split Your Legs When You Slide Down

#26 I’m Not Sure What To Say

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#27 My Son’s Educational Alphabet Puzzle

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#28 Show Them What You’ve Got, Son

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#29 Let’s Put A Hopscotch In The Middle Of The Parking Lot, And The Kids Will Love It

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#30 Just Looking At This Slide Gives Me Back Pain

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#31 This Highlighter I Caught My Kindergartner Trying To Eat Because He “Bought Bubble Gum At The Book Fair”

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#32 This Ad Of A Kid Holding A Nerf Gun The Wrong Way

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#33 My Daughter’s Little Shapes Book. Pentagon?

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#34 How Can Kids Learn If You Don’t Teach Them Properly

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#35 As A Baby Onesie It’s Cute, But As A Kid’s T-Shirt It’s Troubling

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#36 Perfect For Kids To Learn To Tell The Time

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#37 Bought This Geometry Set For My Son, To Help Him In School. Comes With This Map Of The World That Has So Many Countries Spelled Incorrectly

I don’t know what country VOGO is in Europe, but it’s there. Panama is spelled Banama, but I suppose they do grow bananas there. Vietnam is shown as an island.

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#38 My Son Is Learning The Alphabet

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#39 All Toilets Must Be Centered In The Middle Of The Classroom So Kids Eating Their Snacks Three Feet Away Can Bare Witness To Their Classmates Defecating

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#40 The Maze On The Kid’s Menu Is Impossible To Get Through

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#41 Restaurant Puts Cocktails And Beers Right Under The Kids’ Menu

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#42 I Decided To Open My Step Daughter’s Junior Risk Board Game Tonight, And The Compass Is Incorrect

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#43 This Dinosaur In My Daughter’s Coloring Book Has Human Hands

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#44 Terrible Solar System

What is happening with this solar system? I was hoping to teach the kids, I guess I should have looked closer before ordering it.

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#45 My Son Was Stumped With A State Abbreviation Crossword. Then I Looked At The Solution

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#46 These “Jeans”/Sweat Pants My Grandma Bought Our Son For Christmas

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#47 Oh Yeah, Sit On Me, Child

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#48 My Daughter’s New Shoes Are On Another Level

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#49 This Board Book For Kids Is Pretty Confusing

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#50 My Friend’s Daughter Went To Summer Camp And Received This “Meteor” Shirt

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