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CPC for children’s crayons

Children’s crayons designed or marketed to children 12 and under are children’s products: they need third-party testing at a CPSC-accepted laboratory and a Children’s Product Certificate citing LHAMA, lead, and children’s-product rules, plus tracking labels on the product and packaging. The importer or US manufacturer issues the CPC — marketplaces can request it at any time.
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Which rules apply to children’s crayonsThe testing and certification path
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Which rules apply to children’s crayons

  • Crayons are classic art materials: LHAMA evaluation plus lead/heavy-metal screening per color, with packaging labeling requirements.
  • CPSIA section 101 total lead content in accessible substrate materials.
  • 16 CFR part 1303 lead in paint and surface coatings where painted or coated.
  • CPSIA section 103 tracking labels: manufacturer, location, and date of manufacture on product and packaging.

The testing and certification path

Each color formula, paper wrap inks, and multipacks that mix formulas. Import sampling historically finds lead in cheap crayon sets.

Book testing at a laboratory that is CPSC-accepted for each rule, issue the CPC in your own name citing the rules your report supports, and keep the certificate with its test report for at least five years. Marketplaces ask for the pair, not the certificate alone.

Questions people ask

Do I test every color?

Yes — pigments differ. Labs typically require each colorway represented.

Are jumbo toddler crayons different?

Same chemistry duties; larger size may help small-parts, but LHAMA/lead still apply.

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