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Paperchase sells birthday card for two-year-olds that says it is not suitable for under threes

Jill Cooper, 69, spotted the error when she bought the card for a friend’s daughter

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3rd April 2018, 11:17 pm
Updated: 3rd April 2018, 11:17 pm

PAPERCHASE is selling birthday cards for two-year-olds with a warning on the back saying it’s not suitable for under threes.

The card has a “2” on the front and a lion whose tongue goes in when you wiggle its hat.

Paperchase is selling birthday cards for two-year-olds with a warning on the back saying it’s not suitable for under threes
Paperchase is selling birthday cards for two-year-olds with a warning on the back saying it’s not suitable for under threes
The blunder was spotted by former nursery manager Jill Cooper who had bought the card for a friend's daughter
The blunder was spotted by former nursery manager Jill Cooper who had bought the card for a friend's daughter

Jill Cooper, 69, bought it for a friend’s daughter and was annoyed when she realised it was not safe.

The former nursery manager, from Gidea Park, Essex, said: “As I was putting it in the envelope I spotted the warning and was shocked at the oversight.

"I wasn’t really sure what was dangerous but I decided not to give it in the end.

The card gaffe from Paperchase follows the printing of diaries with the date 2108 on them
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The card gaffe from Paperchase follows the printing of diaries with the date 2108 on them

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"My guess would be that the parts might come loose and could be a choking risk.”

The blunder comes after the retailer last year messed up the design of hundreds of diaries by printing the year 2108 instead of 2018.

Paperchase has not commented.

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