One Third of all fire work related injuries on children are caused by sparklers. Following some basic safety measures will allow you and your children to enjoy sparklers and avoid burns.
- Children must be carefully supervised by adults.
- Make sure your child is not wearing any jewelry. Sparklers can even cause some gold jewelry melt against skin.
- Have child hold the sparkler at an arms length away from their body.
- Never hand a lighted sparkler to a child. Give them the unlit sparkler then light it has they hold it away from their body.
- Wear closed toed shoes.
- Drop sparklers into a bucket of cold water as soon as you or your child are finished with it. Sparklers are still very hot after it stops burning.










