{"id":214,"date":"2026-05-05T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=214"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:33","slug":"authorities-warn-parents-about-dangerous-tiktok-challenge-with-popular-childrens-toy-that-causes-traumatizing-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Authorities warn parents about dangerous TikTok challenge with popular children\u2019s toy that causes \u2018traumatizing\u2019 burns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 10-year-old UK girl named Bella had to be hospitalized after a TikTok squishy toy stunt literally blew up in her face, leaving her with \u201ctraumatizing\u201d burns.<\/p>\n

It looked like she\u2019d been whacked in the face,\u201d her mother Charlotte, 42, from Hartcliff, Bristol,\u00a0told the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n

Her daughter had reportedly been at a friend\u2019s house when the fiasco occurred.<\/p>\n

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A 10-year-old UK girl named Bella was left with \u201ctraumatizing\u201d burns after microwaving a NeeDoh cube as part of a viral TikTok trend.Facebook \/ The Hartcliffe Dingles<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bella sustained severe burns during the stunt.Facebook \/ The Hartcliffe Dingles<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She had reportedly been copying the viral TikTok challenge where youngsters place NeeDoh \u2014 a squishy stress\u00a0cube made of rubber with a polyvinyl alcohol filling<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 in the freezer and then microwave it for several seconds to make it more malleable.<\/p>\n