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A boy ended up with his face covered in a foam which set to the consistency of rubber after a £4 toy exploded on a flight to Lanzarote.

Stephanie Harding bought the squishy toy for her seven-year-old son Max at the airport, and three hours into their flight it burst open.

Stephanie said clear liquid foam went into her son's mouth, and quickly started to set.

The toy was bought from a branch of Paperchase at Manchester Airport, reports the Liverpool Echo .

Stephanie said: “When it burst it was clear like a liquid foam so it looked a lot like bubble bath. I was sat right next to him so straight away it covered us both.

“It covered his face, it burst in his face. When I went to wipe a scoop of it out of his mouth it began to set like rubber. It was frightening.”

Max was said to be hysterical as the substance covered his eyes and nose. homas Cook flight attendants quickly helped clean up Max.

Stephanie said: “I was confused how the consistency of the contents changed once it was exposed to the air. I mean it could have played a part. It was suggested to me that it may have been the air pressure by someone else.”

Once off the flight, Stephanie disposed of her eldest son Zack’s toy and contacted Paperchase to find out the contents to see if he needed to be checked in a hospital.

Stephanie said: “Max was a bit off the rest of the day and the next day. Paperchase did remove it from sale and they removed it from the website and they gave Max a £20 voucher.

“They said they always treat complaints like this very seriously. For me the saving grace in it all is Max is fine, he’s not got any medical problems from it.”

Paperchase has since supplied Stephanie with a toxicology report assuring the contents of the £4 toy are not dangerous.

But Stephanie is still concerned that this could happen again, as similar toys are sold elsewhere.

Paperchase declined to comment when approached by the Liverpool Echo.