A child safety seat pad having a bottom seat portion and a back portion is configured to cover the exposed child contact areas of a safety seat and is releasably secured to the seat by fasteners. Perforation lines or slits in the seat back portion connect to perforations lines or slits in the bottom seat portion of the pad. These may be opened to provide apertures for connecting safety harness webbing to safety seat anchor points. A smaller pad is provided for inclusion in the bottom seat portion.