UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2012

KID BRANDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 405-2400

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Section 2 — Financial Information

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On May 11, 2012, Kid Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Release”) announcing, among other things, financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

In the Release, certain financial measures for each of the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (“Q1 2012”) and the quarter ended March 31, 2011 (“Q1 2011”) are presented both in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and also on a non-GAAP basis. In particular, “Adjusted net income” and “Adjusted net income per diluted share” for each of Q1 2012 and Q1 2011 are non-GAAP financial measures.

Adjusted net income is defined as reported net income/(loss), plus/minus certain items (including reversal of the relevant income tax provision or benefit), and the application of an assumed tax rate of 39% on the resulting adjusted pre-tax income.

Non-GAAP adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share for Q1 2012 reflect adjustments to net loss, as reported, to exclude the effect of the following items and to apply an assumed tax rate of 39% to the resulting adjusted pre-tax income: (i) the reported income tax benefit; (ii) $1.2 million of professional fees related to the Company’s internal investigation of LaJobi’s import, business and staffing practices in Asia and Customs investigations at Kids Line and CoCaLo, as well as related litigation and other costs (“Customs Compliance Costs”), (iii) $0.1 million of accrued interest related to anticipated LaJobi anti-dumping duty charges and anticipated Kids Line/CoCaLo customs duty charges; and (iv) $0.6 million in severance costs.

Non-GAAP adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share for Q1 2011 reflect adjustments to net loss, as reported, to exclude the effect of the following items and to apply an assumed tax rate of 39% to the resulting adjusted pre-tax income: (i) the reported income tax benefit; (ii) $2.4 million in Customs Compliance Costs; (iii) an aggregate of $0.6 million in anticipated LaJobi anti-dumping duty charges and anticipated Kids Line/CoCaLo customs duty charges ($0.5 million) and accrued interest thereon ($0.1 million); and (iv) $0.1 million in fees for a March 2011 amendment to the Company’s previous credit facility.

In addition, adjusted net income per diluted share for each of Q1 2012 and Q1 2011 also includes an adjustment to reflect the weighted-average dilutive effect of certain shares underlying in-the-money stock appreciation rights (such shares were excluded from the weighted-average diluted share calculation used to determine net loss per diluted share, as reported for such periods, because the Company was in a net loss position for such periods, and the inclusion of such shares would have been anti-dilutive). In the computation of adjusted net income per diluted share for each of Q1 2012 and Q1 2011, however, such shares were included.

These non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. We believe that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. However, we believe that the non-GAAP measures presented in this release are useful to investors as they enable the Company and its investors to evaluate and compare our results from operations and cash resources generated from our business in a more meaningful and consistent manner (by excluding specific items which are not reflective of ongoing operating results) and provide an analysis of operating results using the same measures used by our chief operating decision makers to measure our performance. These non-GAAP financial measures result largely from our management’s determination that the facts and circumstances surrounding the excluded charges are not indicative of the ordinary course of the ongoing operation of our business. As a result, the non-GAAP financial measures presented by us in the Release may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, and are included only as supplementary measures of financial performance. This data is furnished to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included in the tables attached to the Release.

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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