What does it mean to be Crooked? That's not an idle question. It's at the heart of everything we do here at Kids Crooked House. [More]

Random House Children’s Books and Kids Crooked House Team Up to Host: Magic Tree House Passport to Adventure Essay Contest Kids Crooked House is, and will always be, inspired to help keep our kids creative, imaginative and adventurous. So, we are extremely excited to team up with Random House Children's Books for this kids' Essay Contest inspired by Mary Pope Osborne's bestselling Magic Tree House book series. Here's how the kids' writing contest works: What You Can Win: Grand-Prize Winner: Receives a Custom Designed Kids Crooked House Playhouse Inspired by Mary Pope Osbo... [More]

Lance, Inc. partnered with us this year to give a special NASCAR car racing fan a chance to win a customized racing-theme kid's playhouse. We make crooked things as you know, so this car racing theme wasn't far fetched for a custom designed playhouse. Marcos Ambrose will be the Lance Sandwich Crackers' sponsored race car driver this year and he is totally in support of Kids Crooked House efforts to help and work with great organizations like Lance, Inc. He keeps asking if he's allowed to enter to win the sweepstakes for a Kids Crooked Playhouse. - We worry that it might be hard to ship t... [More]

This Sunday, December 13, 2009 will air the TV show ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Kids Crooked House had the honor of participated with this group of home builders for this week's episode. You might remember our post back in July when we were in Erie, Pennsylvania for this most special of projects: Extreme Home Makeover: Crooked Edition We put together our one-of-a-kind children's playhouses, specially designed for Clara Ward's backyard, to help her take care of disadvantaged, under-privileged children which she does with her after-school daycare center. She, herself, suffers from ... [More]

We love the various holidays that pop up during this time of year. Everyone here is gearing up for Halloween then, next, we'll be decorating for Christmas. Kids Crooked House just created some special room wall stickers for the holiday seasons! Check 'em out... [More]

Kids Crooked House show its newest creative crooked invention with a children's climber and swing set. [More]

As you may have read in our last post (The Show Must Go On... TV) we were scrambling to get our Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project done in the midst of the Jon and Kate Playhouse explosion. Well, we made it... in true Crooked House fashion. As you may know, we work with dozens of children’s charities every year, but ABC’s choice for this show is sure to generate a tear or two. I can’t go into the details about the family or the location, but I will say that the family is truly deserving of this home makeover. We arrived on location to find a Makeover City within a city. There must have... [More]

As you can imagine, it’s been crazy around here since our kids playhouses were featured on TLC’s TV show Jon & Kate + 8. The entire team has been working in 12-hour shifts for the past 4 days to stay on top of the inquiries. I certainly never thought I’d get a call from US Magazine. Do you think they’re looking for a “Best Beach Bods” cover model? Seriously, though, I’ve always admired Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, who built his empire based on a single principle: “Everyone gets a call back the day they contacted you.” Do our newfound fans deserve any less? I think not. I am a fir... [More]

So, The nature of our business has been pretty diverse… most think of us for building children’s playhouses for outdoor backyard areas. This year has been a bit different… Although the “Crooked Family” on the consumer side has been strong, we’ve seen a wicked mix of business owners asking us about our Kids Crooked House playhouses. With economic issues knocking on their door, they are coming to our Crooked House for creative ideas to help their businesses, store fronts, or schools become more desirable and noticeable. Here is a smattering of some of the folks we’ve spoken with and/or work... [More]

Kids Crooked Playhouses as seen on TLC TV. We are giving you a sneak peak at what's coming Monday, June 22. [More]