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    <periodOfReport>2010-06-10</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>KID BRANDS, INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KID</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001263972</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>D. E. SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>39TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1 and 2.</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001009268</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>D. E. SHAW &amp; CO, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>39TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1 and 2.</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            <rptOwnerName>D. E. SHAW &amp; CO, L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>39TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1 and 2.</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001023870</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SHAW DAVID E</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>120 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>39TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1 and 2.</otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-06-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4399733</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.96</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Prior to this sale, D. E. Shaw &amp; Co., L.P. (&quot;DESCO LP&quot;), as investment adviser to D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. (&quot;Laminar&quot;); D. E. Shaw &amp; Co., L.L.C. (&quot;DESCO LLC&quot;), as managing member of Laminar; and Mr. David E. Shaw (&quot;David E. Shaw&quot;) (as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw  &amp; Co., Inc., which is the general partner of DESCO LP, and as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw &amp; Co. II, Inc., which is the managing member of DESCO LLC) may have been deemed to be the beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Common Stock of the Issuer for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(Continued from Footnote 1)  Each of DESCO LP (excluding the securities described in Footnote 4), DESCO LLC, and David E. Shaw disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the securities reported on Form 3 or on this Form 4, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Less a non-accountable expense reimbursement of 1.5% of the gross proceeds.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">DESCO LP has the right to acquire 9,000 shares of Common Stock upon exercise of vested call options issued in connection with former DESCO LP employee Lauren Krueger's service as a prior member of the Issuer's board of directors.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Authorized Signatory</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>D. E. Shaw &amp; Co., L.P. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Chief Compliance Officer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>D. E. Shaw &amp; Co., L.L.C. By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Authorized Signatory</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David E. Shaw By: /s/Rochelle Elias, Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Shaw</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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