The world’s a beach for New Milford’s own Kevin and Laurie Lane who struck a deal on Shark Tank with Shark Kendra Scott for their innovative (and fun) beach kit “Create a Castle”.
Shark Tank Season 14 aired on Friday and New Milford Green the “Watch Party” destination where the good news was unveiled: Kevin and Laurie received $350,000 for a 20% stake in their company.
It’s more than just a beach toy so get ready for some cool winter fun! The castle-building kits work in the snow during the wintertime - yes, this gave the sharks “the chills”!
According to Create a Castle website:
The concept for Create A Castle came to founder Kevin Lane during a 2016 vacation at Laguna Beach, California, After watching a dad and his young son struggle unsuccessfully to finish their castle, this web developer and super fan of castle building, started mulling over ideas to develop a more efficient and less time-consuming way to construct imaginative sand creations.
Kevin realized that building an ornate castle with a shovel, a 5-gallon bucket and a couple of basic tools took far too long to keep the attention of any child. What if a bucket was pre-molded with a detailed brick pattern? What if you filled it with sand from the top instead of the bottom? What if you simply split the mold apart instead of lifting it? What if it was all packaged up and easy to transport due to its split mold, patent pending stackable system? After combining all of these ideas, Create A Castle became a reality!
From Create a Castle on Instagram: Did you know @createacastle and @dan_in_the_sand built the largest sand castle ever which is still standing at over 15 feet on Candlewood Lake in New Milford Connecticut for the announcement of @sharktankabc?
Read about the episode HERE.