EXHIBIT 99.1


                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report of Acorn Products, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K/A No. 1 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, A. Corydon Meyer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

                  (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of
section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.



                                      /s/ A. Corydon Meyer
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                                      A. Corydon Meyer, Chief Executive Officer
                                      October 17, 2002