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Building & Construction Toys

CONNETIX 48 Piece Roads Creative Pack

The Connetix 48 Piece Roads Creative Pack is a fantastic addition to any child’s toy collection. These high-quality magnetic tiles offer endless possibilities for creative and educational play.The unique road tiles add a whole new dimension to building fun. Kids can construct intricate racetracks, winding roads, and impressive bridges, sparking their imaginations and inspiring imaginative […]

Cat® Dig N Build Concrete Playset - 12oz

This Cat® Dig N’ Build Concrete Playset is a fantastic way to ignite your child’s imagination and creativity. It’s like a miniature construction site right in your living room!The playset includes a variety of realistic construction vehicles and tools, all designed to be easy for little hands to use. The non-drying concrete material is a

Kinetic Sand Squish Motion Playset

The Kinetic Sand Squish Motion Playset is a fantastic addition to the Kinetic Sand lineup, taking the sensory experience to a whole new level. With its unique squishy platform, this set allows kids to design, mold, and place their creations on a surface that wiggles and jiggles, adding a fun, “moving” element to the sand

HyperTiles

HyperTiles

HyperTiles by Fun In Motion Toys is an ingenious and versatile STEM product that captures the imagination of young engineers and creative minds alike. This compact set, housed in a neat box, contains 48 lightweight 3×3 plastic tiles and 80 small connectors. The pieces are designed to interlock effortlessly, making it easy for children to

VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Spiral Construction Tower

No doubt about it, VTech has hit it out of the park with the Go Go Smart Wheels Spiral Construction Tower. It is a toy that will engage your child in imaginative play for hours, thanks in part to its innovative smart point technology. The box is colorful and engaging. It shows the entire toy,

Rubble & Crew Construction Bark Yard Playset

The Rubble & Crew Construction Bark Yard Playset is an extra big, attention-grabbing toy that combines three kid favorites – Kinetic Sand, construction toys, and, lest we forget, Paw Patrol. The playset offers multiple opportunities to inspire imaginative play, and its design provides a number of unique play patterns. Assembling the toy is simple and

Kinetic Sand Deluxe Beach Castle Playset

Kinetic Sand has been a favorite among parents and kids for many years, and its use in this playset was no exception.The set has a generous amount of sand, molds, and tools, making it perfect for building sandcastles and unleashing your child’s creativity. The case it comes in is durable and serves as a convenient

Connetix Tiles 202-piece Pastel Mega Pack

After two months of product testing our parents have concluded that the Connetix Magnet Tile set is hands-down one of the best investments you can make for your child when it comes to developing fine motor skills and critical thinking. This remarkable set also fostering endless creativity and imaginative play. Although the price tag may

VTech® Marble Rush™ Corkscrew Rush Set™

The VTech Marble Rush Corkscrew Set is a fantastic combination toy that engages first as a building challenge and then offers loads of interactive play. The pieces in this set are a good size for younger hands. With their bright colors, they are easily identifiable for assembly. The instructions are straightforward, and the level progression

Paleontology - How dinosaurs lived

If you have a future paleontologist at home or just a curious child who would enjoy learning about dinosaurs, you should check out this building set of five motorized dinosaur models. Children will be able to assemble a brontosaurus, a stegosaurus, a triceratops, a pterodactyl, and an ankylosaurus, which is cool, but what is even

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A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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