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Beddy-Bye Baby Game

Beddy-Bye Baby Game

If you have children and are expecting another bundle of joy in your home soon, this is a game that our testers highly recommend you introduce to your brother or sister-to-be. The adorable graphics, and engaging game play, which centers on the care and basics of baby care really struck a chord with young testers […]

Animoes

Animoes

A game that your children will master quickly, especially those that have played dominoes before, Animoes features high-quality playing pieces that testers believe will withstand repeated play. The use of animals to engage children in this age group was clearly a good idea. For parents who want to offer an alternative play experience for preschool

FlapDoodle Board Game

FlapDoodle Board Game

Destined to become a family favorite in many homes, this game is silly, fun and a great addition to your Family Game Night. The FlapDoodle cards are downright hysterical, generating plenty of uncontrollable fits of laughter, especially when Mom has to perform some silly feat like holding her knee to her forehead until her next

Readers Digest Word Power Challenge Game

Readers Digest Word Power Challenge Game

Wonderfully unique in the method it uses to teach vocabulary while entertaining players with a classic game foundation, Readers Digest Word Power Challenge really impressed and ultimately won over our testers. The words offered up here range from traditional to absolutely off-the-wall. Parents loved being able to expose their kids to words that they knew

Little Teddy Game

This early aged board game is unique in so many ways. From its packaging and design to the exceptional artwork of the cards you will find inside, it is obvious that great care was taken in creating a game that will have lasting appeal. The game itself celebrates creativity and imagination, two features that, as

Qwirkle

Qwirkle

Once you discover and play Qwirkle you and your whole family will be hooked. A hybrid of classic games that are instantly recognizable and easy to understand, Qwirkle stands out on its own as uniquely entertaining. The solid wood painted pieces feature shapes and colors that must be added to the expanding board much in

Chaos

Chaos

This marvelous strategy game garnered glowing praise from our testers, many telling us that Chaos would become a permanent part of their game repertoire. There is good reason, the game play is quick and provides players with a superb strategic challenge. The rules of the game are deceptively simple but once you begin playing the

A Bit of Banter

A Bit of Banter

A marvelous travel game for parents with tween girls, A Bit of Banter, engaged this tough-to-please audience. Packed away in a compact tin are polished stones and a deck of cards loaded with intriguing talking points. The questions posed on these cards are sufficiently thought-provoking and probing so as to stimulate exploration and discussion that

Flippit

Flippit

If your children enjoy word games, or if you want them to experience the fun and built-in educational value of word games, then give Flippit a good look. Flippit rewards players with points as they spell words. Using colorful alphabet cards, children choose a word consisting of 3 letters or more. You may find a

Gift Trap

Gift Trap

From the very first experience our testers had with Gift Trap they were wildly enthusiastic. Packaged just about as perfectly as possible with small colored bags for each player and clear, concise instructions, Gift Trap really impressed our testers with the almost painstaking attention to detail on display. All that said, none of our testers

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 ’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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