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Self-Esteem Game

Self-Esteem Game

Uplifting and designed to encourage positive self-realization, Self Esteem is all that and more. Players must often stand up and loudly state that they are proud of themselves and then tell the other players why. By acknowledging and publicly stating their individual strengths to others, players really felt empowered. There is a section where players […]

Ricochet

Ricochet

Bewildered onlookers that watch people play this new card game from afar might appear perplexed as they observe players intently staring at cards, silent until one person triumphantly slaps their hand down on the table. That would be until they learn how to play this very easy game and find themselves hooked as well. Ricochet

Theres A Moose In The House

This highly unusual card game garnered more than its share of chuckles. You see the photos show this rather confused moose wandering around a house in various poses, either raiding the refrigerator, taking a bath or sleeping in a bed. Perhaps it’s those large antlers, or his silly expression, but everyone got a big kick

Space Race

Space Race

You may need to do some manual dexterity exercises before trying to tackle Space Race because you will be put to the test in this frantic game of dice rolling fun. This is a great travel game since all you need is a flat surface to roll, and roll and roll again. The instructions take

Big Top

Big Top

Using memory, process of elimination and matching skills, this fast-paced card game is great fun for children. Easy to learn and very quick to play you’ll be surprised at how quick your kids are when it comes to figuring out which colorful circus character is missing from the pattern. Small enough to pack into a

Quarx

Quarx

No matter how many times our testers played Quarx they kept coming back for more. This quirky game is like no other card game you’ve ever played. In fact, the use of cards is almost an afterthought. Your eyes will get a workout as you frantically try to count spheres faster than your opponent and

Birds, Bugs & Beans

Birds, Bugs & Beans

You’ll need quick eyes and fast hands to keep up in this game where you’re tasked with identifying the sneaky bean in disguise. If you’re looking for a game to pull out on a rainy day to entertain the kids this will do the trick. The images are quite silly which makes for laughs, but

First Hand

First Hand

The name of this game does not refer to a set of cards in your hand. In fact, while it is a card game, you barely touch the cards at all. What you do have to do to be successful is to be the fastest to mimic the illustrated hands on the exposed card. You

Birds & Binoculars and Green Alligators: Zoo & Farm Animals

It’s funny how some games jump up and surprise you. As testers read the instructions for this game, almost unanimously they said “It’s Go Fish”, believing that Birds and Binoculars was just a redone version of the classic card game. That was until they played the game and the wild Dirty Birds popped up. These

Green Alligators: Zoo & Farm Animals

Already an established winner, Green Alligators is back with the same charades like fun and laughter, but this time the folks at Vida Games have added a bilingual Spanish/English twist. This addition serves to broaden the game’s universal appeal while the animal theme cards are fun for everyone. Players go to great imaginative lengths to

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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