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Stick Stack Game

Stick Stack Game

Stick Stack is an ingenious game of tilting tactics that relies on each player’s spatial reasoning and hand-eye coordination. All parts to this toy are well made and colorful. Testers told us how much fun the gameplay is and that it is appropriate for the recommended age of 8+. There was also general agreement that […]

Suspicion Game

Suspicion Game

Suspicion is a logic based game that will challenge your deductive reasoning skills and entertain those who love putting their mental acuity to the test. Anyone who grew up playing Clue will find this game familiar but Wonder Forge has put in some nice twists and turns so that it is in fact a considerably

Dr. Seuss Thing One and Thing Two Whirly Fun! Game

Wonder Forge has created an engaging game that entertains both kids and parents. Perhaps that can be chalked up to everyone’s love of Dr. Seuss, it certainly didn’t hurt. The idea of the game, just like the book, is to clean the house before mom returns home. The fun, and often hysterical part of this

Pass the Pandas

Pass the Pandas

Pass the Pandas is a simple dice game that is easy to understand, thought-provoking and a whole lot of fun. To begin, the packaging is adorable, appealing and inviting. The cute character panda makes it even more alluring and likable. It can be taken anywhere and played wherever there is a flat surface. This is

ROLLERS

ROLLERS

ROLLERS is a dice game that will instantly draw comparisons to Yahtzee and you can be sure we heard that from virtually all our testers. While the comparisons might have some validity this is a different game, with different rules, different scoring and according to our testers it might be better. Right off the bat

Tapple 10

Tapple 10

Based on its size and portability, this great game/activity is right up there among the best-reviewed travel products ever. Rarely does a game come along that is completely original and yet can be played moments after taking it out of the box. There are 10 different ways to play. Any of the 10 is unique

Pingpole - Giraf & Yetis

The Pingpole board game is really two games in one, both of which you have likely seen before, but never quite like this. One side of the board has elements reminiscent of a wooden pinball machine, the game “Fastrack,” and features the ever popular Angry Birds. To play, you slingshot a round wooden piece (with

Find It Games Eww...Gross

Find It Games Eww…Gross

The newest iteration of Find It Games connected with testers as a fun, easy to use right out of the box game. They liked the ease of use, the simple directions and the portability of the game. The items in the tube are household items and shapes. This game is great for traveling because, besides

Hedbanz Electronic

Hedbanz Electronic

A massive hit with testers of all ages this is a runaway Seal of Approval winner…again. If you know and love the first iteration of Headbanz, we’re pretty confident in saying that you will love this one even more! Everything that testers loved about the original is here: its easy to explain to others plus

Cheese Stack

Cheese Stack

Such a simple game, Cheese Stack by Getta1Games is definitely more than meets the eye. From as young as three years old, children are able to play and enjoy these games. There are no words or numbers to read. Cheese Stack offers three ways to play, including games that can be played solo and games

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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