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Strawberry Shortcake - Fun Dough Game

This delightful board game will enchant and entertain you and your child over and over again. Don’t let the name or the pink colors fool you into believing that only little girls will like playing this game either. Game play involves moving along a board and collecting objects that you make by pressing clay dough […]

Marshall Brodiens Magic Hat

Sleight of hand, the tricks that magicians have been using for centuries to amaze and entertain has never lost its luster for kids. Being given the tools and the key to unlocking and performing magic for friends and family is like letting them loose in a candy shop. Children tore into this kit and were

CoolBlox mini

CoolBlox mini

This unique foam building set with an interlocking design got high marks from our testers because it is so lightweight and harmless no matter how hard it is thrown by one sibling towards the other. Packaged in a nice plastic carrying case parents told us that CoolBlox would be terrific as a great take along

BRIO Toys - Wild West Set

BRIO Toys – Wild West Set

Whether it’s used as an add-on to your existing Brio or as a stand alone first train set, your little conductor will get a kick out of this Wild West Set. Everything you need to stage your own re-creation of the lawless days of yore is included here. The bank teller, sheriff and bank robber

DUPLO Tub

DUPLO Tub

Duplo, the younger sibling to the venerable Lego line of building blocks is one of the most well crafted toys for toddlers. This big tub of blocks is a wonderful gift that will open up the world of construction to your child. There are loads of colorful blocks and other shapes to provide them with

QUATRO Basic, Medium & Large

QUATRO Basic, Medium & Large

Pardon our presumptiveness, but we assume that you are familiar with the Lego and Duplo style of building blocks for children of all ages. Lego has worked hard to make sure that we are. There was a minor hitch in the strategy though, you see those brands don’t really cover “all” ages. Even the younger

Spider-Mans Train Rescue

Spider-Mans Train Rescue

Summer 2004 will be remembered in the history of Hollywood as the year of one of the most memorable and successful sequels of all time, Spiderman 2. To capitalize on Spidey-fever, Lego has produced a superb building set that mimics one of the more memorable scenes in the movie. Fans of the movie loved the

Hogwarts Castle

Hogwarts Castle

With each successive movie release the legend of Harry Potter grows, and deservedly so. This superb building kit of the legendary Hogwarts Castle provided our testers with hours of fun. All the characters are here including Harry, Ron and Hermione. There is a moving staircase, classrooms and much more. The familiarity our testers had with

Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler

Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler

Building cool cars, planes and other vehicles has two great elements, One, they’re fun to build and; Two, they’re cool to play with in make-believe games. Lego knows this as well as any company on the planet and has designed a system that delivers both for under $30. The colorful and slick design of the

Prehistoric Creatures

Prehistoric Creatures

Several testers told us that even when Lego was just making blocks, kids would always find some way to imagine their creation as a dinosaur. That said they were thrilled to see this set that created super cool, and slightly more realistic, dinos. The Tyrannosaurus Rex, always a big favorite is really cool; kids loved

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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