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SqwishLand Soft n Squishy Bracelets

Its official, bracelets are the new hot toy/accessory and Sqwishland is right on the leading edge of the craze. Start with a soft bracelet and attach your Sqwishy toys to it, then keep adding or trading or rearranging them so that its never the same bracelet twice. There is an additional component here which is […]

Space Age Crystal Growing Kit

Space Age Crystal Growing Kit

Everything is so much quicker and faster these days but perhaps nothing has sped up more than the creation of crystals. What used to take a thousand years begins instantly when you mix the chemicals included in this wonderfully low-priced science kit. The directions are easy to follow and the finished product is really quite

Space Age Crystal Growing Kit

Space Age Crystal Growing Kit

The reality with lots of science projects is that they take hours to set up and can often take days or weeks to produce results. Not so here. The introduction to the project, a bright and beautifully written booklet helped everyone get enthusiastic and on board. There are 13 different varieties of crystal and geodes

Shrinky Dinks Princess Castle

Shrinky Dinks Princess Castle

Parents and children were equally excited to tear into and get started with this new and very appealing princess themed Shrinky Dinks kit. Everything is inside the box including the pre-cut shrinky’s, which parents really appreciated, along with extra accessories and decorations like rhinestones, glitter glue, textured paper, ribbons and yarn. By following the easy

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

When a product is both engaging and educational you are hitting all the right notes for parents and once again Creativity for Kids scored a Bulls Eye with Ancient Egypt. If your child is learning about Egypt in school (roughly 6th grade) buying this is a no-brainer. Learning about mummies and pharaohs in class is

Mask Making

Mask Making

This colorful yet unassuming cardboard box is filled with so many crafty items that there is no way your children won’t find some amazing way to express themselves. The directions for making masks were simple and straight forward, so much so that parents could easily step back and let the creative juices flow. The masks

Velcro Kids Mask Party Pack

Velcro Kids Mask Party Pack

Not just a fun and creative experience but quite often hilarious, these make your own kids masks were a real hit. The package comes with several that kids are able to mix and match. Everytime they use the set the possibilities are endless and the masks are different each time. A great accessory for dress-up

Crayola Story Studio

Crayola Story Studio

The trend that merges real products with the virtual reality of the web continues here with Crayola’s new Story Studio. The hook here is that children can take a digital image of their face and incorporate it into a comic book. The website that Crayola has created is intuitive with easy to understand step-by-step instructions.

I Can Bead, Lace, Rip, Trace!

This is a high quality, all-in-one craft kit that really delivers the creative fun that parents are looking for and at a reasonable price point. Inside our testers found lacing and tracing cards, ripping cards, beading pattern cards, pipe cleaners, beads, tissue paper and more. Given all these tools and the freedom to create, children

Crayola Glow Book

Crayola Glow Book

Crayola has clearly knocked one out of the park with the exciting new Glow Book. Parents described the book as pure genius, and why not? There is no mess and children are given the freedom to create anything that comes into their mind and instantly make it grow and glow. The possibilities are endless. You

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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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