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Marker Maker

Marker Maker

This fun and creative pre-craft kit helps kids make their own markers that they can then use in other activities. The system is truly inventive and really piqued the curiosity of testers. This product is a mix of science project and art project. Kids loved mixing their own colors and making their own markers. Making […]

Melt n Mold Factory

Repurposing crayons is a fun, creative and environmentally friendly concept that parents liked introducing to their children. With this new craft kit from Crayola, old crayons are melted down and shaped into rings. The system is easy to setup and begin using within minutes of opening the nicely designed and super appealing package. The results

Glow Crazy Pattern Painter

Testers told us that the Glow Crazy Pattern Painter is an ingenious and fun way kids can create their own paintings and patterns on paper without all the mess traditionally associated with this activity. Pattern Painter works by using the wand like a paintbrush and waving it back and forth on the paper. The “brush”

Wackytivities Kinetic Sand Neon Hourglass Asst

Hey parents, how does this sound? A sand product that is kind of like clay except that it doesnt make a mess or dry out. Pretty awesome huh? Well wait until you see these sets of neon colored kinetic sand. Some kids were entranced by the tactile experience while others adored the bright colors. Spin

Wackytivities Kinetic Sand Pack

If you ever loved playing in the sand at the beach (and seriously who doesn’t?) you are going to fall in love with this product. Parents and kids were amazed and thrilled with Kinetic Sand. Why? Well, you can take the sand and mold it into any shape and it will just stay there. When

Aquabeads: Spiral Pen Bead Set

Aquabeads: Spiral Pen Bead Set

Aquabeads quickly became a crowd favorite at our testing centers. Kids loved the playful creations they could make while parents appreciated how easy it was to make creations permanent with just a simple spray of water. Many parents told us how preferable this was to the old technique of ironing beads together. The instructions are

Squish: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Squish: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

When testers were given Squish: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to play with many believed they would be having fun playing with Mickey and the gang. The app starts out mimics the behavior of sculpting with virtual clay. Starting with simple shapes like circles or squares your child can form various Mickey Mouse Clubhouse characters. Kids can

This IS Rocket Science

This IS Rocket Science

Steve Spangler is a kid at heart. That has to be the reason he was able to design a science kid that truly connected with kids. His kit is designed to hand over the keys to real experiments with rocket science. Our testers got to see what its was like to shoot rockets into the

BRAIN TICKLING SCIENCE

BRAIN TICKLING SCIENCE

We had our testers spend time with Brain Tickling Science over the summer break which turned out to be a perfect tonic for summer boredom. Give kids the tools and instructions to experiment and create scientific experiments then all you have to do is sit back and wait for the results. Parents were impressed with

Color a Rocket

Color a Rocket

ALEX’s new Color a Rocket was instantly appealing to testers. From the moment they saw the box, they got excited about giving their kids a chance to color and create artwork on a such a large scale. The size of this rocket gives kids (often many at one time) a chance to be on their

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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