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Colossal Art Set by ALEX TOYS

The Colossal Art Set caught the attention of everyone right away. ALEX wasn’t kidding when they trotted out the word Colossal for this Art Set. It is big…really big! The size along with the bright and colorful packaging was a powerful magnet to any and all budding artists. This kit is loaded not only with […]

The Extraordinaires Design Studio

This unique kit was described by parents who saw it as beautiful and intriguing, and that was before they even opened the box! What they discovered to their delight was that The Extraordinaires Design Studio was in fact a fun, interactive design game where the child is given a character, an instruction and a thing.

Visi-Max Dry Erase Markers

If you have a white board you are probably familiar with the maddening search for dry erase markers which always seem to go missing at the worst time (when you need them). If you are ready to stock up, especially with the new school year upon us you need to find these Visi-Max Dry Erase

10 Count Ultra Clean Markers

Children have always loved big, bright, bold and colorful markers. Parents have been on the fence, torn because they love the artistic outlet they provide but less thrilled with the mess they can make. Not to mention the fact that often those messes are of the permanent kind. Crayola heard the concerns loud and clear

ALEX TOYS Ultimate Tattoo Glitter Party

Do you have a young girl who loves tattoos and glitter? Silly question. Testers were drawn to this craft kit like moths to a flame. They marveled at the amazing variety of temporary tattoos and the six bottles of brightly colored, fluorescent glitter. In the kit you will find brushes, reusable stencils for applying the

Cool Baker Magic Mixer

This Mixer/Baking toy is a fun and easy way for kids to create desserts without the hassle, mess and general mayhem of actually cooking! Right from the start testers were drawn to the packaging that is very colorful, bright and informative, it even includes all the nutritional information. The directions are simple and the visuals

Crayolas Shadow FX Color Projector

Crayola has created a kit that uses light and color to display your child’s newest works of art. Inside the box you will find a projector with three different lights, projector shapes, a drawing sheet with a stand and white gel markers, yes white! Since the projector is already assembled as soon as you take

Crayola's Paint Maker

Parents admitted that as they approached Crayola’s Paint Maker in our testing centers there was apprehension about the messy situation they might be wading into. There were plenty of sighs of relief when the reality was quite the opposite. Besides being all self-contained, the paint is washable so everything was easy to clean. OK, now

Zoku Character Pops

If you think that popsicles created at home can only be in one or two shapes, think again! Zoku Character Pops literally break the mold. Well at least bend it. You see, the little red cylinder tub that you find inside the box contains a silicone mold that flexes to let you pull out perfectly

IlluStory

IlluStory

IlluStory is meant to encourage and celebrate the creativity that lies within every child. We have all heard our children weave intricate yarns, now they can turn those imaginative ramblings into a forever keepsake. Children are given a blank slate on which they can spin tales to their heart’s content (well, 10-14 blank pages). Each

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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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