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Less Mess Painting Activity Set

Parents want to give their kids the opportunity to paint and get creative at home, but no one enjoys a big paint mess. We’ve all been there where paint flies on furniture, spills on the carpet, and it is hard to wash off hands and faces. Also, waiting for the final artwork to dry can […]

Scribble Scrubbie Dinosaur Pets Waterfall

Crayola has found yet another brilliant way to connect with its target audience. There’s no denying that children love to create on blank canvases. What’s more fun than coloring and designing your own animal than being able to wash it off and start all over again? The box includes four washable dinosaurs, three unique washable

DIY TIE DYE CHALKBOARD T-SHIRTS AND DRAWSTRING BAGS

This unique DIY tie-dye t-shirt/tote bag set with a custom chalkboard inset charmed our testers. The ability to easily wipe off and re-draw the chalk design repeatedly adds great fun and creative expression. Giving them the gift of a custom shirt or bag to change up over and over again was viewed as genuinely innovative.

Greentop Gifts Celebration for Everyone! Gift Bag

The Greentop Gifts Celebration for Everyone! Gift Bag is exactly as the name implies. A gift bag that is all-inclusive and can be appreciated across different cultures and races. Most Gift bags are covered in pictures or glitter and words associated with the type of gift bag. This one is different in that it is

Hide Inside Mixed by Me Kit

Hide Inside Mixed By Me is a fun and unique arts and crafts kit that combines making and creating along with a fun element of play. What your child is creating is their own search and find game with the provided mix-ins. It is easy to use and is great for those moments when you

Crayola Color Wonder Sound Studio

Coloring with a nice touch of audible feedback made this a real standout with testers, many of whom told us that no other system had ever held their child’s attention for so long. Included in the set are lots and lots of pages and images to color with the included markers. The magic for parents

Magic Fabric Creation Studio

Magic Fabric Creation Studio

This crafting kit delighted children not only with the results they were able to make but the process as well. Children are given multiple choices, placing pieces just the way they like them, then rolling it through the magic press. Invariably testers reported big smiles upon seeing and pulling out their finished product, a soft

Paper Doll Portfolio Disney Fairies

Paper Doll Portfolio Disney Fairies

Little girls could hardly contain themselves when they saw this doll creation kit. Being able to design clothes for the fairy dolls inside using either fabric or paper, decorate them with beads, rhinestones and ribbons was just the tip of the iceberg. There are embossing papers, stencils and gems to give your special girl the

Create Your Own 3 Bitty Books

Create Your Own 3 Bitty Books

Parents loved this craft kit that provided their children with hours and even days of enjoyment. The kits gives children a platform to discover and develop their own stories. The instruction booklet gives parents and children some jumping off ideas to get their creative juices flowing. There are also instructions for planning out the story’s

Beach Buddies Shell Crafts

Beach Buddies Shell Crafts

Beach Buddies was a big hit in the testing centers on the basis of its ability to stir up the imaginative juices of children who enjoy making crafts. From day one we saw testers tapping into some real Darwinian delights. It was not unusual to be presented a sea horse with five eyeballs or some

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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