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Infinite Robots

Infinite Robots

How many times a day do you find yourself telling your children to get off their electronic devices? How many times have you had a conversation with your friends about it? Then you know you are not alone. Play Odyssey is aware of your plight and has invented a fun temporary reprieve that your kids […]

Aqua-Mals

Aqua-Mals

Doing art projects with kids is one of the finest and most enriching ways to spend quality time with your children. Its technology-free time that you can both bond over, enjoying the shared creativity, design, and the limitless possibilities that they offer. The directions are clear and it really is easy to get started right

Smithsonian Sea Monsters

Smithsonian Sea Monsters

Smithsonian and their partners at NSI have cleverly managed to turn a familiar environmental science lesson about prehistoric creatures into an exciting and engaging STEM biology experiment. The packaging is appealing and a great representation of what you’ll find inside. A small plastic aquarium along with the background graphic of an enlarged example of the

Smithsonian Mega Science Lab

Smithsonian Mega Science Lab

Parents and children were equally excited by this STEM-inspired, fun, and interactive MEGA science lab. For parents, its a win-win when they discover an educational DIY kit that is both creative, imaginative, and resourceful. The Smithsonian name carries significant cache, and NSI has certainly matched that very high bar. Without the use of any screens,

Crayola Creative Fun Double Easel

The Crayola Creative Fun Double Easel is an artistic center you will love giving to your children to encourage their creative endeavors while providing a safe, contained place to express themselves. Kids can create on the magnetic whiteboard, the chalkboard, or a hanging piece of paper. Each side can be used concurrently, which is perfect

Spin + Spiral Art Station

The Crayola Spin & Spiral Art Station was a bonafide hit among parents and kids who spent time with it in our testing centers! We went through all the paper wheels and paint on a nearly daily basis. The sensation it caused was due in part to just how much fun and creativity in unleashes

Scribble Scrubble Safari

Parents are always glad to find washable products, be they paints, crayons, or markers. They tell us that they just feel freer knowing that their kids are not likely to permanently damage surfaces. The Scribble Scrubble Safari offers children freedom to color all over a cute animal figure, which delights them, at the same time

Glitter Dots Sparkle Station

The Glitter Dots Sparkle Station, by Crayola, is full of endless possibilities for crafters who love glitter. The set comes complete with all you need to start creating. It also includes loads of little dots of glitter paste. One dot covers just a little more than the size of a quarter, so depending on the

Glitter Dots Activity Kits

There is no debate about whether kids love glitter but ask any parent and they’ll regale you with stories about what a nightmare it can be to clean up. Most projects will shed glitter forever, and of course, it sticks to everything. Perhaps this is why parents were so enthusiastic about Glitter Dots. They give

Sparkle Crayon Melter

If you have an art lover at home, the Sparkle Crayon Melter by Crayola is going to make them very happy. The experience of creating melted crayon art, and watching the sparkly liquid lines form as you are drawing, proved to be a magical experience. After plugging the Crayon Melter and inserting crayons to be

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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