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Moon Sand Amusement Park

Moon Sand Amusement Park

Moon Sand, ever since its introduction has created a new building/creativity category. Not Pla-Doh and not building blocks, but somewhere in between. This new set from Spin Master demonstrates how the colorful semi-adhesive sand can be used in so many ways to the delight of children. Parents liked the theme park idea and the self-contained […]

Wild CreationsClassic EcoAquarium

Are you fending off pleadings for a pet from your child? Consider this, the EcoAquarium offers a shed & poop-free alternative. We love our doggies, but our testers also loved this amazingly easy-to-maintain and fascinating pet owning experience. Instead of fish you will become the proud owners of two frogs. Until you have witnessed just

Shutterfly Celebrate Everyday Life

Shutterfly continues to impress our testers with their superb online photo service and seemingly countless array of products that help turn our digital images into keepsakes to cherish and share. Their new series of books, that feature themes and pre-made template pages, are just another example of their understanding of the marketplace, in this case,

Sweetheart Cafe

Toys like the Sweetheart Cafe offer the unique play value of working equally well for solo imagination play as well as for group interaction. There are props such as an apron, chef’s hat and ordering pad that make for great role playing experiences. The food items you’ll find in the sturdily constructed box, which closes

Spin and Wash

Alex has found a wonderfully novel way to make bath time a blast. Just float the Spin and Wash spinner in the tub and watch as your child spins the monkey’s tail. When it stops, your child’s task is to wash the part of the body that the tail landed on. This not only adds

Crayola Glow Station on the Go

How many art/craft kits do you know that involve absolutely no mess whatsoever? OK time’s up. We’re guessing you didn’t need two hands to count. Your child will discover endless hours of creative play with this terrifically designed and portable Glow Station. Just set up the glow station in a dark room and watch as

Outdoor Vegetable Garden kit

Everything you need to introduce your child to the miracle of growing vegetables from seedlings is included in this wonderful kit from DuneCraft. Many parents told us that they have often meant to teach their children about gardening but now with everything enclosed in the kit, there were no more excuses. Exceptionally kid friendly and

Make A Plate

Make A Plate

Children positively love seeing their artwork transformed into new shapes and in this case a reusable plate that they can not only proudly show off, but eat off of too! The whole process is really quite easy, just have your child create their masterpiece, then ship it off to the company who will send back

Pet Ornaments

Pet Ornaments

Part of the fun of the holidays is decorating the house and the tree. Getting the kids involved as much as possible goes a long way towards really bringing the true meaning of the season home. Our testers thought that Pet Ornaments were a great option for letting children create their own hanging ornaments that

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

Looking for a fun art project that you can pull out and enjoy with your kids on a rainy day? How about introducing an activity you probably did when you were a kid, sock puppets. This kit has everything you need to make three puppets. Once you open the box you’ll release a treasure trove

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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