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Crayolas 3D Kaleidoscope Activity Set

The next generation of chalk art is here. The movie industry has embraced it so why not sidewalk art? The kit comes with eight pieces of “dual-colored” chalk, the secret behind the 3D magic. Once you complete your drawing you put on the supplied 3D glasses and that’s when you will be amazed. The glasses […]

National Geographic Expedition Shoe Lights

When the sun slips behind the hills and the sounds of the night begin to come to life, the call of the wild pulls many young adventurers to explore the wonders of nature in the gathering dusk. These shoe top lights strap on and will illuminate the path no matter where it may lead. Parents

RingStix

RingStix

OK, here’s the deal, when parents first saw RingStix they were taken aback, after all they look like swords. Really? You want us to test toy swords? Not even close. This is without a doubt one of the most unique toss and catch toys we have ever seen. With a “sword” in each hand you

Nerf Firevision Sports Football

Our testers get to test lots of cool stuff each testing period but this took the prize. We all know Nerf balls and Nerf products but you haven’t seen anything like this before. The Firevision package comes with two headwear pieces, they look like goggles at first but they are not. Nothing covers the eyes.

Waboba Balls

Waboba Balls

Crazy cool, wildly innovative, Waboba Balls will be bouncing and skipping on pools and lakes everywhere. Yes we said ON. These remarkable balls are designed to skip like the perfect skimming stone across the water. But Waboba turns the whole rock skimming thing further upside down because no longer is skipping objects across the water

Volo

Volo

Volo is a lightweight throwing toy that children really enjoyed playing with in the pool, at the park or the beach. It isn’t specifically designed for a game of catch (though it certainly can be), since Volo, unlike most items that you throw (balls or Frisbees), can actually be played with and enjoyed on its

Copter Darts

Copter Darts

Copter darts are a lightweight, winged version of lawn darts but without the long metal spear at the end. This is a family oriented outdoor activity set that our testers felt would be perfect for the backyard, picnics at the park, etc. Anyone who has played or seen the game of bocce or horseshoes will

Paddle Tether Ball

Testers discovered and proclaimed Paddle Tether Ball to be a great new game/sport for children of all ages. Providing hours of fun and entertainment it also is a great way to promote hand-eye coordination and balance. The set comes complete with everything you need and is very easy to assemble (and take apart). There are

NERF Firevision Sports Flyer Set

For kids who love to play outdoors there is nothing worse than darkness. As the sun sets, it just ruins all the fun! Never fear, NERF has come to the rescue with a cool new way to extend fun, active play way past dusk. By donning NERF’s own Firevision frames, that aim a targeted light

SkyTrix

SkyTrix

SkyTrix is a kid-powered glider that uses a unique method for launching and flying. It glides like a plane, floats on the air like a kite, and uses an attached lanyard so you can build up the SkyTrix momentum giving you the ability to fling it like a slingshot. That’s a lot of words describing

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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