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Seal of Approval Report

Spin n Style

Spin n Style

Whirl ‘n Wear Headbands are an ingenious idea for creative, fashion conscious little girls. The kit creates great headbands without the use of glue. This is done by using a styling machine, a sticker cartridge, 3 included headbands, end caps, decorations and clips. All of this allows for a truly endless amount of variations and […]

One Little Mailbox

One Little Mailbox

Treasured Passages has designed a marvelous, creative and exciting new way to communicate with your child; In House Mail! The beautifully crafted box grabbed tester’s attention right away and they were eager to see what it was all about. Left in the hallway outside their door everyone was excited and delighted to get started. Parents

Polly Pocket Wall Party Tree House

Playing on the floor is so last year…apparently. The ageless Polly Pocket has a new play set that sticks to the wall using non-marking strips. This can be attached and removed quite easily which, as you might imagine, parents appreciated immensely. Parents and their kids also loved the idea of being able to play with

Kinect Sesame Street TV

After hours and hours of playing with this Kinect game it became quite clear to testers that the producers at Sesame Street and the wizards behind Kinect got it just right. This video game is a wonderful blend of watching one of the most beloved shows of all time and actually playing along with it.

Kinect Nat Geo TV

Kinect Nat Geo TV

If your preteen loves Nat Geo TV and you have a Kinect system in your home then you have to make sure you put this on your video game shopping list. The game is essentially a unique marriage of TV Show and video game, actually eight different TV shows. In each of the episodes there

Kelsyus Go With Me Chair

Kelsyus Go With Me Chair

If you have a child who falls between 3 months and 75 pounds then you owe it to yourself to check out the innovative, 3-stage Kelsyus Go With Me Chair. This is portable seating for children at its best no matter the venue, a park, barbecue, camping, the beach, a sibling’s sporting event, etc. The

Pet Frenzied

Pet Frenzied

Little game, little package, little price but a huge amount of fun. It’s easy to get started and once you start don’t expect your kids to want to stop. The instructions are nicely written and easy to understand. This is a very fast moving, active game and the use of the word Frenzied in the

One Little Owl

One Little Owl

This clever, sweet storybook comes with its own song that enhances the shared reading experience you will have with your child. Inside the book are instructions for downloading the music which is wonderfully produced and a perfect accompaniment, soft and soothing, ideal for toddlers. The pictures stand out for their cute designs and eye catching

Hello, Everybody!

Hello, Everybody!

Parents and children alike were delighted with this wonderfully interactive storybook. By using both reading and singing to enforce the storyline there were lots of smiles and giggles with each page. This also made for great bonding and sharing time. The repetition on each page, in this case singing “Hello”, made it to follow along

She Sells Sea Shells

She Sells Sea Shells

Based on the famous tongue twister this book offers an upbeat, sweet, simple story and lovely illustrations. While you read the book, and your children have fun with the challenging twister, you will also learn about the origins of the familiar lines. It is actually the true life story of an uneducated paleontologist who collected

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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