The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Welcome Back to the Dungeon

Welcome Back to the Dungeon is a quick, fun, press-your-luck strategy game that involves a dungeon, monsters and heroes. As our testers have come to expect from IELLO, the artwork of both the game and the instruction booklet are inventive, colorful and creative. The character cards as well as the mini playing board are made […]

French for Kids: Les Saisons (The Seasons)

It’s not often that we get reviews from a testers that call a product “flawless” and “the gold standard” but this new release from multi-Seal winning Whistlefritz garnered both reactions. We all know that kids love screen time, so getting them interested in watching a video is easy enough. But, getting them to watch half

Circuit Clay: The Easiest Way to Learn About Electricity

Over the years Klutz has proven themselves to be masters at creating appealing packaging that draw children and parents alike to them. The Circuit Clay Kit was no exception. Bright and colorful, kids couldn’t get wait to get started. Inside, another Klutz signature, great directions that are easy to follow and, based on the age

Make Your Own Soap

This new craft kit comes with everything you need to make a variety of different colored and shaped soaps along with trinkets, glitter and stickers to put inside the bars. The design suggestions are very current and age-appropriate (emoji cat, peace sign, cupcake, star, etc.). You’ll find 20 blocks of clear glycerin soap, 6 different

Klutz Jr. My Clay Critters

This craft kit appealed to so many testers for so many reasons. The critters your child creates are adorable, the clay is easy to manipulate and the colors of the clay are an attractive assortment including light blue, dark blue, white, yellow, orange and black. The clay is quite malleable and easy for small hands

Klutz Jr. My Egg Carton Animals

Klutz has given us yet another adorable craft set that delighted our testers young and old. The kit comes with everything you need to make a great assortment of material to create a menagerie of six animals. The fun doesn’t stop when you make your initial set of creatures. You can continue to use many

LEGO® Make Your Own Movie: 100% Official LEGO® Guide to Stop-Motion Animation

Klutz, an historically low-tech company embraces technology in a big way with this new movie-making kit. Teamed together with LEGO you will find everything needed to make your own stop-motion movies. Klutz’s wonderfully illustrated 78-page step-by-step instructions are easy to follow. The kit comes with 36 pieces that includes 6 mini figureheads, five bodies, three

Make Your Own Bath Bombs

Did you know that Bath Bombs are all the rage right now? Our young testers told us they were which explains their excitement when they saw this new DIY kit from Klutz. The package certainly helped with its bright rainbow colors and images of super cool bombs. These bath bombs will transform your child bath

Klutz Jr. My Little Night Light

The Klutz Jr. My Little Night Light is an adorable craft kit that opens up a world of creative opportunities. The do-it-yourself design offers a terrific variety of themes, backgrounds and punch outs to choose from. Testers told us that the designs were adorable and the artwork is very child-friendly. Klutz has excelled at their

Punch Yarn Pillow

Seeing the Punch Yarn Pillow in our testing centers was a nostalgic trip for many of our parent testers who used to make them when they were young. There’s always a hesitation wondering whether a favorite from your past will stand the test of time with a new generation. Short answer: It did. This craft

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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