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American Alligator Puppet

Folkmanis has carved out a niche in the category of high quality puppets. This Alligator now joins the distinguished lineup as tester after tester commented about the superb quality, the amazing attention to detail and the fact that Folkmanis includes a nice assortment of educational facts about the American Alligator. This puppet features much more […]

Nibbling Mouse Puppet

Some of the best toys are those that need no instructions, you and your child just intuitively know what to do to begin enjoying play time. This adorable nibbling mouse is very soft, sized just right for little hands and has a stick inside that gives the puppeteer even more control over the performance of

Folkmanis Little Puppets

Soft, cuddly and sized just right for little hands, these puppets are perfect for putting the power of imagination and story telling into and onto the hands of your little one. Each animal character in this line of small puppets comes with a little book of facts about the animal which, testers told us, their

Talking Tubes

You can almost hear grandpa saying “In my day we used tin cans and string…and we liked it!” Well grandpa things change and today kids can use hollow tubing and plastic telephones to communicate over distances as far as nine feet. Parents got a kick out of seeing their kids playing a modern day version

Trucky 3

Trucky 3

This was certainly one of the most unique toys up for evaluation during this testing period. It is a dump truck complete with a sturdy base and wheels. But the similarities to anything Tonka ever made end there. Trucky is also a puzzle. Using any number of the assorted colorful shapes your child is presented

Bill & Betty Bricks

Bill & Betty Bricks

According to our testers this is one of the best early learner logic puzzles they have seen. The challenge is to match the designs in the instruction guide using the nicely crafted wooden blocks and building on the supplied base. Everyone noted how nice it was to see solid wooden pieces used. As the challenges

My Very First Game Animal Upon Animal

HABA continues to impress testers, this time with a game for very young toddlers. It’s gameplay fosters creativity and its simplicity allows children as young as two to grasp the concept. There are wooden pieces that are well-made, sized just right for little hands, adorable, brightly painted with lead-free paint and the wood is sustainable.

Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Even dolls get sleepy and when they can’t join your child in bed, now they have a bed they can call their own. In fact, now they have two! This beautiful, sturdy, intricately designed bunk bed excited and thrilled testers. The bed comes packed in such a way that it is clear this is a

Armoire

Armoire

For parents of children who collect and love either American Girl dolls or other 18″ size dolls, get ready to fall in love with an accessory. That’s right, you have already invested in the dolls and probably an assortment of clothing for them, now you have a beautifully crafted, high quality armoire to keep the

Lay-n-Go LITE

Lay-n-Go LITE

Our kids are natural born toy collectors, whether it is cars, building blocks, action figures or dolls, they have a lot of stuff that they want to have available and parents do as well, especially for travel or waiting times. The Lay-n-Go LITE is a brilliantly conceived product to allow your child to pack up

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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