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Acting Out!

Acting Out!

A marvelously engaging, socially interactive game that is fun for the whole family. Many testers pointed out how this was perfectly suited for sleep-over parties. Think charades with a twist. Kids will have to think fast, be creative and stay on their toes. A prevailing opinion among parents is that this game is ideal for […]

Dance Maker

Dance Maker

If you are on the lookout for a new and exciting game to introduce at your child’s next sleepover party, your search may begin and end here. Dance Maker is a simple, easy to learn game that will provide hours of laughter and some at significant decibels levels. A great way to infuse fun, exercise,

Quavers Marvelous World of Music

Clearly, with a nearly $1,000 price tag this is not for everyone; in fact it is designed to bring a new level of excitement to the way music is taught to children. This is a program for educators, though it doesn’t preclude individuals or home-schoolers. The curriculum is easy to implement and follow. There are

Hot Wheels Wall Tracks

Hot Wheels Wall Tracks

You would be hard pressed to find a parent who hasn’t endured the agony of walking through their child’s room at night without stepping on a toy of some sort. When testers saw this Hot Wheels track that mounts on the wall, it was apparent that some saw their nighttime walks becoming suddenly safer. So

Fruitominoes

Fruitominoes

Was it time for dominoes to get an upgrade from dots to fruit? Depends who you ask but for our testers this was a welcome twist on a game that their grandfather’s grandfather probably played. Whereas the Bananagrams people have, in the past, given us unique and ingenious games from the minds of their game

Barbie Designable Hair Extensions

From the moment testers, both child and adult, set eyes on this unique Barbie creativity set, the excitement was palpable. At first we weren’t sure if it was the trendy Barbie doll inside or the hair extensions project waiting to be created. We would find out soon enough. Hair extensions have burst onto the scene

Hot Wheels RC Nitro Speeders

Sleek, quick and nimble sounds like we’re talking about the newest sports car on the market. Well if you are a kid, we might as well be. Hot Wheels are to kids what Maserati’s are to car enthusiasts and this one has all the elements a Hot Wheels enthusiast needs for non-stop fun. The packaging

UNO Roboto Game

UNO Roboto Game

If you or your family are fans of the classic game of UNO you will all love this new twist. In fact UNO Roboto (cue the Styx soundtrack..”domo origato”) left testers in fits of laughter. UNO Roboto speaks, but not just a series of canned, pre-recorded commands, you actually record the names of the players

Matchbox Smokey The Fire Truck

Most of us associate Matchbox with die-cast race cars but these days interactive toys like Smokey The Fire Truck are carrying the Matchbox name and according to our testers that’s just fine with their kids. Smokey captured the imaginations of young boys and encouraged independent, interactive play time. Loaded with lots of lights, sounds and

Hot Wheels Video Racer Vehicle

What a neat idea, put a camera on a Hot Wheels car and get an idea of what it would feel like hurtling down the track at breakneck speed. Making race car videos turned out to be a very easy thing to do, in fact our young testers took about a minute to figure it

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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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