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Ring Bling

Ring Bling

This is a cute and educational game that both boys and girls can play together, always a plus for multi-gender families. The game itself offers thought-provoking, creative role play. Children are encouraged to tap into their imaginative well to act out instructions on cards which in turn earn rings for the fingers on their colorful […]

Vocabulary Chipper Chat

Vocabulary Chipper Chat

Parents and teachers alike were effusive with their praise for this wonderful educational game from Super Duper that is designed to help elementary aged children learn both simple and complex language concepts. The system grows with your child or can be used in a variety of classrooms. Super Duper does this with game boards that

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs

On the surface, when you first look at the tin box and try to determine what is inside, this might look like a bunch of cards with jokes on them. You wouldn’t be entirely right. There are lots of jokes here but scratch the surface and you will discover what lies beneath the humor. Super

Which One Doesnt Belong?

Which One Doesnt Belong?

Upon first glance many testers told us that they thought this game would be too simple for their children. When they dug deeper they realized that this is a game with multiple levels of difficulty and that blue bordered cards were significantly more challenging that those with red borders. This is basically a Q &

Tagamoto Motorized Vehicles & Road Sets

Tagamoto Motorized Vehicles & Road Sets

You may think you know racing cars from your days playing with Hot Wheels and Matchbox, get ready for the next generation, meet Tagamoto. These micro sized cars made by the same people who brought you Hexbugs, not surprisingly feature innovative movements and a really cool code reading system. These cars actually read codes that

Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrush

Justin, or The Bieb, has legions of passionate fans. There is no denying the tremendous appeal he has with the tween girl market which is why it should be no surprise to see his likeness on so many products, yes, even a toothbrush. When it comes to brushing parents don’t care if it’s Justin Bieber

Leapin Louie

Leapin Louie

Leapin’ Louie won over the hearts of young tooth brushers and the parents who long to have their children actually care about brushing their teeth well. The design here is cute, unique, creative and made with a sturdy design using BPA material. It was the impression of parent testers that this brush is made to

My Friend Huggles

My Friend Huggles

My Friend Huggles is a truly life-sized doll, about the same height as most 4 or 5 year olds. There are many different Huggles dolls, each one features a sweet smile and kind eyes. They come with adorable outfits and have a soft and truly huggable feel about them. Each Huggles doll has a unique

Crayola Washable Sidewalk Chalk

Sidewalk chalk is one of the staples of childhood, leave it to Crayola to up the stakes when it comes to creating a new level of chalk color enhancement. The boxed assortment of square shaped chalk features a nice variety of colors including primary colors but also pastels for extra artistic touches. Children found the

Crayola Color Wonder Glitter Coloring Pad

For little girls being able to add glitter to just about any art project adds a certain level of magic and pizzazz. The problem is that using glue and glitter is a mess waiting to happen. Crayola heard both sides of the issue and created a coloring book where the glitter is actually already in

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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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