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Doll Chest

Doll Chest

As George Carlin famously said, we all need a place for our stuff. Turns out our daughters’ dolls need a place for their stuff too! The beautiful 18″ dolls that you have invested a small fortune in also come with a huge variety of clothing and accessories. We can’t have that strewn about which is […]

Monkeez Makes a Difference

The sock puppet monkeys of our grandparent’s youth have been brought back, given a makeover with new colors and designs and they are as endearing as ever. But MVP Brands had much more than just a stuffed toy in mind when they reintroduced the genre. Monkeez is more like a mascot for character building. Each

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Portable Speaker

Kids love accessorizing their backpacks, it’s almost as if school yard cred is based on the number of cool things hanging from the various zippers and hooks. With that in mind Sakar went to the seemingly timeless Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise to craft a portable speaker that kids can hook onto backpacks. This isn’t

www.AnimalJam.com

www.AnimalJam.com

This is a fun and quasi-free web site that offers kids what anyone might expect when visiting a site connected with National Geographic, amazing pictures of nature. Included in the site are lots of interesting and fun facts about nature along with games, videos and activities like building an animal character and its den. There

20 Express

20 Express

If you never believed that a game can be both frustrating and loads of fun at the same time we’re here to tell you that it totally can and, on top of that, it’s a game you will play again and again. The premise is simple as are the directions so that you can be

Nada

Nada

Blue Orange describes this new dice game as being fast paced, that would be an understatement! Players will have their heart rates elevate and their eyes focused like lasers to scan the rolled dice looking for matches or Nada (no matches at all). There are several game play variations and our testers enjoyed trying them

Flash

Flash

You better bring your A game when settling down for a game of Flash. This game requires super fast reaction times and a brain on full alert. Testers described this as Yahtzee on steroids calling it so much fun that the idea of going back to the old standard seemed absurd. There are a number

Poly-Rollee, Magic Glueing Roller

We can pretty comfortably state that you have never seen anything like this before. An electrostatic roller that attaches paper to walls and windows. What does this mean? No more tape, glue or thumbtacks and no residual traces left on the wall….really! You can hang any and all of your children’s artwork along with pictures,

iBounce Kids Trampoline

The spotlight concerning the lack of physical activity by our nation’s youth is shining brightly as well it should. The simple fact is that it is quite easy to fall prey to the various devices and diversions that keep us firmly planted on our couches exercising nothing but our fingers on either the remote control

The Drip Drops Color the World App

Whether you use iOS or Android your child will find a colorful, multi-layered 3D world filled with friendly characters, great sounds and music. Using story based learning your child follows the Drip Drops (who have delightful Irish accents) adding color to a colorless environment as they play. Children were guided as to which items needed

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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