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King of the Ring

King of the Ring is a fun and exciting board game with lots of physical activity and action. The game comes with an 8-inch by 8-inch ring with a “pop-up” tower and four different sumo wrestlers. The wrestlers have a rolling metal ball underneath, making it easy to move and slide them onto the board. […]

Kids Weighted Blanket

Kids Weighted Blanket

Weighted blankets seem to be THE hot ticket item these days. They are everywhere! One might think that if youve seen and felt one weighted blanket, youve seen and felt them all. Unfortunately, this is just not the case. Finding the perfect weighted blanket can actually be quite challenging. Some are too heavy, some are

MobiCam HDX

MobiCam HDX

The MobiCam HDX marks another Seal winning product for the impressive line-up of baby tech products. MOBI has done it again with an excellent combination of tech, design, features, and pricing. To begin setup is extremely simple and quick. Most testers told us it took them less than 5 minutes to get set up and

DoodleMatic Mobile Game Maker

Doodlematic is a new technology and toy that first intrigued testers and then wowed them. The whole concept behind Doodlematic is to introduce kids (and their parents) to the experience and process behind the making of a video game. The learning curve seems a little daunting at first, but by following the very clear directions

Mini Cosmo Nail Polish Set

Mini Cosmo Nail Polish Set

The Mini Cosmo Nail Polish set is an excellent activity for little ones who love all things fancy! These polishes thrilled our child testers because they are wonderfully colorful and just their size. On the parental side of the equation, they love how La Simple made them non-toxic and they do not have a strong

Electro Dough Projects Kit

Electro Dough Projects Kit

Electro Dough Projects Kit is a wonderful tech project for kids that engages children’s minds and commands their attention. Calling this a “tech toy” is kind of a misnomer since it uses playdough, which might be the epitome of “low-tech” but we digress. The 20+ projects outlined for children to dive into upon opening the

The Balance - Hungry Higgs

The Balance – Hungry Higgs is a wholly unique game, a twist on chess and checkers with an exciting element of balance and physics mixed in. This is one of those games that, initially, seems relatively easy to pick up. The game is all about balance of mass within a defined space or field of

My Buddy Wheels

My Buddy Wheels

Balance bikes have become the de facto way to teach your children balance on their way to riding a bicycle. Yvolution has entered the fray with a decidedly different take on the genre, by throwing in a whole bunch of design flair. This line of My Buddy Wheels look like animal characters and have soft

Aurodo Travel and Transport

Aurodo Travel and Transport is a unique hands-on learning tool that dazzled testers with its unique use of augmented reality. Are you able to name 70 modes of travel/transportation? After your child spends some time with this product they will be familiar with all 70. How you ask? Inside the box you’ll find 70 durable

Kindermusik Holiday 2019 Digital Albums

Perhaps nothing sets the stage for the holidays more than hearing the timeless music that fills the air everywhere you go. Kindermusik is ringing in this holiday season with a digital album loaded with tons of classics and fun holiday songs to sing along with. Testers agreed that its a great way to get into

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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