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Color & Cuddle Washable Poodle

The combination of a soft cuddly doll that your child gets to color and decorate in their own inimitable style scored high marks with testers. Using big bold lines ALEX has made it that much easier to stay within the lines and create a multicolored puppy that any budding artists will be proud to carry […]

Nowali Striped Childrens Moccasin

These unique children’s moccasin’s impressed our testers on so many fronts. The shoes are comfortable and children really love wearing them. The leather sole makes slipping less likely even on smooth surfaces. They proved to be extremely durable during the testing period, even holding up to repeated washings. They keep little feet warm and cozy.

Fire Station

Fire Station

Duplo is such a wonderful introductory system for little builders. This building set gives toddlers a chance to create and play fireman in a Fire Station that they create. It is the Fire Station building in town that consistently holds the highest level of fascination for little ones. Who among us can resist the shiny

Family Home

Family Home

There is nothing like playing house when you are little. We all did it and now Lego makes it possible on a uniquely different level, giving builders all the blocks and pieces needed to create several homes which they can design and use as a launching pad for further imagination play. The visual instructions are

Grand Central Train Station

Grand Central Train Station

Forts and other structures that kids can call their own, sized just right for them but not for grown-ups are magical places. Many of us have fond memories of creating that first hideaway. This easy-to-construct tent really excited our young testers and stirred up nostalgic feelings in their parents. Several testers told us how quickly

Aleva Naturals Bamboo Baby Wipes

Aleva Naturals Bamboo Baby Wipes

Parents absolutely raved about these new all natural baby wipes. Starting with the package which clearly states that the product is free of and and all harmful chemicals. The package also features a unique plastic opening on top that keeps the moisture in thus beating every other incarnation of tear flaps and hard plastic openings.

Battle Strikers Tournament Set

MEGA has introduced new take on the familiar battling tops game which probably got it’s start from the now ancient game of marbles. In the set you’ll find 2 tops, 2 launchers, 2 “controllers” and the arena. The experience of placing the top into your battery powered launcher, pulling the trigger and revving it up,

Giant Evolution Timeline

Giant Evolution Timeline

Of the three words in the title of this product one surely rings true…..GIANT. We are talking about a book that folds out to an enormous eighteen feet in length! There is so much wonderful information packed into this not-so small educational experience that you can spend hours together learning about the evolution of life

Digging For Dinosaurs

Digging For Dinosaurs

The Leapster system has always had a knack for combining the appeal of handheld video gaming with solid educational content, combine that with the producers of this title, Scholastic, and you know you have a good pedigree. Digging for Dinosaurs gives children of early school age three levels to choose from as they answer questions

2-Player Perpetual Commotion

2-Player Perpetual Commotion

2-Player Perpetual Commotion is the follow-up shrunk down version of one of the most celebrated and beloved games to ever win a Seal of Approval. Goldbrick Games kept the core elements intact which means you find all the fast, furious fun that it’s older brother offers up in spades. Basically you want to play as

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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