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Crayola Beginnings Color Me A Song

This new offering from the venerable Crayola company provided hours of entertainment for testers who loved being able to lose themselves in the artistic experience that not only gave them a blank canvas on which to work, but accompanied their drawing with music. The musical selection is delightful and what makes it amazing is that […]

Crayola Color Explosion Glow Dome

Get ready to be blown away when the lights go out. There is something about seeing your creations come to life in the magic of darkness and Crayola has tapped into the feeling with the Color Explosion Glow Dome. By cutting out pictures and tracing onto plastic which is then inserted into the glow dome,

Disneys Online Kerpoof Studios

Disneys Online Kerpoof Studios

If you have a child with a creative streak and you are looking for an online outlet for all that creativity, then can we recommend Kerpoof. Presented by the folks at Disney, Kerpoof draws out artists, even the timid ones with a wonderful assortment of tools that are just a mouse click away. Using appealing

Disneys Toontown Online

Disneys Toontown Online

A wonderfully gender-neutral website children really took to the Toontown experience and eagerly navigated with ease through the seemingly endless paths, games and experiences. Interacting with familiar Disney characters made this exceptionally appealing as did the superb graphics and 3D rendering. There is a storyline where players try to outwit the Cogs, you do this

Syllaballistic

Syllaballistic

A truly marvelous game, this is what Family Game Night is and should be all about. Let’s face it, when you have kids who are in their teens it is harder and harder to get them to want to sit down with you and hang out playing a game. Our suggestion: pull out Syllaballistic. The

Productive Parenting.com

Productive Parenting.com

This remarkable web site wowed our parents with the wealth of ideas it gave them for activities that they could do together with their kids that are not only fun but teach valuable skills. Exceptionally easy to navigate you can find the activities broken down clearly into age groups. The site is completely free and

Pitch and Learn

Pitch and Learn

The full review for this Seal of Approval award winning product has not yet been posted. Please check back soon.

Word Frenzy

Word Frenzy

Word Frenzy ranks right up there with some of the finest and smartest word games you and your family will ever play. As one tester put it, “it’s kind of like Scrabble with Musical Chairs.” An odd pairing to be sure but there is some sense to it. The game appealed to testers of all

Deluxe & Supreme Snuggle Nest

Deluxe & Supreme Snuggle Nest

When you bring your precious bundle of joy home you want to make sure that he or she is protected, cuddled and cared for. These Snuggle Nests from Baby Delight give new parents the ability to keep baby close to them in bed for those special early life bonding times while also making those frequent

Paperoni

Paperoni

Creativity is turned on its ear with Paperoni, the newest crafts kit that absolutely everyone has heard of, thanks to an almost 24/7 advertising campaign. But to use it is quite different from being told you will love it on TV. So our testers got their chance to put Paperoni through its paces and while

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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