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Potions

Potions

Got a Harry Potter fan in your home? Do they hear the call of the magical world, a world of magic, mystery, wizards and witches? If so, then they will love discovering Potions, a wizard’s apprentice game. The game has a familiar feel which helped make understanding the rules quite easy. Players try to gather […]

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

Looking for a fun art project that you can pull out and enjoy with your kids on a rainy day? How about introducing an activity you probably did when you were a kid, sock puppets. This kit has everything you need to make three puppets. Once you open the box you’ll release a treasure trove

Do Art Travel Easel

Do Art Travel Easel

As parents we want to give our children the outlet for creative expression as often and as freely as possible. This Eesel is ready to answer the call any time, any where. Double sided for simultaneous fun when you have two kids to entertain the Do Art Travel Easel was a real favorite in our

The Ultimate Collection of Music for Children, Vol. 1

This CD features a marvelous collection of music that children are often not exposed to at a young age, and after hearing it we have to questions why they aren’t, since our young testers enjoyed it so. There are traditional folk songs, Tin Pan Alley, Ragtime, Jazz, Boogie Woogie, Big Band, well you get the

Baja Scout

Baja Scout

A great concept toy, not only because it is such a great play vehicle with all the features a young boy dreams of in a cool all-terrain car, but this one is built completely out of natural, eco-friendly wood and parts. It even smells like sawdust! There are working lights but they are generated by

Discover Rig

Discover Rig

If you consider yourself a person who is committed to “going green”, even in the toys you buy for your children? If your answer is yes then the Discover Rig is right up your alley. Using a composite material called Sprig wood which is produced using recycled plastic and reclaimed wood, it is everything you

Animal Genius PC

Animal Genius PC

Parents gave big thumbs up to this software title that impressed them completely with its superb level of quality. Testers were dazzled by the use of actual pictures of animals instead of illustrations, and instructions that are spoken aloud instead of being on-screen or written. The combination drew new players in immediately. A favorite feature

I SPY Fun House

I SPY Fun House

I Spy continues to impress and amaze testers with each iteration no matter the medium. In this latest CD-ROM game a fun house is the setting but the same concepts that have helped I Spy win numerous Seals of Approval over the years are all still here. One of the truly great things about the

I SPY Treasure Hunt

I SPY Treasure Hunt

A big thank you to Scholastic for bringing I Spy to the Leapster. Our testers loved the combination of two of their favorite products in what is clearly a match made in heaven. The cool graphics, that render beautifully on the Leapster screen and look incredibly realistic, really impressed parents. It might have impressed children

Outwit!

Outwit!

When you are shopping for game cartridges for your Leapster you want to make sure you buy games that will entertain but also educate. Outwit! offers a great assortment of fun, educational games that incorporate learning about spatial reasoning, counting, comparing and contrasting. Each can be learned in any of the fast paced mini games.

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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