EXHIBIT 31.1

                CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Leonard Armato, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) of AVP,
Inc., certify that:

o     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended
      September 30, 2006 of AVP, Inc.

o     Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
      make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
      statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
      this report;

o     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
      information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented
      in this report;

o     The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are responsible
      for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small
      business issuer and have:

            o     designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
                  that material information relating to the small business
                  issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
                  to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
                  period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

            o     evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
                  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

            o     disclosed in this report any change in the small business
                  issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
                  occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal
                  year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                  materially affect, the small business issuer's internal
                  control over financial reporting.

o     The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
      based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
      reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee
      of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing
      the equivalent functions):

            o     all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                  internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
                  likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability
                  to record, process, summarize and report financial
                  information; and

            o     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the small
                  business issuer's internal controls.

Date: November 14, 2006


                                        By: /s/  Leonard Armato
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                                            Leonard Armato
                                            Chief Executive Officer
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)