Little Henry Toy Vacuum Cleaner

Our children love to imitate adult behaviour; it's a normal part of growing up. Typically we might think of doing the vacuuming as a chore, but to a child it's just another one of the things which grown ups do and so they want to do it too. Sadly they are probably too small to use a real Henry Vacuum Cleaner, so how about providing them with the Little Henry Toy Vacuum Cleaner? (Or perhaps Little Hetty for those who love pink?)

Little Henry looks just like his grown up brother with a few important modifications. For a start while there is a cable and plug provided, it doesn't plug into the mains electricity supply. Rather a sucker allows it to attach to something like the skirting board. Instead of a wall socket Little Henry gets his suction power from 4 'C' type batteries. With this he can pick up small items like pieces of paper or poly beads and collect them in a removable drawer.

The Little Henry Vacuum Cleaner comes supplied with a small dustpan and brush, hose and 'T' shaped nozzle and these accessories pack away inside the body (where the dust bag normally goes). The simulated power cord is reeled in by turning a handle, just like the real thing.

As his name suggests, Little Henry is - er - little, only 255mm high and much lighter than the real thing so it's possible for children to move him about. (Maybe also easier for parents to tidy it up afterwards too?)

One note of caution, Little Henry is made by Casdon, not Numatic (who make the real Henry) and so while OK for most play, he's not as durable nor does he provide a useful level of suction to actually clean anything. (Happily he is quite a bit cheaper...)

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