Founded in 1949 by the German husband and wife team, Maria and Theo Klein, the company that bears his name began life as a broom factory but entered the world of toys in 1959. Since then the Klein brand has gone on to expand substantially and is now mostly commonly associated with toys that have an educational or role-play slant.
Klein works with an impressive range of household brands and is particularly well-known in the UK as making pretend toy versions of popular household products from the likes of Bosch, Electrolux and Braun. Their range of toy Bosch tools is particularly impressive, although their other products that include cash registers, ironing boards and pretend microwaves are also very popular with young children.
Pretend shopping is a great way for kids to learn about money and there are plenty of products available that guarantee excellent play value for many years.
Many role play toys feature kitchen implements and gadgets with toy food mixers and food processors being some of the most popular.
Ironing must be one of the least appealing household chores, but many kids love nothing more than copying mum or dad as they work their way through the washing basket.
Toy kettles are an important pretend toy in the role play learning process and come in many different colours and materials.
Lots of toy makers include a toy microwave oven in their role play ranges with wooden versions being amongst the most popular.
When it comes to pretend toy food, there are literally hundreds of products for parents and children to choose from.
Budding mechanics, chefs, doctors or grocers will all love the great choice of role play toys that are available.
Little Tikes, Big, and TP are just a few of the toy manufacturers that make children's sandpits.
The toy toaster is undoubtedly one of the top selling items in the ranges of role play items that are based around commonly used household appliances.
Although parents don’t like having to clean the house very much, children just love following their mum or dad around the rooms with their own toy vacuum cleaner.
Some toy washing machines look almost as realistic as the real thing, with Theo Klein making a superb miniature version of the Electrolux model, and Casdon opting for a Hotpoint replica.
Toy workbenches are the perfect role play product to help kids construct some mini-masterpieces.
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