Kids Easel
An easel provides a great working surface when it comes to making a painting. The chances of you spilling something on it while you create it are reduced. Besides providing a vertical surface for you to work on, it also holds the painting canvas in place to ensure that no accidental smudges are made. But easels are not made for only professional painters. Kids too have every right to access them as well, and fill the shoes of an artist as they draw away whatever comes to their mind. It would be impractical getting your kid the kind of easel that is tailored to an adult. There are specially made ones that are designed to meet the needs of kids.
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Step2 Easel For Two with Bonus Magnetic Letters/Numbers List Price: $59.99 Sale Price: $34.39 Average Rating:   |
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This unique easel design doubles the fun! It features two hinged easels -- one with a chalkboard and one with a metal dry-erase board. Includes 77 foam magnetic letters, numbers and signs. There is a paper clip on each side for drawing and painting activities... |
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Paper Roll for Kids' Easels Sale Price: $5.44 |
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THIS IS A REPLACEMENT ROLL OF PAPER THAT WILL FIT MOST ALL KIDS EASELS INCLUDING THAT WE ARE OFFERING. SIZE : 15" X 40 FEET. |
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Table Top Kid's Easel Sale Price: $18.00 |
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Post-It Sketch and Stick Pad, 12"x9", 25 Sheet/Pad MMM562KL List Price: $4.77 Sale Price: $3.33 Average Rating:  |
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No tacks or tape, kids can post artwork without parental help. Repositionable adhesive sticks and removes easily from most surfaces. Use with markers, crayons and colored pencils. Great for everyday art... |
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Kid's Easel With Storage Studio Designs White Sale Price: $85.79 |
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Judging from the masterpiece currently gracing your living room wall, your child is destined to be a professional muralist. In the meantime, give him the Kid's Easel with Storage so he'll have a more suitable vertical surface on which to practice his craft... |
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Craftech Huntington Kids Easel Sale Price: $79.95 |
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A sturdy kids-safe design offers maximum stability for this versatile easel. Use it as a table easel, a magnetic board, wiped-off coloring surface, a chalkboard, or for painting their next work of art... |
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Darice Kid's Roll-Up Easel Set List Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $5.99 |
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DARICE-The Kid's Roll-up Easel turns any door into an easel! Hang the roll of paper on a door and start your masterpiece! The kit includes: 12 crayons 12 markers 84 plastic door protector 17x50 foot paper roll 2 door hooks an art supply bag adjustable rope an Artist at Work door hanger and complete instructions... |
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Table Top Double Sided Kids Easel Sale Price: $17.99 |
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Table Top Double Sided Kids Easel- A fantastic easel for your budding artist! One side is a magnetic white wipe off board; and the other side is a black chalk board. The work surface is 14 inches wide by 11... |
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Art Activity Easel List Price: $99.99 Sale Price: $59.99 |
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This new Art Activity Easel is constructed of fine quality sustainably harvested pine wood to last for years to come. It features large trays on both sides and generously sized white board and chalkboard surfaces as well as a hidden paper roll that feeds over either side... |
The material of choice used to make the kids easel vary from plastic, to wood to even metal. The plastic ones usually come with a washable board. It’s meant for the kids who would simply like to express themselves without saving their works. It’s good for a child that is only getting familiarized to the world of art. These are considered more as toys than painting accessories. It could come as a tripod design or with a four-leg stand. In the natural, these latter ones are double-sided which makes it possible for two kids to paint their art at the same time.
For bigger kids, those who would actually like painting something and keeping it, the wooden easels are better. These usually come with an adjustable height so that the easel can grow with your child. Since canvas is reserved for the professionals, kids usually use paper to do their paintings on. Some kids’ easels come with drying racks so that once the kids are done with the paintings, they can easily dry them. Kids use watercolors in doing their artwork as oil ones are a bit more complex for their age.
Considering the storage area in your kids’ easel is important. Their paintings will be of sentimental value and they need to be stored. If you have some dedicated storage space in your home then that is good. But when it’s missing, you need to ensure that you find a kid’s easel that gives you dedicated storage space. Most usually give some room though it may not suffice if your kid loves to paint every other day. The storage area should not be dedicated to the storage of the works of art alone. In most cases, kids will use crayons, markers, colored pencils, chalks to do their paintings. If possible, find a kids easel that will offer you room to store these.
There are a couple of other factors that need to be considered. Do you need an easel that can be moved? There are some designs that come with enabled portability. They usually have a pair of wheels to enable transportation of the easel to the desired location. Remember that the kind of kids’ easel will determine how much you are going to spend. Wooden easels retail at a much higher price than plastic easels.
