Mizz Mac on Children’s Art Easels

Mizz Mac is back with a few tips for parents or grandparents about buying art easels for children.

The first easel we bought for our grandchildren was plastic with a white marker board on one wide and dry chalk board on the other. The drawing surfaces were quite small and tray underneath wasn’t designed to hold much. There was only a plastic clip to hold one sheet of paper. This easel was fine when my granddaughter took up painting but when my grandson decided it was time for him to start drawing, they couldn’t draw on one side and paint on the other without getting frustrated. We decided to buy another easel.

We bought two instead. The easels are taller and have adjustable height. One side has a dry erase white board and the other side is dry chalk board. The boards are thin enough to hold a large paper clip but also there is a rod for rolled paper. The surfaces are larger and the easels are angled a bit with a nice tray to hold art supplies. The dry erase surfaces are erasable with paper towels. Crayola has dry erase markers and dry erase crayons and large crayon shaped colored chalk on the market. I personally saw these products at Kmart.

By the way, having two easels for two artists is working out great! Frustration is eliminated. They are both drawing quite well.

Here is a picture of my grandson’s drawing:

(He is in a rocket ship blasting off to the moon!)