Little Tikes Mission Design Easel
by Little Tikes

List Price: $169.99
Category: Toy
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Product Summary

• Matches other Mission Design Furniture
• Made of durable hardwood with natural finish
• Includes blackboard on one side and dry erase board on the other
• Magnetic clip holds paper for sketching (paper not included)

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Customer Review: Absolutely fantastic easel!
Summary: 5 Stars

This easel has a white board on one side, and a chalkboard on the other. The white board has a very clever magnetic strip and clip(invisible) on the top that allows you to easily change drawing or painting paper for your child. This easel does not support a roll of paper, but that is fine by me. Our previous easel did, and I hated using roll paper because the edges were so jagged and my toddler would rarely wait for me to finish tearing off the piece he'd used (which was usually messy when it was covered in paint) and sliding down more into position. The magnetic clip on this easel is very easy to use, making paper changes quick and easy and certainly less messy.

The trays on this easel do not detach, but they fit snuggly to the easel, making them easy to clean. Our previous easel had trays that didn't detach, but didn't fit snuggly either, and the paint just dripped down in between the tray and easel. The only slight hiccup with this easel is that the trays on both side are rounded. I can see this as potentially making larger paint jars a little unsteady. But this is still a phenomenal easel.

After mentioning its practical benefits, let me also add that this is a beautiful easel. It is a lovely natural hardwood - no metal brackets or plastic trays, etc. The hardware (screws, etc) are all cleverly hidden. There is a wide shelf on top of the easel that could hold plants, toys, etc. It is also a very large easel, and very steady. My son knocked over the old easel all the time, but this one he'd have a hard time knocking over.

After suffering with a cruddy easel for six months, I am thrilled to have this one in our home.

Words of advice! Break in your chalkboard before using it. With any new chalkboard, you should completely chalk the whole surface, and then gently rub the chalk in (and eventually off) with a felt chalkboard eraser. You should do this anytime you wash the board as well. Make sure you use only "chalkboard chalk". Sidewalk chalk, for example, can damage chalkboards. It has binding agents in the pigments that will stick to chalkboards. Also, crayola for example makes some drawing chalk that looks just like chalkboard chalk, but it is for paper or other mediums, not chalkboards.

Whiteboards - I find that the low-odor dry erase pens don't erase very well. My "regular" dry-erase pens do erase well, and they oddly enough will remove any stuck on low-odor ink. I'd invest in a bottle of whiteboard cleaner to remove any paint or other substances that get on your board, and always give it a clear water rinse after any use of a cleaner or paint.

Did I say it already? This is a fantastic easel!

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