Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set
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Toys and Games Reviews of Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set
Customer Review: Grateful for the paint
Summary: 4 Stars
Rather than repeating many of the comments already mentioned, I just want to write here that the paint alone is worth the cost. Despite the fact that our 5 year-old works on a large, plastic mat, he still manages to get paint on our kitchen floor (brand new). Luckily, the paint wipes off with ease with a damp cloth - no scrubbing or rubbing whatsoever. Same with the issue of getting paint on his clothes - it washes off in the laundry. We're also sometimes lazy about washing the paint containers so the paint dries up, but if you mix in a little water (I swear, even weeks later...) then the paint is like new again, so we've never really had to waste paint. We've had this set for about 12-14 months now and we haven't yet had to buy a new supply. My son uses the set moderately and I've been surprised at how long the paint has lasted.
We're not into the chalk that much and we did also buy our own dry erase markers to supplement.
Customer Review: A Must-Have Companion to Art Easel
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter received the Melissa & Doug art easel as a gift for her 3rd birthday. I purchased this companion set since it had ALL of the stuff she'd need in ONE box. I can't imagine her using the easel WITHOUT this set! It's a no-brainer since the set comes with the individual paint cups for the paint, which include a hole in the center for paintbrushes AND a snap-on lid to keep the paint from drying up when not in use. Clean up after painting essentially involves just rinsing out the brushes! I have my daughter use one brush per color, so it's been a breeze to keep the paint cups clean and the paint colors from getting mixed into a yucky brown. The chalk has been fun, too, and the paper for the painting is as easy as could be! The whiteboard is fun for my daughter, too. All in all, this is an EXCELLENT set and should be purchased along with EVERY Melissa & Doug art easel. Can't say enough great things about it!Customer Review: Paint smells of 1 Stars
I bought the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel Companion Set for my daughter's 3rd birthday and the Melissa & Doug Easel. I opened the paints and poured in all of the corresponding cups and she started painting and I started to smell thermaldahyde. The smell was horrible. This was the same smell of when I was in cadaver lab in college and I wore double gloves since it smelled so bad. I threw all of the paints away and the paintings into the outside garbage. I could still smell the thermaldahyde on the kitchen table where I put her painting after she was down. I washed the table with wood polish and kitchen cleaner and still smelled of thermaldahyde. I definitely would not recommend the paint from Melissa & Doug. The box says non-toxic, but it is also made in China. It did not smell non-toxic.Customer Review: Easel Companion Set
Summary: 5 Stars
So, I bought the M & D easel and of course I had to buy the companion set..it's a neccessity. I like the functionality of the set, the paints stay fresh in the containers for a few days so you dont have to waste the paint the kids haven't used at the end of easel time. The amount of chalk is great, the colors of chalk are good for color recognition. There is only one dry-erase marker which is not cool if you have more than one kid because even though there are two sides, they usually end up 'creating' on the same surface until somebody colors in someone elses area. Also, another eraser wouldn't hurt either since there is the chalk sid and the dry-erase side. Overall, the companion set is as its name suggests, a great companion to an easel, specifically the M & D wooden easel.Customer Review: Great starter set for little artists!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this companion set of brushes, paints, etc. to go with the Melissa & Doug Easel for my three year old for Christmas. She's quite the budding artist and was branching out with her canvases...on my walls! The brushes are sturdy along with the spill proof cups with lids. Note: in order for the cups to actually be spill proof you can only fill the cup half way, which is fine with me since it gives an endpoint for my daughter when she runs out of paint. The bottles of paint weren't as big as I thought but paint is a minimal cost and we just needed something to get us started. The roll of paper was worth the money and is fairly thick and good qualit; it holds the paint without tearing or bleeding through. I think it was worth the price I paid and would recommend it.