All children like to draw and, as a rule, do it wherever they have to - on furniture, on the floor, on the windowsills and even on the wallpaper. Save your home from the impulses of creativity of a small artist buying a child's easel. But it is important to make the right choice of the easel model, which will correspond to the growth of the child, his wishes and preferences.
What should be an easel for children?
First and foremost, parents should decide what material should be their new purchase before buying. It can be wood, plastic or metal. If you prefer that the furniture in your child's room is made entirely of natural wood, then most likely you will need a wooden children's easel. However, it should be noted that the plastic easel is made of high-quality synthetic material and just like wood, will not cause any harm to your child's health. The advantage of an easel from plastic is that it has a low weight and the child himself, without the help of adults, will be able to rearrange it to the place he needs. As for the metal easel, its main advantages are stability and strength.
Based on the area of your children's room and the allocated work area, you should determine the size of the easel board before buying. Also, one should take into account such an important parameter as the height of the construction, because, first of all, the kid should be comfortable to draw.
Easels for children - types
- Children's easel-cracker . This type of easel consists of two frames: one is a working plane made of waterproof polished plywood, and the other is a supporting one. Also, there are two-sided models that have two planes for drawing. The only downside of the easel cracker is that it does not have a paper holder, so you have to resort to other different methods - scotch, buttons, clerical clips. Many easels of this kind are equipped with a special shelf for pencils and markers, which is very convenient for the child in the process of drawing.
- A child's versatile double-sided easel is a wooden structure, the working surfaces of which are magnetic boards. The white side is for drawing with a marker, and the black side for a chalk. In addition, children can lay on the surface of the board magnetic letters and make up different words. Also, in some models of universal children's easels, a holder for a roller with paper is provided, which further adds diversity to children's creativity.
- Children's easel table is a real transformer for your child. In appearance - this is the usual desk, which due to the fact that its working surface has two positions (horizontal and vertical), with ease turns into
easel. Usually complete with a table provided a highchair for your child. On the working surface, you can draw with felt-tip pens and add words from magnetic letters. In some models, there is a paper clip on top, so these children's easels are also designed for drawing with paints and pencils. - Children's desk easel . This species can hardly be called an easel. Usually its height is not more than 50 cm and therefore to use it must be placed on the table. This may not be very convenient and safe for your child, because with every attempt to draw an easel will move away from it on the table. The cost of this design will certainly be much less, in comparison with other easels, but still, we advise you to think about the lack of practicality of this purchase.