 
Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel
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I purchased this for a 7 year old grandaughter. I was a bit worried that it was too "young" for her, but she absolutely loves it and now sees herself as a real artist. This was an excellent choice and I thought those who might worry about age appropriateness for a somewhat older child might value the feedback.
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Just what we wanted. Similar products had smaller work surfaces, of comparable or lesser quality, and often more cost more.
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Our daughter is 3 now and has been enjoying this product for almost 2 years now. It's a regular fixture in our living room since it receives so much use. Nice wooden easel -- we don't like plastic products -- and sturdy. My daughter can lean or bump into it and it won't wobble, skid across the floor, or fold up and collapse like the flimsy IKEA model we looked at.
The easel is vertically adjustable and any components that may need to be removed (plastic paint tray for washing or the wooden bar for the paper roll) are accessible via colorful hand-tightened wing nuts. Roll paper is fixed in place for projects via clamps -- akin to the sort used to seal, say, a potato chip bag. If they get lost it's no big deal.
Some product info:
There is a surface on each side of this A-frame style easel -- a blackboard with a 2" deep rectangular tray running the width of the easel for erasers, chalk and whatnot -- and a dry erase whiteboard with a tray molded with (2) square pockets, (4) round pockets for paint, and a long grove for brushes. The trays are easy to clean. Occasionally my daughter sat on the tray and it was clear from the bowing that at any moment something would give. She was accordingly upbraided.
I feared that the paper roll would be a diversion and instead of painting, she'd unravel it like a toilet paper roll. Never happened.
On a side note, this product is used at her day care where several are heavily used day after day by a class of tantrum-prone 3 and 4 year demons without issue.
If you want an easel for your kid, this is the one to get. However, one thing that irks me is that, on the surface, you expect (hope) that the Melissa & Doug line of wooden fun, an antidote to the endless litter of bulbous extruded plastic bolus, would be manufactured domestically. But it's *all* made over in the same far eastern country that makes everything else.
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This product is wonderful. It is very sturdy and easy for my 3-year-old to use. I throw down a drop cloth, put an apron on him and let him get in touch with his creative, artistic side! My only issue. . . no paper comes with it! When we received this for my son's birthday, we realized after putting it together that we had to tape regular paper to it. I quickly ordered the easel paper rolls and we were fine, but just be aware that your best bet to get your child started right away is to invest in the easel companion when you buy this.
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We bought this for our daughter's 3rd birthday a month ago along with the easel and she LOVES it. My husband put it together with relative ease and had it set up for the next morning so she could start painting and drawing. We have nothing to complain about with this easel and still think it's the best idea for our little artist's birthday!
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