Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel
From the Melissa & Doug range of Learning Toys, the Deluxe Standing Easel is a top seller any time of year and a top learning activity toy for Christmas 2008. Recommended by parenting and toy experts, and selected by major retailers as well as the little ones themselves, it’s easy to see why.
For children aged 3 and older, the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel brings home the kind of set up children are used to at kindergarten or elementary school – a roomful of easels preloaded with all children need to get creative. Even preschoolers sense there are “professional” ways to do things and often what they have at home is anything but!
Getting creative at home usually means clearing a space, digging out the paints and paper, and putting everything back again afterwards. Always ready for action, the ready-to-go easel encourages spontaneity – important to the growth of creativity. It’s also easy for children to stop - for meals, snacks or naps – and simply pick up where they left off.
For parents (see reviews) an easel has benefits too. Art projects don’t need to take over the dinner table, there are no big messes to clean up - and no tantrums trying to get the clean-up done! And over and above simply being fun, an easel provides a surprising range of play and development benefits too.
Of course these advantages could apply to any easel, not just the Melissa & Doug Easel. So why is it special?
Like all Melissa & Doug products, the Deluxe Standing Easel is the product of careful thought, design and testing. As a result, their easel has many truly useful features that make it a joy to use rather than a disappointing frustration like so many “practical” items.
The Deluxe Easel delivers quality and great value too, another characteristic of Doug and Melissa products . As price comparisons show, it is one of the most affordable easels available, especially if you buy online. There is also a good range of top value easel accessories (paint, paper and so on) readily available in stores or online.
As they say themselves, the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel is “Creativity Central!” - and certainly delivers more for less.
