Little Partners Art Easel

by Little Partners

Product Details

• Item Weight: 27.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 60.5 pounds
• ASIN: B002BF8FRC
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,011 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)

Product Description

Color: Dark Cherry

LP-00102The Little Partners Art Easel is designed for stand-alone use or with The Little Partners Learning Tower. Now you can spark your child's creativity and allow them to draw freely as you work and play together. Little Partners Art Easel has a chalkboard on one side and a White Erase/Magnetic Board on the other for twice the artistic fun. Little Partners Art Easel includes a Magnetic Strip, which can be attached to the White Erase Board to hold paper for use with paints and crayons. Toddlers can use their favorite magnetic numbers, letters and shapes on the White Erase Board and preschoolers will enjoy drawing with the washable markers. From drawing abstract aquiggles to family portraits, it's time to have fun and let imaginations run wild!Learning Partners Art Easel Dimensions: 18"W x 23"H x 6"DFeatures:Easily attaches to The Learning Tower or a wall in your homeIncludes both a chalk board and a dry erase boardMovable tray to hold markers, chalk, etc.Both surfaces are magnetized; magnet to hold paper includedConstructed from highest-quality layered birchCarefully finished with durable, non-toxic, lead-free finishCleans easily with a damp clothAvailable in 9 ColorsDue to individual monitor settings, actual color may vary

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, October 22, 2009

By 

Teachinmomma (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Little Partners Art Easel

My hubby and I decided to splurge on the easel. We figure we were going to buy one anyway, why not just get the one that comes with the tower? We are so gald we did! This is a quality chalkboard that works perfectly right out of the box- no 'seasoning' and sillyness like I have seen with others. Even the cheap chalk shows up well! Our little girl is very short, and she can reach it to draw. We have the chalkboard side out, and we placed a cup of Crayola pip squeek markers on the tower platform. When she gets tired of helping moma in the kitchen, she sits down and draws. It is nice that she can still use both sides of the easel. Is comes with a VERY STROMG magnet that sticks to both sides to hold paper. I have not tried it yet, but I can't imagine the paper could possibly slip out! It also came with a kit to hang it on the wall later on- bonus!
My only complaint would be that it did not come with cups to go in the holes. I did find that the little metal pails in the cheapie section at Target fit well, but could not find a color that looked decent. I would buy this again in a heartbeat!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good with Some Reservations, December 30, 2010

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In Search of Value (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Art Easel in Natural

I'm glad we got the easel for my 2yr old son to use with his learning tower. We've loved the learning tower and getting the easel only made it better. Overall I think it's great but there are three things about it that I find mildly irritating:

1. There are holes drilled to hold containers for the chalk but it doesn't come with containers to go in those holes. So after we got it I had to try to find cups that would fit those holes for the chalk. It would be nice if toys designed for parents of young children didn't force a shopping expedition for another accessory after they arrived. So far we've found one cup that fit but are still searching for another.

2. There's a white board on the other side of the chalkboard so I also bought markers so we could reverse it. It looks like it should be easy to reverse but I don't think you can do it without a screwdriver to remove and flip the container that holds the chalk or markers. Again, not a deal breaker but disappointing that it isn't as flexible as I thought it was.

3. Finally, it's a minor hazard for a curious little toddler. There's a handle on the top of the easel to make it easy to remove it or turn it (which really isn't necessary because you can't turn it easily anyway as discussed in point 2). This handle is right at the level where my son's hands rest when he's standing in the learning tower so it of course caught his attention. He got his hand stuck in it at first and then we got concerned that he might hurt himself if he moved the wrong way with his hand pinned under this handle. We tried to remove the handle but because of the way it's installed we can't do that. So instead ours is covered over with duct tape. It's also very easy for the easel to get accidentally kicked while standing in learning tower. I've found this leads to some combination of the following three things -- chalk everywhere, fear because it made a loud noise, or more kicking because it made an interesting noise. The kicking hasn't been a major problem but I wish there were an easier way to deal with the handle problem on the top but I guess duct tape works even if it isn't pretty.

Overall I like the easel and would buy it again but it would be great if these problems were fixed because we haven't been using it much for the last several months because of these problems.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Space Saver and overall play toy., August 3, 2009

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L. A. Wetzel (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Little Partners Art Easel - Dark Cherry (Toy)

I purchased the art easel for my 2 yr old and she LOVES IT! We put the whiteboard side out and she uses the crayola washable pip squeaks markers on it and they work great. I just use a baby wipe to clean everything, her, the easel and markers off of our wood floor. It also did not take up any extra space in our house since it fits on the learning tower we already had. I definitely did not want to take up more floor space with an art easel.

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