Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Art Easel for Kids with Dry-Erase Board, Chalkboard & Drawing Paper Roller, Folding Double-Sided Toddler Easel, Preschool Learning Toys for Girls & Boys Ages 3+

Loved this art easel for my almost 3 year old. It was pretty easy to assemble as well. Loved that it had the tray shelves. Great item and price.

This easel is wonderful! We got this for our son's birthday, and it is everything we want in an easel. I like how one side is a dry erase board and the other side is a chalk board. The trays are a nice touch, and the side with the dry erase board has a tray where you can put paint containers. The only down side is that the spaces for the containers are made specifically for the four Melissa & Doug paint containers, and you can't really fit much more. In the middle of the easel is a rod where you can add a roll of paper to drape over the top of the easel and clip it to the side so that your child can paint. The easel comes with four removable clips, which is another down-side because my son constantly takes these clips and loses them. At the moment, I have absolutely no idea where they are. When I find them, I put them back on the easel, but then the second I turn my back, he takes them off again. I think it would be better if there were clips attached to the board, like the way a clipboard works. The chalkboard is neat... it's made out of a different material than a classroom chalkboard, so if you're like me and don't like the way a chalkboard feels or sounds, then you'll like this one! It's more of like a plastic... hard to explain, but it erases nicely, and if there is chalk residue on it, you can easily wipe it clean. This easel is well-made and sturdy. I like how your child has a choice between markers, chalk, or paint, and that you can have two kids working on it at once. This has not let me down yet!! Worth every penny.

Great quality, easy to put together! Perfect for homeschool and just fun.

Assembly is okay, it comes with all sorts you need (thank god) and the instructions are easy enough to understand. Set up took about 45ish minutes? And the height of the white/chalk board is adjustable for smaller kids (our son is 3 but was a preemie so he’s always been on the smaller side) pics showing him using the chalk board. Rona of accessories for each side. Material isn’t like old chalk boards, moreso like if you got “chalkboard paint” for the wall and used it. Erases clean, when it gets dusty just take a paper towel with water to it and let it dry and it’s good as new. Can switch between sides with ease for creative flow. UNFORTUNATELY, the paper does NOT cover the entire width of the chalkboard so if you have ASD kids (like mine) or kids that struggle with keeping their supplies in the appropriate area, put something underneath on either side or find some way to block those areas off or they will get paint on them. Paint comes in 4 colors, 4 corresponding brushes and “spill proof) containers. Both sides have a “storage rack” for when using which is nice, but not a “storage for when not using” so kids like mine don’t go grabbing it and losing it so we’re just hiding the pieces when he’s not using it and he has to ask for them. Overall, I’d give this a 9.5/10. We got the art kit bundle with this (chalk, paper, paints etc that don’t come WITH the easel) so it’s a pretty penny, but it’s made well and for the price you do get a large amount to use from. I just wish the paper covered the whiteboard side and it had a storage option to keep the pieces from being lost long term. Son loves it, he asked me to include all the colorful suns we drew in chalk :) **it says it can be folded for easy storage but ours doesn’t seem to wanna do that 😅 it looks like it CAN but idk that’s probably user error.

Nice product but very difficult to put together. Instructions are not clear and videos are not realistic. I thought the holes were drilled wrong on the white board but figured out it was mislabeled . The top was really the side. I almost sent it back but finally figured it out myself.

We got this as a birthday present for our two year old daugther. I was concerned about earlier reviews with the chalkboard, but found it was not at all an issue. Yeaaa! I, and my non-mechanically inclined self, and my 2 year old put it together in less than an hour, since my husband declined to participate in this fun-filled activity. I'm sure it can be done faster but when you have a 2 year old looking for the pieces you need it takes some extra time (especially when they end up underneath the bed). I found the directions and diagrams to be quite clear. They have helpful notes about how the numbers need to be facing each other and how the head of the screw should not be above the wood, etc. All useful bits of info that insure proper construction. We haven't used the dry earase yet, as I'm not sure there are many washable dry erase markers on the market. At 32" tall my daugher likes to climb onto the paint tray to get a little higher, but we gave her a stepping stool and that helps her to reach the highest points on the easel. (To it's credit the easle handled the extra weight she was placing on the tray.) It does look like putting it on it's highest setting gets tricky because there's not much space at the top between the front legs and the back, so I think it takes more planning to put the screws in on that top setting. It sounds like it used to come with some rolls of paper . . .if it did, it no longer does. I would think it should include at least one roll. Other than that no real complaints. The no fuss packaging was nice. I spent no time cursing over hard to open plastic or excessive, wasteful materials as it had none of that. Oh the two boards (chalk and dry erase) did appear to be slightly warped/bent when I opened them up, but it doesn't seem obvious now when fully constructed, so no big deal in the end. We haven't yet tried the paper roll holder as we haven't ordered any paper, so I can't comment on that either. We did get the extra (i.e., ordered seperately) paint cups and they of course fit nicely into the paint tray and are a smart addition. Glad we finally ordered this. It does seem that the price on this easel fluctuates by as much as fifteen dollars or so although I've never seen it at it's full asking price. Would definitely recommend this (and already have to friends)and I think (hope!) it will be one of those things that grows with our child for years to come.

I purchased the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Art Easel with Dry Erase and Chalkboard somewhat of a double Christmas gift for both my 4 and 5-year-old children. My 4 year old loves to draw, doodle, paint and create – so the ability to use the rolled paper also seemed to be a great addition. Having purchased many Melissa & Doug toys in the past I’m used to a great level of quality from their products…well…NOT this time! I’m very glad that we decided to try and put it together in advance of Christmas rather than waiting until Christmas Eve, too; because now I’m tasked with finding a replacement due to the absolutely poor quality of which this easel is built. To start with, the instructions are very unclear. They have cutesy little labels for each step, but the steps aren’t very clear on which direction or how the pieces are placed or put together. The diagrams are not in color or even an actual picture, but instead a drawing or diagram that’s often very confusing to read or figure out. In twisting, turning, swearing at this thing we finally (thought) we had the frame together only to discover that the only way it seemed to fit together was spaced out so much that the chalk and dry erase boards weren’t wide enough to cover the space allotted. Also while the packaging was not damaged and it was well packed; there was some damage to the corner of both the chalk and dry erase boards. It probably wouldn’t be very noticeable once it was together, but still disappointing. Back to the build now, we tried to reverse engineer it only to then find that many of the holes weren’t correctly drilled thus preventing the blasted thing from going together…period. I am BEYOND DISAPPOINTED in the quality of this and now I don’t have the time to wait for a replacement when it should be next to the tree from Santa on Christmas morning (and it’s now Dec. 22nd). I also noted that the legs seemed to be cut a bit ‘off’ from where they should’ve been cut which would’ve made the easel wobbly. I’m very dissatisfied and I’m just replacing it with another easel from another manufacturer and I’m repurposing the two boards and the trays for a different art area (perhaps just mounting it to a wall?), using the legs and other un-needed pieces for kindling or firewood, and giving up on this awful mess altogether. I can’t believe something that retails nearly $80 regularly from a brand that’s so well respected could be so botched! Maybe mine was just a fluke, but I HIGHLY SUGGEST checking it out well in-advance if you purchase it…or better…maybe find a different one. Again, I’m just very glad I discovered it a few days out and didn’t have to feel bad for having one less present under the tree.

This Melissa and Doug easel is great! Before purchasing this I read a large number of reviews. I found it very easy to assemble. In the directions it says to make sure that the label stickers are facing each other when putting the legs together. I think this might be the reason another reviewer said the holes didn't line up correctly. Another review said the number of knobs made it look odd by not having them all match up, like all of one side being the same color. Because of this, I thought the color placement out before putting it together. I really like how the color mix turned out. A few people said that the chalk board didn't work right. I ordered the Melissa and Doug chalk to go with it in case the type of chalk mattered. The chalkboard and the dry erase board both work great. Easy to write on and easy to wipe off. I also really like that it can be adjusted to three heights. My almost five year old is on the middle one so there is still plenty of room to grow with her. She really loves this easel and I love that it is helping her with writing and drawing skills at the same time as allowing her to be creative. It is very sturdy and I believe it will last a long time.