Disposable Easel for Kids

If you have kids at your house you might have a little artist. Most kids love to color, draw and paint but its always such a mess. Markers and crayons are everywhere, kids are creating on the table when you need, but its still fun to see their finished drawings and paintings, isnt it? The only real problem is that you need to relocate your artist. Set up an art station - complete with easel - in the little ones bedroom and art time will be fun for the child as well as yourself. The easel is set up quickly by using a door in the childs room or elsewhere in the house.

Buy a set of over-the-door hooks to set up the easel. You can find them at discount department stores or purchase them online. Theres no installation required; you just open the door and hang the hooks over the top of it. Space them pretty far apart, with one hook near the edge of the door and the other near the hinge end of the door.

Purchase paper by the roll. It can be butcher paper or paper youve ordered online. Just make sure the width of the paper is at least a little less than the width of the door. Its not advisable to buy a huge, heavy roll to make the easel. Slide a shower curtain rod or caf? curtain rod through the opening in the roll and hang it on the door hooks. Pull the paper down to the floor and tape it in place. Tape it at the top, too. Otherwise, some kids might decide its more fun to dispense the entire roll on the floor than it is to use it for artwork. After the masterpiece is finished, the tape can be pulled up and away from the door so that you can tear it off and pull down a fresh paper. If you want, hang a pair of scissors and a roll of tape on the rod, beside the roll of paper. When needed, just lift up the end of the roll and slide them off. You might even consider using glue dots to attach pockets or other holders, down the side of the unrolled paper, to hold brushes, paints, pens, markers and more. Some doors arent flat; they have panels which make that particular door unsuitable as an easel. Fix this problem by simply taping a piece of thick cardboard over the door before hanging the roll of paper. Its a good idea to use cardboard even if the door is a flat one because some paints or markers might bleed through the paper and onto the door. Your child is going to love the unusual easel with the never-ending paper. Youll love it that your childs art supplies arent all over the table anymore.