Table Top Easel
Courtesy of
Smithtown Co-Op Preschool

A simple idea with big possibilities.

• Use clothespins to hold paper for painting and drawing
• Cover drawing surface with white contact paper and use with wipe-off markers or crayons
• Clip on a cookie sheet for use with magnets
• Clip on a piece of felt for felt storyboards

Materials and Supplies:

• Heavy corogated cardboard box.
  Almost any size will work
• Two clothespins

Instructions:

Tape box closed. On both ends draw a line from corner to corner.

Cut box in half along the drawn lines and along the edges that connect them.

Both halfs can be made into an easel by cutting out 2 notches for clothespins along top fold.

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