Step 2 Art Easel Desk

Kira has finally entered the phase where crayons can be more than a waxy snack. Since we took out our dining table to make more room for her to play, we were stuck with coloring on the floor which is just not comfortable for anyone. She's still too small for most regular easels, and we wanted something that her little sister could share when she grows a little, so after a bit of research I found the Art Easel Desk .

This little piece of furniture has a regular dry erase easel board on one side and a small little bench and work desk on the other. It's the perfect height for 1-3 year olds and also works great for families with more than one child, since they can both get creative at the same time. The dry erase board has a clip at the top to hold paper, and the work desk features a lift up lid to store paper or coloring books. Crayons can be held in the crayon rack above the desk or the little tray under the dry erase board.

Kira figured out how to climb onto the seat and sit down really quickly...it was the cutest thing! She loves to lift the little desk lid up and down and hide her crayons. The desk area is quite small, so large coloring books are a tight fit, but right now that's not an issue as we just use paper or let her color on the desk itself. It's very easy to clean up crayon with a baby wipe and get the easel looking like new again.

I think this easel will be a great place for the kids to get creative for quite a few years, and for the relatively low price it's well worth it. It took about 30 minutes to put together and, although mainly plastic, is solidly built and can stand up to plenty of abuse.