The Melissa and Doug Standing Easel is the ideal gift for any young child. The easel comes with a large chalkboard where your child can draw and erase vivid pictures easily. It's also equipped with a roller that you can load big sheets of paper on, so your youngster can make artwork to hang up in his room or on the refrigerator. It's easy to order and set up, once you follow the foolproof plan outlined below:

1. Order the easel online. The dimensions are 6 x 25 x 30 inches, and the easel weighs 20 pounds. The shipping weight is 23.2 pounds. The height is adjustable, and it comes with accessories such as multicolored clips and a sturdy paint tray with cup holders. It also comes with easy-to-squeeze 8-oz. bottles of quality, washable poster paint in primary colors, a 75' roll of heavy-weight easel paper, wooden-handled felt eraser and blue dry-erase marker, dishwasher-safe paint cups, four medium-sized paintbrushes and 10 triangular jumbo chalk sticks.

1. Follow the easy directions to put your child's standing easel together. One Amazon reviewer quipped, "it was easy for my husband to put together (no colorful language)." Another user said, "My husband and I were expecting to spend an hour or so putting this together and had it together in about 20 minutes. The instructions were easy to understand."

1. Discover the possibilities! The paper and the chalkboard are just waiting for your child's creative touch. Let your kids draw with pencils, crayons, markers, chalk or paint. You can feel safe because the Melissa and Doug brand name is known for its sturdy wood toys that can deal with anything a lively child can fling at them. For more information click here http://melissaanddougeasel.com/.