| "Look at what I drew, Mommy!" | | | | or write as long as she wants. It's also less prone to |
| A child art easel is the perfect addition to your child's | | | | accidents. She won't accidentally knock down a jar of |
| playroom. Allowing her the ability to show off her | | | | water as she would at a kitchen table where she has |
| imaginative and creative side in her own space is a | | | | to hunch forward to reach the paper. She won't strain |
| very important part of childhood development. Though | | | | her neck or her back trying to draw on the floor. |
| a child art easel will not guarantee that your child's art | | | | Instead, the child art easel stands at one corner, barely |
| exhibit will move from the refrigerator to Christy's | | | | taking up any space, and yet always handy with a |
| Auction House, a child art easel will make it easier for | | | | blank sheet of paper for the minute she's seized by |
| your child to show off her budding talent. Therefore, a | | | | some creative inspiration. |
| child art easel can increase her self-confidence and | | | | The child art easel will also allow your child to make |
| self esteem. | | | | use of the light (they usually tend to cast dark |
| There's something about a child's artwork that seems | | | | shadows on the paper as they hunch over it to draw) |
| more beautiful and priceless than a Van Gogh. Forget | | | | and so minimize eyestrain. Another advantage is that |
| the Louvre-the world's most precious masterpieces | | | | for some materials such as paints, the child art easel |
| are right on the refrigerator door. We smile proudly at | | | | prevents the child from smearing her work, since her |
| her eager interpretations of 'My Family", even if our | | | | palm doesn't touch the paper the way it would if she |
| smiles look a little lopsided, and the dog (is that a dog?) | | | | were leaning against it on the floor. |
| stands on five wobbly legs. ("No, mom, that's a tail!") | | | | Keep a ready stock of art supplies. Different kinds of |
| These drawings aren't just charming, they're important | | | | paper and different kinds of colors and paint, can all |
| to our child's development. Child experts say that | | | | lead to different artistic effects. Let her experiment. |
| through these paintings and drawings, they learn | | | | Invest in craft books, if you like, so she can hunt for |
| self-expression, creativity, imagination, and pride in one's | | | | ideas when she's bored. (It's better than her watching |
| work. | | | | TV!) |
| They also learn pride in themselves. From a blank | | | | And always, always praise her for her work. Keep |
| canvas and a handful of crayons and paints, they can | | | | praise specific, and make it genuine. "I love the colors |
| make a world-a place where (if they wanted to) | | | | you used for the flowers, they're so happy" is more |
| houses could stand on clouds, and cotton candy | | | | sincere than saying, "Oh, it's the most peeeeerrrrrffect |
| flowers grow side by side next to chocolate | | | | garden I've ever seen!" |
| marshmallow trees. For a child, this ability to "do | | | | Display her work. The child art easel is in fact a |
| anything and everything" is crucial to their sense of | | | | convenient way of showing off her latest painting (at |
| self-esteem. | | | | least until she's ready to paint another one). You can |
| So how do you encourage this creativity? First of all, | | | | also keep her work in a folder, post them on the |
| give her own "creative space". All artists have their | | | | refrigerator, have them framed, or place them in |
| studio, and the least she can have is her own child art | | | | scrapbooks. Either way, a child art easel is the perfect |
| easel, or her own table. | | | | addition to your child's playroom allowing them the |
| The child's art easel is set at a child's height, making it | | | | ability to express themselves in their own unique and |
| easier (and more comfortable) for her to paint, draw | | | | imaginative way. |