Ikea mala easel hack

I love Ikea. Usually I get overwhelmed with so many choices, but Ikea is laid out so well that it’s easy for me to say “yes” or “no” to specific items. Ikea “hac…

Materials: MALA EaselDescription: Just because IKEA discontinued the magnetic art easel, doesn't mean your child can't have one.

Who doesn’t love a good IKEA hack? And who doesn’t love this adorable little easel that you can snatch up for 15 bucks? We bought it for Alex the Christmas before last and he loves it! He draws me a lot of smiley faces that look EXACTLY like me 🙂 He’s a keeper, that one. Well, fast-forward to having two kiddos and Christian being able to pull himself up. You can probably do that math. I suppose when an easel is $15, it’s not going to be the sturdiest thing ever. Whenever he pulled himself…

I have two boys, and inevitably, when one wants to draw or paint, both want to do it. We recently moved and reorganized/resized our art/school/creative play area, so we needed to replace our old easel, a Melissa and Doug adjustable height easel, with one that folds flatter when it's not in use. We picked the MALA easel (not on the US website right now) at Ikea because it's really flat when folded, and that's what we needed. It's the same height as the old one, so my boys won't notice much of…

MÅLA easel, softwood - IKEA

This project was incredibly simple and quick! This is part of a bigger project I am slowly but surely working to complete. I wanted the easel to match the IKEA Lätt children’s table project in hopes of having a cohesive play room in the near future. It came out really cute…

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IKEA Hack of the MÅLA Easel - Turn this inexpensive wooden easel into a beautiful magnetic easel in a few simple steps.

I just LOVE, LOVE this Ikea easel.. The price can't be beat at only $20! It's a great size for our daughter to grow into.. The only real thing I didn't love was the red plastic easel space.. so with some chalk paint and decals it was easily transformed.. See the details below.. This is the Ikea MALA Easel Before: Now the After: I painted over the red easel space in Annie Sloan Antoinette Chalk paint. Once it dried I applied these great 2 inch white polka dot decals in a staggered pattern…