How To Make Easel from Samantha's
Paint Set
New items mean new possible crafting ideas. When I saw this new set for Samantha that was introduced with her new gazebo I felt I was one step ahead as I had made one for Saige for her GOTY year. So here is how I made the easel.
Here are some basic supplies that I used. A hammer, a nail about 1-1/2" long, 3 square dowels, a trim that an indentation on it, a cap from a glue stick, hot glue gun and fiber board for the inner triangular tray.
I measured and cut the square dowels about 15" tall and marked the center and made a hole on one end on each dowel about 1" from top edge.
I then slid the nail into the 3 holes of each dowel so that the nail head did not go through all the way. You can plug the end hole with wood putty to make sure the point of nail doesn't go through. So at this point I had the 3 dowels connected and I could form the easel triangle shape.
I cut off about 1/2" from the back dowel so that the easel could lean back and be more balanced. Then I cut another piece of dowel and glued it on to brace the 2 front dowels. This made it more stable.
Next step was to measure and cut the piece of wood trim for the front of the easel. I chose this trim because I could also lay a brush in the indented part of trim.
I then glued it to the front in front of the brace that was already there securing it to the vertical dowels and the wood brace with hot glue.
Next I placed the easel on top of foam board and traced out the triangle piece that I would use for the inner tray.
I cut the foam board triangle piece and secured it with hot glue to each of the 3 legs of the easel. I also then hot glued the orange glue stick orange top to the front leg.
I printed out the butterfly canvas print and glued it to cardboard.
I now had my easel and paint brushes and Samantha went quickly to work painting!! The small wood box is from Michael's and I just set a small paint set on top and cut out the top part out of cardboard and added the brush to simulate the same set. The only thing left to do is paint it with a wood stain to match the color of the actual set.
So now you can see how I finished up and you too can add this to your collection for Samantha.
