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Step2 Art Easel Desk: Review and Giveaway!!

Speaking of that Step2 and Infantino awesome PlayDate event I attended while at BlogHer – I have also been reviewing a great item for Step2:  Their Art Easel Desk.

imageAndrew is not much of an artist yet.  I know some kids – you can hand them a crayon and piece of paper and they’ll sit down and be entertained for an hour.  But, give some crayons and paper to Andrew??  He’ll be entertained for approximately 45 seconds – give or take.

So naturally I was a little concerned about having an Easel and it being used.  I figured that maybe Ethan will be our little artist and that’s when the desk will get used.  DSC09171

When the desk arrived, we put it together – Which was super easy – and Andrew first used it for his toys – he liked that he could hide his toys inside the desk.

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Joe wanted Andrew to test out the sturdiness of the Easel with supervision –

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It’s Sturdy!

We eventually showed him that the desk and easel was for coloring and crafting – So we sat him down with some crayons and paper –  He jumped right into the desk and colored a picture for mommy.

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Because we didn’t have many crafting items for him, I decided it was the perfect time to start shopping some back-to-school sales.

The first sale I hit had Dry Erase Crayons on sale.  Brought those home, and Andrew had a blast with his crayons on his dry erase board! (although they’re harder to clean, they don’t need a cap and work just like crayons.

DSC09099 The next sale I saw had safety scissors and construction paper…

Guess what I learned? Give Andrew a pair of safety scissors and he will  go to town!!  He can sit and cut paper for at least an hour at a time… the paper is shredded into tiny pieces by the time he’s done, and you need a vacuum to clean up the mess – but he loves it!  Maybe it’s a Boy thing?

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So we moved the Art Easel into the dining room, where it is Ok for him to shred paper into teeny tiny pieces and it wouldn’t get jammed into carpet.  Also, his Dry Erase crayons would drop on the carpet, and they leave marks… good to know Winking smile

We love our Art Easel, and it will come more and more in handy as Andrew is able to do more art projects and then when we start more preschool-like activities with him this coming year.

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Comments

  7. Jenn says

    I would to own the Lift & Roll Toy Box. Super cute and functional. Our little ones would love it.

  10. Jan says

    Do I seriously have to narrow it down to one? 🙂 I have several things I like so have to at least mention two.

    I love the Deluxe Workshop! My son loves kitchens, but my husband refuses to get him one, so this Deluxe Workshop is very similar to a kitchen and is definitely more manly. I would love to get this for my son! We’re also going to be getting in the train table stage, so this would be my other love, Deluxe Canyon Road Train & Track Table.

    I wish I had room to house all of these things (and money to buy them all, of course). What a fun giveaway! Some little guy or gal is going to have so much fun creating things!

  60. Heather says

    Visited website, and I also like the LifeStyle™ Deluxe Kitchen.
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    I follow you on Twitter via @Adrienzgirl and tweeted. The tweet is 3 characters too long. I used numbers in a couple of places to replace words.

  201. Vicky Carlson says

    I would love to own the Step2 LifeStyle Kitchen Table & Chairs Set. These are wonderful for children to play, eat, art, .. so many things!

  212. Heather C says

    I love the Deluxe Canyon Road Train & Track Table! My son has one at day care and he really likes playing with it!

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  299. Mrs. Smitty says

    I’d LOVE to get the Naturally Playful® Picnic Table with Umbrella for my girls. A place to sit outside for snacks, playtime, art or project space!

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    Another product I like is the Complete Choo Choo Train Combo – USA Edition. Too Cute!!!

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  435. allison says

    The Clubhouse Climber & Sandbox Combo is awesome!! My son totally needs this as we have nothing in the backyard for him.

  509. Martha Jesse says

    My first pick is an art desk (so this giveaway is perfect!), but we’d also love the versa seat wagon with canopy!

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  594. Jodi Kershuk says

    I love the Clubhouse Climber, I’m really thinking it would be great to order next spring, my son would love it!

  668. Darlene Winger says

    I liked you on Facebook and I love this art easel. I have one from the 90’s my sister gave me for my grandaughter. She loves it! Her parents bought her an easel for her 2nd b/d, but could not find one with a seat. I went to the Step 2 website and saw the 50’s diner and thought that was so cool. Would love for her to have that.

  674. Ericka says

    I would love to own the Grand Balcony Dollhouse, my daughter would have a blast playing with it.
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  725. R Hicks says

    I would like to have their Naturally Playful® Adventure Lodge Play Center for the kids

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