Our Homemade Homeschool Easel

We are loving our new homeschool easel and the best part, it costs us under $50 to make. We couldn't find a decent easel online, or in stores, so we made our own. 

Jeff used pine boards for the entire thing and created the easel from a rough draft of mine. It is perfect for holding our dry erase board, our chalk board, and our posters/flip books for subjects. It also works out great for other things, as well, like painting, art, crafts, etc.

Here's how we made it:

2-63 inch boards (we used 2x4s) •THESE ARE THE SIDE LEGS

1-58 inch board •BACK LEG THAT HOLDS THE EASEL UP

1-26 inch board •ACROSS THE BOTTOM BEHIND THE LEGS TO HOLD THE SIDE LEGS TOGETHER

1-33 inch board •ACROSS THE FRONT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THE EASEL FOR PLACING THINGS ON THE EASEL FRONT

1-7 inch board •ACROSS THE TOP OF THE LEGS ON THE BACK SIDE TO HOLD THE EASEL TOGETHER AT THE TOP

1 large gate hinge

2-medium L-shaped brackets

We got out boards at Lowe's and they will cut your board to length. A lot of boards come a lot longer than you will need here, but you can get all of these cut from three boards. We used pine, but you can literally customize this and use any type of board you want.