Easy Easel Picture Stand

When strolling through a hobby store a few days ago, I saw this mini easel with a mini canvas for making mini paintings.

I would really like to make paintings, but I don't. So I thought it could function as a picture stand just as well. And rather then buying it then and there, I thought I could easely ;) make one myself!

It only takes about 30 min. and it's a really nice small picture stand. Also great as a gift!

Step 1: Materials & Tools

All the stuff you need for an easel about 4 inches (10 cm) high:

- some wooden stick, at least the width of your picture frame, at least 17 inches (42 cm)
- knife
- small saw (if the stick is thin, a knife should do fine)
- ruler
- wood glue

Comments

[craftyinIdaho]

This is nice. ....you can also do a mini easel from a metal drapery hook...spread the prongs for the stand...use the "hook" to hold the picture....works great!

[irishwhistle]

Your easel is probably more stable than the minis they sell in stores. It doesn't fold, but it isn't going to fall down because the support has nothing to anchor it either. The little ones in stores are really just a novelty item. I guess you're meant to paint the canvas, but that's a novelty item too. Functioning artists' easels have a lot more knobs and sliding things on them. So you're right, this is a nice lil display easel, and the photo you mounted on foam board is a great way to use that.

[Hammerholder]

I have a about a dozen wooden easels of various sizes made from scrap wood.  They come in really handy at the schools silent auction, table top displays at exhibits or information tables.  The parents group at the school and people at work are always asking to borrow them.   I didn't take time to make them symmetrical and I usually made them stand up by measuring by eye and doing a lot of extra cutting.  Since there usually behind the display item it doesn't matter how they look.   You just have to make time to mount the horizontal with a level.  I have a couple where I have routed a pattern on the horizontal and painted it.  That's the piece that compliments the display.  It's a great way to repurpose scrape wood.

[sickdog74]

I love it! Great one!