Magnetic Art Easel

Materials: MALA Easel

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

We bought the easel hoping to create an interactive way to teach our child letters and spelling.

We used painters tape up the edges of the easel, painted on 3 coats of the magnetic paint we purchased at a local Home Depot and TA-DA.. magnetic board!

~ Will, Toronto

Cheap and Easy Coloring Table for your Kid!

Materials: MALA roll of paper, tension rod, dining room table

Description: I wanted to make a coloring table for my son without purchasing another table and without paying the hefty price. So I used our dining room table. I attached a roll of paper using a tension rod and created the same look and function for $5!

See more of the coloring table.

~ Emily Brooker, United States

Hacker help: Any ideas on how to turn the Mala into a menuboard?

Materials: Mala

Description: Ok. So I bought a Mala Tabletop paper holder and paper roll for our son to draw on. I then saw this Junction Paper Holder (see pic, right) and want to hack my Mala into this expensive wall board. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks.

~ KJD, MA