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I have a lot of easels but my favorite and the one that is the most convent and folds up the smallest that I have is the Winsor & Newton artist Easel bristol water color Aluminum its my favorite it also tilts all the way so if you need it to be flat you can to paint any way you like its so easy to assemble and you can carry it anywhere it weighs almost nothing compared to the other heavy easels I have that are wood and heavy and hard to assemble this one is great! I highly recommend investing in this easel it will make traveling to paint a breeze and for storage it takes up no room. It comes with a tiny carry case with handles its the best!!! I am so spoiled I can't paint with any of my other easels. https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Bristol-Aluminum-Colour/dp/B0038M1KX8

You bring up a great point, and I wish I could tell you that the "be-all, end-all" decisions regarding dimensions / weight / etc. were left to CubiScan. However, those measurements and weights affect so many things in the process from the time we receive an item until it goes out the door to a customer, that there is rarely a black and white answer for things. Also, there are items we as associates question every day as to why the system states an item is sortable v. nonsortable. I've also said several times in this forum that we stretch CubiScan's capabilities beyond what its manufacturer intended because, as of right now, it's the best thing we have. CubiScan was designed to capture dimensions and weights of boxed items -- hence its name -- and it does a great job at that. But, as you all are well aware, not every item comes to us boxed. I've suggested to a couple of folks in PMs that if they want more control over the dimensional measurements of their products, send them to us pre-boxed. But, that's a cost-benefit analysis thing -- am I paying more to have an item boxed than I would be in paying for "air" in a poly bag...more on that later. Let's look at some examples based upon your plastic totes comment...and some other things that pop up as well...I hope reddit let's me link to items on the AMZN site. These items are chosen based upon our experiences with them, so disregard the brand, etc. and consider the items themselves. Here we go...

1. This item easily fits within the confines of one of our totes, but is it a sortable item? I draw your attention to the fact that this item weighs 99 pounds.
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NY7MCTI/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1
   
   
2. This item can be physically folded several times, but would you want to receive a $500 item folded six or seven times and crammed into a small box to save on shipping? https://www.amazon.com/Versace-Collection-Applique-Trousers-Black/dp/B0718Y9HFJ/ref=sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&qid=1520453592&sr=8-45&keywords=versace+apparel+for+men
   
   
3. Let's assume this item doesn't come boxed from the manufacturer [in reality, it does], but rather, the manufacturer poly bags it UNFOLDED, with the bag being slightly larger than 3' X 5'. Our packers are not given time to fold items and are prompted by the system on which size box to select based upon items being packed. Do we measure the item as it is in-hand, or CubiScan it folded? How many folds? https://www.amazon.com/SolarGuard-Specifications-Annin-Flagmakers-145660/dp/B0018ZUBDW/ref=sr_1_9?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1520453937&sr=1-9&keywords=state+flag+nylon
   
   
4. This item requires bubble wrapping to protect the item, but more importantly, the associates handling it. Bubble wrapping dramatically changes the dimensions of an item, but it must be taken into account because that is how the item will be shipped. https://www.amazon.com/Body-Solid-Oly-Power-Chrome/dp/B0039Z5FHQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1520454668&sr=8-5&keywords=free+weight+bar
   
   
5. Shouldn't these be sortable items? They can fit into a tote with causing damage to the item. They aren't. https://www.amazon.com/Carson-Dellosa-144030-Scalloped-Borders-Variety/dp/B0043C1ZV4/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1520454837&sr=8-15&keywords=bulletin+board+borders
   
   
6. Sortable? Yes. Why? The way it's packaged. https://www.amazon.com/DC-300529-Shoes-Court-Graffik/dp/B077T6K1Z2/ref=sr_1_84?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1520455679&sr=1-84&nodeID=679255011&psd=1&keywords=dc+shoes+mens
   
   
7. Sortable? No. Why? The way it's packaged. https://www.amazon.com/Woolrich-Oxbow-Flannel-Forest-Medium/dp/B01NBKMYGM/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1520455756&sr=8-28&keywords=mens+flannel+shirts

Hey, sorry i'm a little late to the party. I just got the same telescope last week, and it is awesome! I just picked up a couple things.

• A 2x Barlow Lens
  
  This One.
  
  and
  
  
• A Moon Filter
  
  This One
  
  The moon is still fairly bright with the filter, so you may want to get the 25% instead of the 13%, although im happy with it.
  
  I also got this sky chart, but it's obviously not that necessary. Keep in mind, i'm still a newbie, so take my recommendations with a grain of salt. Have fun! :)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

Is is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Harry Potter

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. Stephen King

Here is a link to one of my Pinterest boards with quotations on it.
http://www.pinterest.com/swilliams2007/quotations-for-class/

These are some fun posters...
http://www.amazon.com/319-School-Attendance-Punctuality-Poster/dp/B00D7OM1TY/?ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_1

http://www.amazon.com/Youth-Change-Inc-Poster-323/dp/B00E5Q93C6/ref=pd_sim_hg_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TYG5NKHAVYF0484FCQ9

These should be free shipping. 😄

Or this for sure has free shipping and it’s adorable!

Shadow boxes are quite popular. You can get some from your local craft store, back it with some cork or cardboard (though the structural integrity of the cardboard will decline over time as you stick and restick pins on it), glue some felt over it, and boom: instant classy display case.

Another solution if you don't want to get crafty is cufflink display boxes. You can lie them flat on your desk or prop them vertically. Double-posted pins may present a problem if they don't align with the crevices where you'll be wedging the pinbacks.

There are also pin display banners you can find for purchase online, or make yourself if you know your way around a sewing machine. Those tend to be thick canvas or heavy cloth with wooden dowels and some string for hanging.

Your cheapest, fastest option is probably a cork bulletin board, as /u/CorayEel mentioned.

Happy pinning!

This would be pretty cool for Adela.

I bet Isla would love playing with this

For a starter book to get the basics of stargazing, I would recommend Nightwatch: A Practical Guide To Viewing the Universe or Turn Left At Orion. They don't have real detailed sky maps, but they give good representations of some of the major constellations and names.


For star maps, I use Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas or Orion's DeepView Star Map. These ones are good for more detailed star maps and require a few basics to figure out. Or you can just match the stars up to known stars and just stumble your way around (which is not a bad learning method either).

Might consider something like this To put it in. Otherwise you have some good ideas. I recommend these, and some art from his favorite video game.

Thanks! See the reply to another comment. Just posted the recipe. It's real easy! Just drybrushing and tape. The kind of cork you need for the road is like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Flipside-FLP38001-Thick-Natural-Light/dp/B00ZNDJA8M/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=cork+board+roll&qid=1574236958&sprefix=cork+board+roll&sr=8-5

You're reply isn't showing up yet because it's too short and got auto-moderated, but I pulled it up in your post history. That's a tabletop easel, possibly this exact one, but if you just search for 'tabletop easel' on Amazon or Blick or somewhere like that you should find lots of different ones.

Well I’m guessing at that age they will be doing storyboards, so i recommend pencils, colouring pencils and paper.

Posters such as this or this one should also fit in ok.

I'm debating between the paint:

https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-284637-1-Clear/dp/B00T82711W/ref=sr_1_6?crid=M27DU472BXEB&keywords=white+board+paint&qid=1563539904&s=gateway&sprefix=white+board+pa%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-6

And a stick on film:

https://www.amazon.com/Whiteboard-Contact-Adhesive-Message-Markers/dp/B07HWZM3QQ/ref=sxin_4_ac_d_pm?crid=M27DU472BXEB&keywords=white+board+paint&pd_rd_i=B07HWZM3QQ&pd_rd_r=3079db07-4e20-4c84-acb6-2c2e1bf386e1&pd_rd_w=ooIym&pd_rd_wg=pcNzS&pf_rd_p=be5d8dec-444e-4770-91df-1e16a8c46da8&pf_rd_r=HC3QZE6C9Y1X19GAVHNM&qid=1563539904&s=gateway&sprefix=white+board+pa%2Caps%2C126

The film seems to get better reviews and would be easier to put on I think.

A glass display case with leds / lights is always best imo, and if you can get clear / transparent plate holders (something like this but obviously less tacky) that'd be amazing. I have my glass case, but I have them lying down, and it's just not that cool :(.

This is great. Here’s a similar tool that may give you some design ideas

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Easy to make: print off the images you want, and then put in one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capsules-Containers-Holders-Different-Available/dp/B01GC17LRK

You might want to pad it out with cardboard.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capsules-Containers-Holders-Different-Available/dp/B01GC17LRK/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=21mm+coin+capsules&qid=1555955373&s=gateway&sr=8-3#

Arrived in about 9 days. If you order one set it’s free delivery. So just do 4 orders of 1.

I just bought this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007X1D8I/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and have already lined four bulletin boards with it. I have plenty left over too. There are forty strands in the package so I know I will be good for a long while!

amazon link

I think it's this one! Or maybe the big one, I can't seem to find measurements on the amazon page. It has a hole in the back so you can also mount it on the wall as well.

maybe something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Hinged-Acrylic-Easels-Modern-Holder/dp/B0095XB5PM or this http://www.amazon.com/Art-Supply%C2%AE-Display-Natural-12-Pack/dp/B00E6G4H8A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421804902&sr=8-2&keywords=wood+mini+easel ?

Got a few packs from amazon, they are plastic easels.
http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4
Most hobby stores such as hobby lobby sell them as well.

Found them on Amazon.ca, available in lots of slightly different sizes:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GC17LRK/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_cROMAb8DT0TQT

Alternatively, you can buy the Fan kit, which I managed to get from here, when it was briefly in stock. It will likely come in stock again, just not very often. Add yourself to the notification list.

https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/orleans-fan-kit?variant=5667342209

Plus side of this is that it adds a 5th player to the game.

They're tabletop easles i think. I was given them by my future sister in law who used them for mirrors. I saw them on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4

I bought them on Amazon. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377989469&sr=8-1&keywords=plastic+easel

looks like simple picture easels to me, you can get a bunch of them for cheap at a craft store (if i'm not right, it's a great idea anyways)

the link https://www.amazon.com/Tumbler-Machine-Direction-Automatically-Assembled/dp/B07T8M3J7K/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=szict&qid=1564047829&s=gateway&sr=8-8

http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1394378132&sr=1-1&keywords=mini+easel

http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395784559&sr=8-1&keywords=display+easel+plastic these?

[Frame easel were the words I wanted.] (http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Plastic-Easels-Plate-Holders/dp/B003CTSIG4/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1449262035&sr=8-14&keywords=frame+easel) I have the worst case of stupids today.... anyway, these come in various sizes down to an inch and up to 14", and can be gold, black iron rod, bronze, etc.

Edit: as a follow up, I'd get the plastic ones. I'd then spray paint them the color I wanted and if the item was delicate i'd use rubber glue on the edges. Let it dry and it's like a sticky cushion and protects paint from scratches.