Playboard with collapsing easel

A children's playboard for use with a figurine of a cloth material, the playboard comprising:

• a backing member having an outer perimeter, a front surface and a back surface;
• an outer layer covering at least a portion of the front surface, the outer layer produced from a cloth material wherein the figurine adheres thereto;
• a support structure fixedly attached to the back surface of the backing member, the support structure comprising a pair of spaced bracing members and a pair of connection plates, each bracing member comprising a first leg joined to one of the pair of connection plates along a hinge wherein each bracing member is extendable at an angle from the back surface, each bracing member further comprising a second leg and a third leg joined at an apex portion, each second leg having a greater length than each corresponding third leg, and the apex portions for supporting the bracing members against a base surface wherein the backing member can be supported at the apex portions and along opposing portions of the outer perimeter of the backing member in at least two different angles to a base surface.