To manufacture a board stand such as an easel used for drawing pictures or a menu board put in front of eating places at a lower cost, to provide the board stand which looks good because of additional, decorative works on it.

When a board stand 1 has a supporting part 2, which is made by assembling materials 4, 5, 6, 7 shaped like a square timber, to lean a board 3 against the supporting part 2, the materials 4, 5, 6, 7 shaped like a square timber are formed from a synthetic resin. The materials 4, 5, 6, 7 shaped like a square timber are made up of a foamed resin and a thin, coating layer 12a which covers the surface of the foamed resin. The outer surface can be decorated by a thermal transfer, or a thermal transfer layer 15, 16, an uneven pattern 14 or the like.