I was looking up classic old time instruments, and I came across the idea for a washboard so I bought this one!
Next I plan on buying a couple sets of thimbles and gluing them to our kid sized gardening gloves so the kids can practice playing the board, but in the mean time, they can use anything to play it!
- sticks
- wooden spoon handles
- mallets
I made sure to coat it with mineral oil to protect it a bit. The kids like it so far!
Edit September 2, 2018: I finally got around to adding a thimble glove sometime this past spring, but now the cheap thimbles are rusting. I’ll order another set soon. It worked well for a while though! In the meantime the drumstick I installed works well for them.