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Well technically Jax is playing a ukelele. But he calls it his guitar and I haven't bothered to correct him. No one we know plays ukelele, but lots of people play guitar, and he wants to play too. This was his second birthday present from Benjamin and I. It's one of the best gifts we've purchased for him, because it took him 2-3 months to stop playing it daily. That's a pretty good record considering how quickly he tires of new toys (hours or days).
I finally caught up on client photos sufficiently to work on personal ones from the last few months. These are from April, about a month after his birthday.
Here's the links to where we bought everything for him.
Ukelele (we bought black). Comes in lots of fun colors. Partly plastic, and has held up to plenty of abuse already. I wanted something that had a decent playable sound, but wasn't so expensive I would worry about him throwing it on the ground or banging it on the wall (neither activity we encourage, but it has happened).
We replaced the strings with these. They sound much, much nicer (when he doesn't detune it). Worth it if you are a musician and care how your kid's instrument sounds.
These wall hooks are also fabulous. They keep the guitar from otherwise living on the floor. He can hang it up on a wall and get it down himself, since we installed them at his level. They work great and are cheap. They also work for larger instruments.
We also got cheap pegs for to hold on a strap (from a local music store) and $5 super cheap guitar strap from there too. I cut part of the strap off, and safety pinned / sewed it to a length that works for him.
