Just wanted to follow up. We stuck with the arrows that came with kit and bought a few more so we'd have 5 total. Archery with a "real" bow and arrows was a hit. At first he didn't seem that interested. He has a cheap plastic "toy" bow with suction cup arrows at home that hasn't been very fun. I demonstrated a shot with the arrow sticking in the box, and he was excited.
We had him wear a long sleeve shirt and used the arm guard. I'd watched a few videos on YT to get him going correctly. I helped him with the first shot or two. Then we just shot the arrows with a little coaching here and there and a lot of encouragement. I think we were 4-5m back from the "target."
He had a little bit of a tough time since his regular play hadn't really developed the muscles used by archery. I could tell when he started getting tired, but he had a great time. He'll be here frequently this summer, so we'll keep practicing. If he maintains his interest, then we'll eventually get him better gear, but for now this is great.
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