3 - tissue box violin

My mom is a professional violinist - I know, awesome right? Anyhow, when we were really young my mom started each of us on the violin. She wouldn't give us a real one right off the bat, though. She made us tissue box violins, so we could get used to holding it and doing the bow movements and such. To this day she feels it's the only way to start a young kid out. I definitely remember my tissue box violin (even though I was only three or so). She was always so creative... perhaps more creative memories another day.