So the husband and I both used to play tennis but neither of us have played in almost fifteen years. For our whole marriage once or twice a year, we're both like "We should so do that" but never get around to getting rackets and such.
Well before Christmas I was picking up kiddo more train tracks at Ikea, and they have two rackets for $17! Don't get me wrong, they're on the cheap side, but we've been having a blast.
If we stick with it for a few months than a real equipment investment might be in our future.
Not for us but for the kid-- kinetic sand. He has spent about an hour a day playing with it since I got it a couple of weeks ago. I think it was like $12 so well worth it.
Re: IKEA fun find!