least expensive option for kids arrows

[Buck67]

I made a 25# at 21 inch bow and 9 arrows for a young boy.  He has already lost 3 of the arrows.  What is an inexpensive alternate for the arrows, so I can provide him with more.

[DC]

Get him to make one. He may value them a bit higher Fat chance

[Pat B]

You can buy 1/4" dowels from a hardware store but be sure they have good grain. Drastic runoffs can be dangerous.

[stuckinthemud]

Arrows from hazelnut bushes sharpened like a pencil and hardened are pretty close to being free. I re-enforced the tips of my kids' arrows with tiny bone or antler chips, 'hardened' with cyano and fletched with flights from goose feathers found at the local lake. Cost quite a lot in time but pretty much free financially.

[Buck67]

Thank you for all the replies.  I'll give them a try.  Looks like I'll be sorting through the dowels at Lowes again and raiding the neighbors bushes.

[Pat B]

Well, Buck, whatever it takes to get what we need.