Oh, that is a LOVELY idea! Once I took my oldest granddaughter to purchase her preferred color of 1/4" gingham check, and embroidery threads. Have a book illustrating various cross-stitch patterns on gingham. She loves butterflies, so she went with the pink gingham and lots of thread colors: purple, turquoise, lime-green, etc. IT was very cute. Of course, her six yr old sis is not ready for a needle yet. But do plan to revisit this with her in the future.