I used to spend a lot of time with my nephew when he was 4 I gave him holiday themed material , he would cut out things he liked all by hisself sometimes the cutting was very rough. Then I would give him a large piece of fabric and he would hand sew his patches thaat he made onto his flag. We must have 30 or more flags he made and displayyed proudly. He was so proud when he learned to needle the thread {thread the needle}