When my youngest son was 5 (now 29) he wanted to sew. I knew he wouldn't stay with it very long so I put in a used needle and gave him a peice of paper with lines. Told him if he could sew on the lines and still wanted to sew we would start a project. I sat with him and he did ok on staying on the lines but after he sew a few minutes he was off to something else. We did get to a few projects but his favorite thing was to sew on paper. He got real good at it. lol His favorite thing to do was cooking and he is a very good cook today.