My little one has days where she can play alone just wonderfully and I can get some stuff done, but they are rare. I had one day this past week where she played all day and made the scarves for her teachers. But like I said those are very rare days. Usually I sit and about 5 seconds later she is trying to climb in my lap or trying to turn all the knobs on the machine while I am sewing so I have to get up and go play for a whle and try again later, which usually turns out the same.