Well, I can say it is adorable! I've never bought anything from Ikea because we don't have one in our area. If you have one nearby, you can always get it and test it out before letting the girls sew on it. I also am teaching my 5yo DGD to sew...we're just beginning...and I picked up one of the children's machines ($10) for her to "play with". It was a chain stitch only and she got very frustrated with it. "I" was frustrated with it!! I ended up letting her sit in my lap with me guiding her hands and me using the foot pedal on my 15-91 and she couldn't get enough of sewing small strips together!! I think that made all the difference in the world to her. Every time she comes, she asks to sew!!