It depends on the youngster...their attention span and interest..You could get the fleece (on sale at Joannes ..black Friday sale) take two. 48inch squares cut 4 inch long. 2inch wide cuts along each edge and put him to wok tying the 2sides together. Then he could take it to you favorite charity and he could learn about giving. I give mine to the program for foster kids. My grand kid sits on.my lap, puts his hands on mine while we sew. He loves to operate the thread cutter and snip between pieces when I chainpiece.