What a great gift to your niece, Melinda. I'm thinking that is what I want to do for my great granddaughter when she gets a little older.....if I can get her to slow down just a little. She is a livewire at 3. Go, go going all the time. I have a few machines that will be perfect for her and I know when she comes to visit me this summer she will want to tinker with my machines. The hand crank I got this past month may be perfect for her.