Originally Posted by
mom-6
My feeling is if they are interested they are ready. If the attention span is five minutes then deal with it in short spurts. And let them just "help" you to begin with.
I agree with this. If you keep saying "NO", they may direct their attention elsewhere and you've lost a chance.
Let them sew lined paper. When they do that acceptably - not perfectly - cut them some squares and mark the stitching lines for them and let them go. No matter how imperfect their project turns out, it will be loved.