I have a friend whos little girl LOVES to hand me the needles when I sew... makes her happy and keeps her hands AWAY from the needle. We also make cookies and cake together.... ummm last time she was here I let her go through my entire stash and picked fabrics and we made here baby doll a blanket. I cut them all in to bricks and she organized them on the floor how they would go in the blanket and then she had to hand them to me to sew....took up some time... she has been asking her mother when they are coming back to my house her doll needs a new blanket. GOOD LUCK!