My 6yr daughter has been sewing on my Janome Magnolia since she was 4. She took her first class then, and made a cute handbag! Last year I bought her a kiddy sewing machine for her to use along side me. However we both got so frusterated with the poor quality and it constantly jamming up, that it quickly went in the garbage. With my supervision, she loves sewing on my machine, making many doll blankets, pillow cases, and very basic doll dresses.