Our 6 year old grand loves to sew on my epic, with supervision of course. I bought a needle guard. She is trying out all the decorative stitches. She remembers to look at the screen and see which foot is used. Of course, with this machine, I'm with her every minute. I did set up my small brother but being she is mine, she likes the big Viking better! We are going to Joanns to buy some preprinted pillow fabric.