I'm getting a good chuckle from 97 Ways to Make a Baby Laugh! Babies have such a good sense of humor. Everything is fun for them, even throwing food on the floor! This book has great new ideas and well as tried and true ways to laugh with your baby.
My kids loved sewing. In fact, they would sit on my lap while I sewed from the time they were preschoolers. I had to make sure they didn't put their fingers anywhere dangerous though! By the time they were six, they could feed the cloth and make simple creations.
Here is a book that has great step by step introduction to sewing machine activities-