If your daughter spends all her money on tchotkes at the Scholastic Book Fair, then she will LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this journal.  My 7 year old made an absolute mess of the puff paint frosting, but a more focused or mature child/teen could really make it happen.  Of course, my 7 year old plopped down the stickers and then puff painted around them instead of pressing the stickers into the puff paint.  Following directions would be helpful to get the look on the cover of the journal.  But the beauty is that my 7 year old could have cared less because SHE made it and then SHE wrote in it.  The page prompts are fun, but the highlight is definitely in the decorating at the beginning.