Kid-Made Easter Egg Pillow - Easter Sewing Project

Easter is fast approaching...in fact, there are only a few days to go! Around here we are busy finishing up the decorating, planning the dinner menu, making fun Easter crafts, and baking cookies. Yum! If you are still looking for a simple craft for the kids to make, I think this might be it. In a previous post, I introduced my daughters to the art of sewing. This craft takes the sewing skill and takes the next step.

title "kid made easter egg pillow" with image of easter egg shaped pillow with bunny embroiderd on.

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Easter Sewing Project - Easter Egg Pillow

pencil

small embroidery hoop
embroidery needle
embroidery thread
2 pieces of coordinated flannel fabric
pinking shears (or regular scissors)
fiber fill (polyester)

Start with a pencil and draw an egg shape on one piece of fabric. The size of the fabric is up to you. The size you choose will be the size of the pillow you make. My embroidery hoop is 6 inches and the fabric is about 12 inches wide.

Once you have drawn the Easter egg on the fabric, place the piece of fabric in the embroidery hoop. Make sure it is tightly in the hoop. Now, feed the embroidery thread onto the needle. This first piece of embroidery thread will be the color of the outside of your Easter egg.

Now your child will use a simple hand straight stitch to follow along the drawing of the egg. Let your child take their time.

Once the outline is complete, switch up the thread and continue stitching along all the lines you have drawn. When the entire egg has been stitched, remove the fabric from the loop.

Now it's time to sew the two pieces of fabric together. With the right sides of the fabric together, place the stitched fabric on top of the coordinating fabric. Pin the pieces of fabric together, so they don't shift.

flannel fabric with easter egg embroidered on fabric

Use the pinking shears to cut around the Easter egg, about 1 ½ inches from the stitching.

You can do the next step by hand or with a sewing machine. Sew the two pieces together, leaving a 1-inch opening.

sewing machine stitching around easter egg pillow

child stuffing fiber fill into easter egg pillow

Now, have your child push the fiber filling into the 1-inch opening until the cushion reaches the puffiness that you like.

Once the pillow is stuffed it's time to pin the 1-inch hole closed and then stitch it closed. Again, either by hand or with the sewing machine.

close up of pins in easter egg pillow sewing project

Now your Easter sewing craft project is complete! Your child has made a stuffed Easter egg.

kid proudly holding up kid-made easter egg pillow

pile of easter egg shaped pillows - one with easter egg decorations and another with an easter bunny decoration

My girls helped with almost every step of this project. The only part I did was machine stitch the fabric together. They loved picking out the different thread colors and watching their eggs take shape. My eldest daughter got creative and made an adorable easter bunny cushion. You really could use any festive motif. We can't wait to give these out as special gifts this Easter weekend.

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