The lack of cheap, plastic Easter eggs in India gave me a good excuse to sew up some fun, fabric Easter eggs this year!  I sewed these eggs by hand from scraps of fabric I had lying around from other projects, and stuffed the with polyfill I also already had, so this Easter craft was basically free!

I used a free, printable pattern for Secret Pocket Eggs from Sew Mama Sew.  See the little pocket? Perfect for hiding a small treat inside.  Here’s another free fabric egg pattern I looked at as well.

Here are the fabric eggs I made last Easter. The eggs look a lot better when sewn on a sewing machine!

When the kids aren’t playing with the eggs, or having pretend Easter egg hunts, they are displayed in a recycled bird’s nest we made.  A fun homemade Easter decoration and toy in one!

I knew I saw this recycled bird’s nest craft somewhere online, but I couldn’t remember where until after we tried it.  We glued strips of a recycled paper bag onto the top of a balloon, then popped the balloon when it dried.  I recommend trying the plastic wrap method shown at Alpha Mom because, I had to peel the balloon pieces off the inside of our bird’s nest.

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