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Colorful felt Easter eggs with embroidered stitching around the edges and as designs on the front.
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How to Make Felt Easter Eggs

Learn how to make felt easter eggs in this DIY craft tutorial! Made out of egg-shaped pieces of felt and a simple blanket embroidery stitch, this spring egg craft is an easy alternative to the traditional easter egg!
Author: Laura Radniecki

Materials

  • Felt
  • Easter Egg Template Found in our free Resource Library.
  • Fabric Marker with Disappearing Ink
  • Embroidery Needle
  • Embroidery Thread
  • Stuffing

Instructions

  • Use the Easter Egg Template from the resource library to trace egg shapes onto the felt. You need two felt pieces to make one 3D felt egg. Carefully cut out the egg shapes.
  • Decorate the "front" egg pieces if you'd like. You can cut pieces of felt and glue them on with school glue or fabric glue. You can also add patterns onto the felt with different types of embroidery stitches.
  • Sew a blanket stitch around the perimeter of two stacked felt egg shapes.
    To do a blanket stitch, start on the back of the fabric and push the needle toward the front.
  • Push the needle from front to back, through the loop that forms. Pull tight.
  • Again, the needle goes from the back of the fabric through to the front. Pull almost all of the slack out, leaving just a small loop.
  • Push the needle from front to back, through the small loop, and pull the remaining slack out.
    Each time you do this, your blanket stitch should tighten up.
  • Leave a space open to add stuffing to the egg. Once the egg is stuffed, continue the blanket stitch around the perimeter until it's completely closed. Knot and clip the excess thread.
  • Continue for all of your felt egg pieces, and that's it! Your DIY felt eggs are done!

Notes

  • We used felt because it's easy to work with, cuts well and doesn't fray, and comes in tons of different colors. If you don't have felt, you can try fleece, flannel, denim, or upcycle old clothing to make these eggs.
  • Poly-fil is our top choice for stuffing. If you don't have any, you can try stuffing your eggs with fabric scraps or even bits of crumpled paper in a pinch. Just know your eggs won't be as soft and squishy as they would be with poly-fil inside them.