We've got several kids visiting us just before Easter this year, and they love crafting. I wanted to come up with a fun and easy kid craft for them to make while they are here. Felt is a very kid-friendly craft material, and I thought some simple sewing would be a nice touch as well. Put it all together, and I came up with a cute Easter egg-shaped sachet that's ready to fill with jelly beans or other goodies.

Like any good felt craft, this one starts with a pattern. Download our free Easter Egg Bag Template and print it out.

Pin the pattern to a piece of felt and cut out the shape. You'll need two pieces for each egg, one for the front and one for the back.

Then it gets fun, especially for the kids. Use your stash of scrap felt to cut stripes, waves, and zigzags to decorate your egg. Pin them in place. Don't bother trimming the length for now, just let the ends dangle off the sides. For best results, use the same patterns on both halves of the egg.

Now on each half of the egg, fold the top (squared-off) edge of the egg down and pin in place. This will form the pocket for your drawstring.

Use the sewing machine to sew the pocket in place, as close to the edge as you can.

Next, sew all your stripes, waves, and zigzags in place on each piece of the egg. Just tack them down with a straight row of stitches, using any color of thread.

This is a great craft for kids or new sewers, because it's very forgiving.

Take the two halves of the egg and put them together, with the decorations on the outside, and use a few pins to hold them in place.

Use the sewing machine to sew all around the sides (but not the top) of the egg shape. Make sure you do NOT sew up the drawstring pocket along the top edge!

To finish off the edges, simply trim with pinking shears for a fun zigzag edge. If you don't have pinking shears or prefer straight edges, you can use regular scissors.

Using the drawstring threading technique I showed you before, put a small safety pin on the end of a piece of ribbon and feed it through the pocket around the top opening of the egg.

When the ribbon is all the way through, remove the safety pin.

Now just fill the sachet with jelly beans, pull the ribbon, and tie it in a bow. You're all set!