I was trying to remember what 4-H and/or home-ec projects we did while in elementary school. I remember making a toss pillow, very simple circle, and I seems to me that we did a basic applique application on one side, I think mine was a smiley face, I also remember my daughters doing pencil cases, but I don't remember whether they did zippers or some other method of closing it. I am sure that there are web sites with plenty of ideas too