DIY piggy bank - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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DIY piggy bank

A very cute project which most kids can manage to do the bulk of by themselves.

Material

1 empty 3L plastic milk container
2 empty toilet rolls
black permanent marker
pink paint, paintbrushes and newspapers
sticky tape

Method

Clean and dry an empty 3L milk container.
Place newspaper on a table, then paint the milk container all over. Then paint the toilet rolls all over. You may need to do several coats to cover the plastic. Leave to dry.
When dry, draw eyes and a nose with the black marker.
Cut one of the toilet rolls into 2 triangles, then sticky tape to the top of the bottle for ears.
Cut the other toilet roll into half and stick at the front of pig to form legs.
Cut a hole in the back of the pig for the money to pass through.

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- mom19782016
- 13 Jun 2016
  7:11 pm

78 Comments
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- - mom207052 said
  - 05 Jun 2021
    11:18 am
Super cute! A great group activity at birthday parties

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- - mom241861 said
  - 25 Apr 2021
    11:32 am
The cardboard piggy bank turned out perfect and wasn’t that difficult.

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- - boymumma26 said
  - 31 Mar 2021
    9:48 pm
great idea, i love craft that uses upcycling!

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- - Jmac said
  - 23 Jan 2021
    8:43 pm
This looks so cute and easy! I’m very much into easy things…. thanks for sharing

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- - Ellen said
  - 15 Jan 2021
    8:07 am
Cute ! Tip; mix some craft glue with the paint, it makes a huge difference how long the paint lasts on the plastic milk bottle

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- - P&M'smum said
  - 02 Jan 2021
    8:01 pm
Such a great way to recycle bottles & learn about the importance of money.

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- - mom466923 said
  - 27 Dec 2020
    8:09 pm
That’s a big piggy bank and would take very long time to fill but it would save some good money.

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- - mom469047 said
  - 23 Nov 2020
    10:08 pm
This is super cute. Love doing crafts with my daughter. She is learning about money at the moment, this is such a great idea.

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- - mom462792 said
  - 26 Oct 2020
    9:08 am
most people would have what they need to do this craft, and its a great wow project to show off too

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    4:28 pm
I like that you can unscrew his nose to get the coins

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- - mom467510 said
  - 12 Oct 2020
    9:50 pm
What a cute little piggy, now that’s an awesome craft activity.

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- - mom446507 said
  - 24 Sep 2020
    3:41 am
This looks fun to make. We actually made some with our 4year old. We bought different coloured paper and I cut it into all different sizes. She then used craft glue and added the paper where she wanted it.

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- - mom460223 said
  - 15 Sep 2020
    4:18 pm
What a great idea. I’m going to ask parents to start collecting their empty 3Lt bottles to make these with my kinder group

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- - mom418449 said
  - 25 Aug 2020
    3:23 pm
How adorable! Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom460689 said
  - 01 Aug 2020
    8:18 pm
So cute. My son would love to make this.

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