08/17/2022
A Pig-Shaped Bank from a Simple Bottle
When starting out, it is best for your kids to see how their money is being stored inside their bank. Going with a piggy bank craft water bottle idea can help them make their first bank easily and have fun in seeing their savings stored safely inside.
Supplies
Glue
Child-friendly scissors
Bundle of wool
Foam paper
Paints
Toy eyes
Small water bottle caps
A large water bottle cap
An empty water bottle
Directions
Pick your child’s favourite colour and get wool and paper of that colour itself.
Use paint of that colour as well and paint all the caps as well as the bottle. You can keep a few places open to see your money inside.
Once painted, allow it to dry. Until then, take the wool and start curling it around your finger as tightly as possible. This will later be used as the tail of the piggy.
Trace triangular ears on foam paper and cut them out using scissors. You can fold them so that the ears look realistic.
Once the bottle and the caps have dried, use some glue and stick the caps around the bottle to mimic the legs of the piggy.
The large bottle cap can be screwed onto the bottle, which will become the nose of the piggy.
Apply glue to the eyes and stick them accordingly. Repeat the same with the ears. Finally, glue the base of the tail behind the bottle.
For the entry, you can either cut a small opening on the bottle’s body or behind it, which can be used to put in coins and notes.