How to make a piggy bank with your own hands: 17 cool ideas

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How to make a piggy bank from a plastic bottle

What is needed

• Plastic bottle (the volume depends on how large the piggy bank you want);
• pink spray paint;
• black marker;
• eyes for toys;
• pink foamiran;
• scissors;
• stationery knife;
• plastic stick;
• thin pink stick for pipe cleaning;
• glue gun.

How to do

Cut the bottle in half.

Push the bottom of the container into the hole in the top. Later, when the piggy bank is ready, you can move these parts apart to get coins.

Cut four short pieces of equal length from a plastic stick. Glue them to the bottle so that you get the legs.

Spray paint onto the workpiece. Let it dry.

Cut out two ears from the pink foamiran with scissors. In shape, they resemble triangles with convex sides. There should be indentations on the lower parts of the figures.

Use a utility knife to make a hole for the coins. If you are not sure what will turn out smoothly, first mark its borders with a marker.

Glue the toy eyes to the blank. Fix your ears above them in an upright position. Draw the nostrils on the lid: one piece is a half circle.

Cut the pink pipe cleaning stick, then crochet it - this is the tail. Secure it to the back of the craft.

A master class on making a piggy bank from a bottle can be viewed here:

What other options are there

Here's how to make a rocket-shaped piggy bank:

For this craft, you will need half a bottle:

How to make a piggy bank out of paper

What is needed

• Colored paper of different shades;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• simple pencil;
• compass;
• a small piece of thick cardboard;
• White paint;
• brush;
• PVA glue;
• black pen;
• red felt-tip pen or pen;
• stationery knife.

How to do

Cut a rectangle out of light colored paper. Length - 28 cm, width - 14 cm. Measure from the bottom of the sheet 1 cm. Draw a line.

Make a fold along the marked line.

On the folded side, make small notches with scissors. Try not to put them too close to each other. Don't go over the pencil line.

Use a compass to mark a circle on a small piece of cardboard. Cut out the part.

Apply glue to the "fringe" on a piece of paper. Fix it to the bottom of the circle. You will get a jar.

To prevent the structure from falling apart, glue the side of the sheet to the wall of the workpiece.

Place the blank on a piece of paper of a darker shade and trace with a pencil. Cut out the resulting circle. Turn the can upside down. Glue the round piece to the outside of the bottom.

Cut a long strip out of dark paper. Its width depends on how tall you want to make the lid of the piggy bank. Measure 0.5 cm from the edge of the workpiece and draw a line.

Make a fold along the marked line. Add short serifs along the entire length.

On light paper, mark a circle with a compass. The diameter should be the same as the cardboard piece you made for the bottom. Cut it out.

Apply glue to the fringe on the strip. Fix it to the bottom of the paper circle. Glue a piece of the workpiece that seems superfluous to its wall. You will get a lid.

Turn the workpiece over with the hole down. Place it on darker paper and circle. You will get another circle, which also needs to be cut. Glue it to the lid so that you cover up the fringe. Place the finished part on the jar.

Make two circles out of black paper - these are the eyes. Draw some highlights inside each with white paint. Glue the blanks to the future piggy bank.

Draw eyelashes with a pen.

Outline the mouth. In shape, it resembles a semicircle with a hole inside. Shade the empty space with a red pen or felt-tip pen. Draw the blush.

Cut two long thin strips of yellow paper. Glue them to the lid in a circle.

Use a utility knife to make a hole in the lid for coins. Circle it with a pen.

Details are in the video:

What other options are there

If you like origami, try this method:

Here's how to make a papier-mâché piggy bank:

How to make a piggy bank out of cardboard

What is needed

• Cardboard box;
• light and bright pink paper;
• glue gun;
• glue stick;
• black marker;
• pencil;
• stationery knife;
• black and white paint;
• brush;
• pink and black felt-tip pen.

How to do

Cut a hole for coins in the lid of the cardboard box. If you are afraid to make it uneven, first outline the borders with a pencil.

Cover the box with light pink paper so that you can open it afterwards. This means that it is not worth fastening the cover to the main part of the structure. Otherwise, then the piggy bank will have to be cut to get the money.

If during the gluing you have closed the hole, this is not a big deal. It can be cut again.

Make the ears. These are triangles with rounded sides. Take hot pink paper and make the same shapes, but a little smaller. Fix them on light-colored blanks - use a glue stick for this.

Use scissors to make cuts in the lower parts of the blanks. Then glue the ends together so that small indentations appear in the center of the parts.

Take the glue gun. Fasten the ears upright on the box.

With a pencil, mark two large circles on the box - these are the eyes. Cover them with black paint. Draw eyelashes and eyebrows. Cut an oval out of hot pink paper. This is the nose. Using a glue stick, attach the nose to the craft.

Use a pink felt-tip pen to draw round nostrils. Circle your nose. Mark a smile with black.

Use hot pink paper to make a thin, short strip. Wind it around a pencil. Press lightly and then remove. This is the tail. Glue it to the box.

Make hooves out of light pink paper. One piece is like two triangles linked together. Secure the blanks on the bottom of the piggy bank. Draw highlights with white paint inside the eyes.

The whole process of creating a piggy bank can be viewed here:

What other options are there

Simple instructions for assembling a funny coin box:

Try making a piggy bank with a drawer:

It is difficult to make such a safe, but it looks original:

How to make a piggy bank from a jar

What is needed

• Jar with a plastic lid;
• black and red spray paint;
• pencil or pen;
• stationery knife;
• scissors;
• white sticky circles;
• black shiny foamiran;
• compass;
• red cloth;
• glue gun.

How to do

Use a pen or pencil to mark a narrow rectangle on the lid. Cut it out with a clerical knife. You will get a hole for coins.

Paint the outside of the part with black paint. Set aside the workpiece. It will take a little time for it to dry.

Make the jar red.

Place white adhesive circles on the part. Place them at the same distance from each other.

On the back of the shiny foamiran with a compass, mark two identical circles and cut them out. These are the ears.

Cut out triangles in the lower parts of the blanks. Apply glue.

Clip your ears onto the lid of the jar.

Cut a strip and an oval out of red fabric. The size of the shapes depends on how large the bow on the piggy bank you are going to make. Pinch the oval in the middle with your fingers. To prevent the structure from disintegrating, wrap the center with a strip greased with glue.

Clip the bow next to the coin hole.

Details are in the video instructions:

What other options are there

A very simple way to make a piggy bank:

Incredibly beautiful craft option:

For this piggy bank you will need a pot of chips:

How to make a piggy bank from a Christmas ball

What is needed

• Plastic Christmas ball (diameter - 15 cm);
• modeling paste;
• stationery knife;
• wand;
• oven;
• baking sheet;
• simple pencil;
• stationery knife;
• dish sponge;
• acrylic paints of different colors;
• brushes;
• eraser;
• glue gun;
• black outline for glass and ceramics (optional).

How to do

Roll five identical balls from the modeling paste. Remove the metal cap from the ball. Place one of the blanks in this place and flatten it. Make a nose.

Roll shapes that look like hemp from the rest of the balls. Everyone should have the same length. These are the legs of a piggy bank.

Take a small piece of modeling paste. Roll it into a thin sausage and then roll it up. Get a tail.

Place the legs at the same distance from each other. They should be upright. Put the ball on top, lightly press down the details with it. Turn the structure over. Make sure the molded pieces fit snugly against the ball.

Use a stick to make two indentations on the nose - the nostrils. Push along the vertical line on the legs. Above them - horizontally. This will show the hooves.

Carefully remove all paste parts from the ball. Try to keep them from losing their shape. Place them on a baking sheet and place them in an oven preheated to 50 ° C for several hours. Cut a hole in the ball for the coins. Previously, its boundaries can be marked with a pencil.

Using a sponge, apply white acrylic paint to the ball. Better to make several layers. Let the workpiece dry.

Paint the legs with white paint.

Use black acrylic paint for the nose and tail. Apply it with a brush.

Sculpt triangular ears with modeling paste. Press them against the ball to form indentations at the base of the shapes. These parts also need to be sent to the oven.

Glue the legs to the ball. Let the glue dry.

Paint the joint between the parts with white paint.

Draw a pattern on the pig's body with a pencil. In the example, the piggy bank is decorated with triangles of different sizes. You can come up with something of your own.

Paint over the pattern with the flowers you like. When everything is dry, use the eraser to erase the pencil sketch.

Cover the ears with black paint. Glue them and other dark blanks to the craft.

With a pencil, mark the place where the eyes will be. Then draw them with a black outline over the glass and ceramics. If not, use acrylic paint.

Detailed master class - in the video:

How to make a piggy bank from a photo frame

What is needed

• Thin plywood frame 5 cm deep;
• simple pencil;
• the photo;
• glue stick;
• colored glossy paper;
• ruler;
• wood carving knife or drill;
• sandpaper.

How to do

Remove the back cover, glass and rim from the blank, which is needed to hold the photo. Draw a rectangle on the frame with a pencil. Its dimensions will depend on how you want to make the hole for the coins.

Use a wood carving knife to make a slot for the coins. You can also take a drill and drill a number of holes with it without going beyond the outline. Then, with the same tool, remove the "walls" between the holes. In any case, after this stage, the slot must be sanded with sandpaper from the inside.

Take colored paper. Measure a rectangle on it: in area it should coincide with the part of the frame on which there is a hole. Cut out the part. Make a slit on it and glue it to the workpiece.

Remove the top from the rim to prevent the photo from falling on the glass. You should essentially end up with a square without a top wall. If this is not done, money will get stuck on the outside, and not fall to the bottom. Insert the part into the frame with the hole under the coin compartment.

Insert a photo. Close the structure with a lid.

Check out the video tutorial to avoid mistakes:

What other options are there

The way to create this frame is the same as the step-by-step instructions, but here they show how to decorate the glass with a beautiful lettering: