Keep the bottle cap on the bottle. It will serve as the pig’s snout.
The coin slot will need to be at least 1 inch (2. 5 cm) long to fit a standard US quarter.
When the pig is standing on its new legs, the coin slot should be facing up.
You can give the pig eyes by hot gluing googly eyes onto its face, or by drawing, cutting out, and gluing on eyes yourself.
Use a spaghetti sauce jar if you don’t have a mason jar handy. Make sure to wash out the jar thoroughly before you convert it into a piggy bank. You can just run it through the dishwasher.
Let the jar sit for 15-20 minutes so it can dry. Once the jar is dry, you can start using it as a piggy bank!
If you don’t feel comfortable using a box cutter, you can actually go out and buy a lid with a pre-cut slot. These lids are available at your local crafts store.
You want your jar to be safe, but be sure to keep it in a part of your home that’s easy to access.
You can buy washi tape, stickers, and puffy paint at your local crafts store or get order some online. Add the tape and stickers onto the jar before the puffy paint. Then, once you’ve painted, let the jar sit for 6 hours so it can dry completely.
You can purchase mixable papier-mâché paste at arts and crafts supply stores, but it’s easy to make your own at home. You’ll also save some money in the process!
You can also use butcher paper, which you can order online.
It doesn’t matter what color the balloon is, as it’s just providing a structure to papier-mâché on top of and won’t actually be visible.
Once you add the layers, let the balloon sit for 2 days in a well-lit, well-ventilated area of your home so it can dry fully.
You can also use this hole to pull the balloon out from the inside of the piggy bank. Feel free to throw the balloon away when you’re done with it.
Place the piggy bank on its legs so the glue can set and let it sit for 30 minutes before you begin decorating.
Other decoration ideas include drawing nostrils onto the pig’s snout with a black marker and cutting 2 triangles out of pink paper or felt to glue them on as ears. If you do not want to use paint, you can color the body of the piggy bank with markers.
