We make piggy banks from cans with our own hands

Very often, things that seem like outright rubbish turn out to be very useful and functional in the end. For example, most people immediately throw away old, useless cans. In fact, these items can serve as an excellent basis for making creative piggy banks. In this article, we will find out how you can make them yourself.

You can make an excellent piggy bank from a simple glass jar. Such containers are available in almost every home. Most often they are used for storing pickles and other curls, but such vessels are great for storing money.

To make such a glass container opaque, you should take a sheet of special corrugated paper. This material must be carefully wrapped around the jar. If you have multi-colored paper in stock, then you can safely use it. With such a detail, the future piggy bank will look much brighter and more attractive. You will need to wrap a string around the neck of the glass jar.

There are other ways to model beautiful glass jar money boxes. To implement this master class, you will need:

• glass jar;
• lid for twisting or simple plastic;
• rope;
• glue solution (ordinary PVA is suitable);
• decorations and decorations.

The volume of the can can be anything. Good piggy banks can be made from either a 3-liter container or a more compact container. Consider how to craft an aesthetic and useful piggy bank from a glass jar.

• The central part of the transparent container will need to be wrapped with rope. Its ends, both at the very beginning and at the end, must be fixed with an adhesive composition.
• The top half of the rope should be attractively decorated with small ornaments.
• Now the selected lid should be put on the jar. You will need to make a hole in it for money.

Such a piggy bank for banknotes and small change is done very simply and quickly. The showiness of its appearance depends solely on the imagination of the person who makes it. The product can be made extremely simple and minimalistic or very elegant, bright, complemented by shiny pendants and chains.

A very beautiful and convenient piggy bank can be made not only from simple glass jars, but also from other containers. Jars of coffee, mayonnaise or chips can be great bases. From such components it is possible to make first-class piggy banks that look beautiful and very original.

The capacity left over from the popular Pringles chips will become a very good basis for a future convenient piggy bank. The design and decoration of such a container can be chosen to your taste. First, the lid along the edges from the inside is coated with adhesive, and then tightly closed. You can proceed to the next stage only after the glue is completely dry. On the reverse side, using a knife, you will need to make a cutout of sufficient width.

You can beautifully arrange a piggy bank from such a jar in different ways.

• You can just print the drawing you like, and then glue the container with it. The lid can be decorated in the same way.
• The piggy bank can be beautifully decorated with acrylic paints. Colors can be absolutely any.
• Decoupage or pasted colored paper will do.

A very original and reliable drive can be modeled from an iron can. The manufacture of such a product will be possible for home conditions. Usually, there are no serious difficulties in this matter.

Let's consider step by step how to make a beautiful and reliable piggy bank from an iron jar.

• It is necessary to select a suitable container. It is advisable to choose one that has a lid.
• In the middle of the lid of such a container, you will need to make a small hole to accommodate banknotes and small change.
• When punching the required hole in the lid, it is recommended that you measure with the largest coin you have.
• The next step is to start decorating a tin piggy bank. Each person can choose the most attractive design option for a self-made drive from a tin can. Iron products decorated with decoupage look interesting, but you can get by with just attractive drawings glued to the jar.

Equally attractive and convenient drives are made from cans left over from instant or whole grain coffee. As a rule, such containers are also made of tin, therefore, it will be possible to make a useful little thing from them according to the same scheme as in the master class discussed above.

When making a piggy bank from a can of leftover coffee, it is very important to make sure that its inside is completely free of all product residues. It is advisable to thoroughly wash the tank. You can also decorate a ready-made piggy bank from a coffee can in various ways.

There are tons of interesting ideas for modeling aesthetically pleasing mayonnaise jars. Currently, the famous sauce is most often sold in plastic containers with wide necks. From such a foundation, it is quite possible to make a very funny and original piggy bank.

If the plastic mayonnaise jar is transparent and not dyed, then it can be dyed in the appropriate color both inside and out. To paint the inner surfaces, it is enough to pour a sufficient amount of paint inside the container, and then shake it well there, making rotational movements in different directions. Next, the jar is opened and left open for a while so that the coloring composition is completely dry.

We will learn how to proceed further in order to make a beautiful and cute piggy bank.

• The container must be laid horizontally. On the one hand, you will need to make a slot for money and coins with a clerical knife.
• To form cute piggy piggy legs, you should use parts of the chicken egg tray. You will need to cut out the corresponding parts from this tray, and then put them on glue on a blank jar.
• The ears and tail of the pig should be cut out of paper. These components will also need to be glued to the plastic mayonnaise container.
• A couple of paper circles are glued to the lid, thus forming a patch. You can make these circles not out of paper, but paint them with acrylic paint. In the same way, it is possible to arrange the eyes of the original piggy bank.
• As additional decorations and decorations for such an original product, you can use elegant ribbons, bows, sequins and many other similar elements.

Making a beautiful and reliable piggy bank from various cans with your own hands is not at all difficult. Almost everyone can cope with such a task. Let's highlight some useful tips for self-modeling great drives.

• Before making a piggy bank, it is imperative to remove from the jar all the remnants of the products that were in it before. This also applies to coffee, and mayonnaise, and baby food, and any other products. It is advisable to thoroughly rinse the container before starting work, and then let it dry completely. Absolutely nothing from the previous filling should remain inside the jar.
• It is important to make the holes in the jars very carefully. In all cases, it is necessary to work with a clerical knife and scissors with the utmost care. It is especially important to monitor the level of safety if a small child is working on modeling the piggy bank. An adult is advised to follow such operations.
• It will not work with ordinary gouache or watercolors to paint on the surface of most tin and plastic jars. These compositions do not fit well on such grounds, they are held on them for a very short time. If you plan to paint the drive, it is advisable to use acrylic paint.
• When making holes for bills and coins, you should be sure that they can pass through it. You should not make the holes too small, since then it will be very inconvenient to put money in the piggy bank. However, the holes should not be too large either.
• It should be borne in mind that a homemade beautiful piggy bank can be a wonderful gift for a friend or close relative. A person will be very pleased to receive such an original little thing as a gift. The delight will be even greater if the donor places several bills in it.
• For the manufacture of attractive and neat moneyboxes, it is recommended to use only high-quality cans, which have no damage, deformation, chips or dents. It will not be possible to make a really beautiful craft from a damaged base.
• You should think in advance how the finished piggy bank-jar will be decorated. The master should prepare all the decorations and decorations before starting the creative work. The design of such a product can be absolutely anything, in this case, a person's imagination is absolutely not limited to anything.

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