How to make a piggy bank from a bottle?

Knowing how to make a piggy bank from a bottle is clearly not superfluous in everyday life. Piggy banks for money from 5-liter and other bottles are relatively easy to make, and their production allows you to save a lot. You need to figure out how to get a "penguin" piggy bank from a plastic bottle with your own hands at home.

Despite the presence of many original versions, it is this option that is very popular. A master class on creating a piggy bank will be equally relevant for girls and boys... You don't need to take a large bottle - a container of 1-1.5 liters is enough.

Also useful:

• pink paint (best of all aerosol can);
• marker with a black nib;
• thick paper;
• scissors;
• universal superglue;
• stationery knife;
• Scotch;
• a small amount of cotton wool.

First of all, you need to remove the ring from the bottleneck. It is no longer needed there and will only take up space in vain. Further, with cotton wool soaked in a special liquid, degrease the bottle from the inside, outside and its lid. Caution: When using acetone, precautions must be taken.

Then you need to cover the neck, where the lid is usually screwed on, with tape.

When this is done, it is time to paint the bottle and its cap. Considering the pungent odor and toxic effect typical for most building paints, it is better to do it outdoors. In extreme cases, they choose a place in a room with a high-quality powerful hood. Specific actions with the paint must be in accordance with its instructions.Usually, several layers are applied with an interval of 10-15 minutes (unless the manufacturer has put forward other requirements), complete drying of the paint sometimes takes several hours.

But this does not mean that you have to sit and be bored. While the paint on the bottle hardens, it's time to get busy with pink paper (or cardboard - whichever is prepared). A rectangle of 150x50 mm is cut from them. Then fold this blank in half diagonally and cut out the ears of a triangular shape. For your information: it is advisable to make sure that these ears are externally the same.

The pig's ear must have an inner contour. The easiest way to create it is with a marker. The line should be drawn with an indent from the edge of approximately 5 mm. The rest of the cardboard or paper is used to cut 4 rectangles of 80x40 mm.

Next, you have to make a ponytail and twist it a little.

When the bottle is completely dry, you need to remove the tape and tighten the lid. A coin hole is cut in the container with a clerical knife. Its length is 30 mm and width is 8 mm. This size is enough to push any RF coin inside.

It remains now:

• draw a pig's eyes with a marker;
• prepare strips on the lid, then turn it into a patch;
• glue the ears of the animal;
• install the legs (taking into account not only the external beauty, but also the stability of the structure);
• add a ponytail to the shape.

Making a money box out of a plastic bottle, as shown above, is not difficult. But the pig is too old-fashioned for many. For a boy who is keen on technology, a piggy bank in the form of an airplane may be more attractive.

A plastic container of 0.5 liters is taken as a basis. The sequence of manipulations is as follows:

• make a hole in the middle of the bottle for laying coins;
• draw the body of a homemade aircraft;
• draw a tail resembling the letter L;
• cut them out;
• 2 obtained blanks are glued to the bottle;
• cut another hole for coins;
• draw a pair of 100x30 mm rectangles on paper;
• roll them up into tubes;
• glue them to the bottom of the case on both sides;
• draw wings and cut them out;
• make and cut the propeller;
• decorate the plane with portholes;
• stick strips on the tail.

You can make a bottle from a 5-liter plastic bottle at home and in other ways. It is quite possible to do penguin. The stages are as follows:

• cut the edges of the workpiece;
• smooth out uneven edges with adhesive tape;
• paint the entire surface of the product with white paint;
• mark the place where the "tummy" will be located;
• the entire other surface is painted in black;
• finish painting the beak and wings.

Other lightweight versions of plastic piggy banks can also be used. For example:

• turtle;
• rocket;
• fairy princess;
• dog.

The space piggy bank is done like this:

• circle a glass on blue paper along a contour;
• cut out a circle;
• by cutting this circle in half, create a cone;
• stick the cone on the lid;
• cut out 3 circles;
• stick them vertically on the bottle - these will be windows;
• prepare the wings;
• put them at the bottom of the rocket being created;
• outline the rocket with an outline;
• cut a hole with a knife for laying coins;
• highlight it with a marker.

How else you can make a piggy bank from a bottle in the video below.