piggy banks



make your own Papier-maché Piggy Bank !

To make this, you will need :
an empty plastic two liter bottle
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup water
4 toilet paper tubes for the pig's legs
cardboard for the ears
acrylic paints to decorate your pig 
newspaper, cut into strips
plastic bowl
pipe cleaner for a tail
scissors


piggy bank making instructions :

To begin, tape 4 toilet paper tubes to the soda bottle. These will be the legs for your pig. Make sure your pig is able to stand up.

Cut two triangles out of the cardboard for the ears and tape them to the top of your bottle.

Now, to make the paste. Mix 1 1/2 cups flour with 1 1/2 cups water until it looks like pancake batter. If it's still too thick, add more water.

Cut some sheets of newspaper into small strips and then dip each strip, one at a time, into the paste and squeeze off the excess mixture.

Put the strips on the bottle, slightly over-lapping each strip.Cover the bottle, legs and ears with 3 layers of papier-maché.

Let the papier-maché dry over night. After it dries, it will look kind of white.

Now you are ready to paint your piggy bank. You can use any colors you want & decorate your piggy bank.

Now To make it a bank, cut a slit in the top of the pig. You may need to ask a grown-up for help in this.

Finally your very own piggy bank is ready!		  

 

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