Penny Piggy Banks

Create your own piggy bank - inspired by Tottenham's Priscilla Wakefield who set up the first penny savings bank.

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Completed piggy bank

You will need

  • Small milk bottle (or other drinks bottle)
  • 4 x bottle lids for feet
  • Coloured paper and/or tissue paper
  • Colouring pens/pencils
  • Scissors
  • PVA glue, glue stick or sticky tape
  • An adult to supervise cutting

Instructions

1 Put your clean milk bottle on it's side and use a pen to draw a small rectangle on the top.

2 Ask an adult to help you cut out the rectangle to make your coin slot.

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Milk bottle on side with slot cut into it

3 Take the 4 bottle lids and using glue or tape attach them to the bottom of your milk bottle to make the pig's feet.

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Milk bottle on side with four bottle top feet

4 Decorate the bottle and lids with paper or tissue paper – we used pink, but you can make your pig any colour you like. Make sure not to cover the coin slot at the top.

5 Use your coloured pencils, or different paper, to create eyes, ears, a nose and a tail. 

Your piggy bank is now ready to use!