This little piggy...

Create a cool piggy bank from an old juice bottle.

This little piggy...- instruction sheet

Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 08

Difficulty level: Moderate

You will need: Glue, Large plastic juice bottle, Masking tape, Paintbrushes, Resene Quick Dry Acrylic Primer Undercoat, Resene Testpots in the following colours: Resene Alabaster, Resene Black, Resene Cosmos and Resene Studio, Scissors, Two toilet roll tubes, White pipe cleaner

Top tip: You could paper mache with newspaper and glue instead of masking tape.

Here's another idea: This polka dot money box was made from an old yoghurt pot and testpots of Resene Spritzer and Resene Bright Red.

This little piggy...

Another idea: Make a money box

Step one
Remove the screw cap, cut a slot in the top side of the juice bottle and cover the edges with masking tape.

Step two
Cover the entire bottle and cap with torn off pieces of masking tape.

Step three
Cut the toilet roll tubes in half and attach to the bottom side of the bottle with masking tape.

Step four
Paint your piggy bank with one coat of Resene Quick Dry Acrylic Primer Undercoat. Allow to dry then paint with two coats of Resene Cosmos.

Step five
Paint two eyes and a big smiley mouth with Resene Alabaster. When this has dried paint the inner eye with Resene Studio. Allow to dry.

Step six
Paint details around the mouth, eyes and ears with Resene Black. Finish off by gluing on a curly pipe cleaner tail – now get saving!

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