LED Piggy Bank

This is a piggy Bank that has glowing LED lights for eyes.

You can make your own piggy bank or buy a plastic one from the store. You can also use another type of animals like a penguin or duck (anything works). It take a little bit of electronic knowledge to make but is pretty simple.

Step 1: Building the piggy bank

The first thing that you do is create a frame from wire.

Next you put plaster clothes dipped in warm water over the frame and let each layer dry for about 10 minutes.

Once you have a sufficient amount you sand down the layers to make it as smooth as possible (note: it will never be totally smooth unless you take a really long time and prep the wire frame better).

Let it sit overnight to allow it to totally dry.

Comments

[Spanky43]

You should make it with red yes. That would look gnarly at night.

[porcupinemamma]

I soooooooo want to try this, but I have NO experience. Is it o.k. if i ask you lots of questions about the LED stuff?

[shannonichole]

Go ahead and ask as many questions as you want. I'll try to answer them all and send you links on stuff.

[agdollison]

reminds me of pinkfloyd