3L Bottle Piggy Bank

This instructable will show you how to make a cute lil piggy bank from used soda bottles.
Use it for yourself or give it as a gift.

Step 1: What you need....

~ 2 or 3 liter EMPTY soda bottle (I'm using 3ltr for this ible)
~ 4 20oz soda bottles or water bottles whichever
~ pink paint (or red and white if you don't have pink)
~ paint brush
~ sharpie
~ liquid nails
~ exacto knife (or some other sharp blade)
~ scissors
~ sand paper

Comments

[sam2simon12345]

hindi ko alam kung paano gumawa heehe

[breumer]

Thanks for sharing this nice instructable

[breumer]

we have many empty bottles but now we know what we can do with it thanks for sharing

[jiajunwang]

Hehe, very clever....love it

[cheesehead11]

Haha! I used tape (gorilla tape) instead of liquid nails, and instead of paint, I used zebra-patterned duct tape. Turned out pretty awesome.

[patriots8888]

This is awesome i really like how you unscrew the nose to get your coins back out!

[wubblecookie]

This is so cute. My piggy bank is actually red, but I think I might be making this soon since my dresser will probably spontaneously collapse! This is amazing, thanks.

[porcupinemamma]

ohhhhhhhhhh no!!! ;0) a piggy bank "in the red". We must take up a collection to get the poor thing back in the black, because a poor little piggie can't go to market without any money ;0) yet alone buy supplies to build a house for himself and his brothers. ;0)

[ZenThruCraft]

sorry about your dresser! but i'm glad you like the piggy!

[LizbethTheZombie]

i LOVE this!!! THIS IS AWESOME. i was going to buy a piggy bank isnce my boyfriend has been wanting one for a good while, but nnow i can just make it!

[tim_n]

What type of paint did you use?  I remember when I made similar things as a kid the paint doesn't fix perminantly to the bottle unless it's properly sanded - otherwise if you squeeze it the paint cracks and flakes off.

I assume you use a rubberised latex paint or similar?

Or does it flake?

[ZenThruCraft]

Yep sanded .. says so in part 2.  I used Acrylic paint.  Has not yet flaked.

[Rosstafarian]

Very cool. Looks quick to make and cute too. I think I'm gonna make one for my girlfriend. Thanks!

[BellaStella7]

Can this really stand a lot of weight? I mean, its standing on four smaller bottles. I'd like to do this for the kids at church but uhhh.. it doesn't look too sturdy. Can someone reassure me?

[ZenThruCraft]

It will be alright. I've got quite a few coins in mine and it still sits pretty good. No bending in it all.

[Sandisk1duo]

they'll be fine! you can probably step on it, and all it will do is bend

[dobbylvr]

I love this. I will definently be making this for my little sister's birthday.

[FrameR009]

Awesome! Something for the kids. You got my vote!!

[BodyWorker]

How about a Money Monkey?? That would be so cute! Now .... how to make the parts? hmm...

[ZenThruCraft]

Hmm.. that would be interesting. But I have no idea how it would go together. Give it a shot and let me know how that goes. :)

[DIYDragon]

That's painfully adorable. If I find a culligan bottle I'm making some sort of odd dragon bank immediately .. : p cash cow would be funny~! Might have to make that for my friend who loves anything with cows on it. :P

[ZenThruCraft]

a dragon would be AWESOME.

[Doctor What]

You know what'd be awesome? A culligan water bottle pig!

[ZenThruCraft]

That is so funny because i was just discussing that with my friend. We were also discussing other animals that would be interesting.. like a CASH COW. hehe

[gili]

How nice!

[ve2vfd]

Thats too cute! I love it :)

[ZenThruCraft]

thanks!