How to Create a Cute Piglet Piggy Bank With Reused Plastic Bottles
This adorable Piglet Piggy Bank is one of my favorite crafting projects for kids. Even without the kids, it’s a fun way to save your spare change and upcycle plastic bottles. When I saw crafters making this cute plastic bottle piggy bank, I knew I was in, too!
Save Plastic and Make This Cute Piglet Piggy Bank
This crafting project is dear to my heart because I am a huge advocate of upcycling and recycling. Many of the crafting projects I create are made of things I upcycle. Recycling isn’t a relatively new concept but a key part of sustainability. However, not everyone chooses to recycle, making it a harder effort than it is.
People in America use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour, and some (if not most) of those don’t make it to the blue bin. Plastic is a huge source of pollution, and even if we contribute to upcycling and recycling in some small way, it makes a huge difference for us all!
Don’t panic, though. There are ways you can still recycle even if you don’t have the traditional means. Plastic bottles present a unique way of recycling: reusing. That doesn’t mean you have to keep using the bottle for what it was intended; rather, you can create something new with it.
This easy and creative craft can turn your used plastic bottles into something fun and can be a great activity for the whole family — especially the kids! I hope to create these types of crafting projects with my granddaughter when she is old enough. This cute little Piggy Bank is sure to be one of our first.
How to Create Your Very Own Plastic Bottle Piggy Bank
There are many ways to create an enjoyable plastic bottle piggy bank for the kids or yourself.
All you need to create this Piggy Bank is:
- Almost any plastic bottle is viable, and with enough creativity, anything is imaginable. A wide-mouthed drinking bottle is perfect for this cute craft.
- Remove all the labels and cut a coin-sized rectangular hole in one side of the plastic bottle.
- Then, find four pieces of material for the feet — wooden balls or marbles work great — and glue those on the opposite side.
- You can also paint the entire bottle and legs to make it seem more pig-like or leave the bottle clear to see your family’s coin collection progress.
- Using a colored paper of your choice, create two piggy ears and tape them on the same side as the coin slot.
- You can use googly eyes or a marker to create the eyes and draw two dark circles on the bottle cap for your piggy’s nose.
- The tail is fair game; you can use pipe cleaners, paper, ribbon — you name it.
For more instructions and a step-by-step tutorial, click this link and check out how A Little Tipsy created one. I love how she created hers; she gets to spend time with her family and have fun!
Always Recycle!
If you caught the recycling craft bug, there are so many other fun crafts you can do to help reuse some of those plastic bottles and keep them out of landfills. Getting your kids involved can be a great way to enjoy craft time with them and start them on the right path to sustainability.
If everyone made a plastic piggy bank with those 2.5 million bottles, people would probably start saving a lot of money — and the earth.
I hope you can also enjoy recreating this wonderfully adorable Piglet Piggy Bank. It’s a great way to upcycle, recycle, and spend quality time crafting with your family.
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Awe, the bottle piggy banks are really cute. We are making mood bottles out of plastic bottles, so the sky is the limit on what to do with plastic bottles.
Thanks Sue. I’d love to make one with Carmela someday too. They are so darn cute.