How to make a simple piggy bank

 Hi gang.  Hope all is going well for you.  Today I have a simple project that you can help your child make, under strict supervision of course due to the nature of saws living to cut, wood and or fingers.)  In other words, just be careful with cutting tools.  Enough said, let's get busy with this easy project.

I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture but my inspiration was an empty Gatorade bottle.  It had a couple of things going for it.   It was a nice sturdy plastic bottle, (so it could be cut) and... the orange bottle top which was bigger than a quarter sold me.

Firstt,I designed a pattern that I was going to use.  Everyone should do their own but basically see the cutting pattern below.  These are the 3 pieces you will need.

I drew my patterns onto my pieces of scrap wood then took it over to my Proxxon mini bandsaw and cut out the perimeter of all 3 pieces.

Now, for the inside cuts I used my Proxxon professional rotary tool with a small drill bit to make a hole inside the circle I wish to cut out.  Then I passed the scroll saw blade through that hole and reattached it so I could make my inside cut.

Then I used my Proxxon cordless mini belt sander to bevel the edges slightly outward on my inside pieces, so they fit the bottle pretty tight.   I used the Proxxon OZI/E delta sander to smooth all the edges of the wood, (no splinters allowed!)

Its a good time to paint the pig parts.  🐷🐖  I used Plaid paints because they have the best colors.

I used my Proxxon professional rotary tool with a cutting wheel to cut a slit in the top of my bottle.  This is where everyone is invited to stuff coins, and or paper cash.!

Next Glue the cap of the bottle the front part to the pig.  Be careful not to glue the piggy parts to the body of the bottle.   (To get our money out we are going to untwist the nose).

I'ts done, if you want, put a squiggly tail on him--or not

I painted him at this point, but hopefully you painted him earlier.  It's a lot easier before it is together. 

It[s been a lot of fun,  Thank's Proxxon, and Thank you for visiting!

Catch ya next time..   Carol