Imaginative Recycling Projects: Adorable Piggy Bank

cute recycled piggy bank

Before throwing away empty baby food boxes, here are fun recycling projects for you and your kids. Create a piggy bank from used boxes.

An adult help is required.



Materials:

  • Empty baby food box
  • Acrylic paints
  • Brushes
  • Gesso
  • (Optional)Sticker, napkins, pictures
  • Sharp Knife


1. Apply gesso. It’s a primer for painting.

2. Paint the box with any color you like.

3. Decoration:

  • When the box is dry, your kids can decorate it any way they like: colorful stickers, drawing with acrylic paints.
  • You can use your kid's photos to decorate the box - print some photos, cut around the picture and make a collage.
  • If you are familiar the napkin technique it can add a nice touch to the box.

There are plenty of decoration options, let your child use his/her imagination.

4. Use a sharp knife to cut a small slit on the lid.





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