Imaginative Recycling Projects: Adorable 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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