Piggy Bank

Make the body of the piggy bank

• Inflate the balloon to the size you want, tie in a knot and hang it up.

• Fill a bowl with lukewarm water.

• Soak the plaster strips in the water and cover the balloon in two layers of plaster, as in the diagram below.

• Leave it to dry.

• Deflate the balloon and remove it.

• Apply a third layer of plaster strips.

Assemble the parts of the piggy bank

• Using a knife, make four holes on the bottom of the pig’s body, when the plaster stripes are solid but still damp.
• Insert the corks into the holes, pushing them in until they are just over half-way into the body.
• Stick the big cork on the front to make the snout. 

• For the ears:
  
  • Cut two squares out of a plaster strip and fold them into triangles.
  • Soak them in the water, position them on the pig’s body and then hold them for several minutes to create the shape you want.
• Cover the trotters and the snout in two layers of plaster strips.

• With the cutter, make the slot for the coins.

• Leave to dry for 24 hours.

Finishing touches to the piggy bank

• Twist a piece of wire into a spiral and attach it to make the pig’s corkscrew tail.

• Using the medium painbrush, paint the whole piggy bank pink.
• Using the fine paintbrush, paint:
  • the nostrils and inside of the ears in fuchsia.
  • the trotters in beige.

• Cut with a cutter the cotton ball to make the eyes.

• Draw pupils on the eyes with the black felt tip pen and then attach them above the snout with a tiny amount of glue.

• Under the money box, make an opening that you will be able to close with a cork.