Activity for kids

Make a Piggy Bank From  a Tissue Box


Get kids into the habit of saving with this cool and easy craft.

What You'll Need

• Pink craft paper
• Scissors
• Tissue box
• Double-sided tape
• Chenille stems
• Fast-setting glue
• Pink and black pom-poms
• 1.25-ounce clear plastic cups
• 2-inch wide round or oval box or jar lid
• Pink paint
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1. Wrap a 5-x-20-inch piece of pink craft paper around tissue box and secure with double-sided tape. Cut a separate piece for the top about 1/8 inch wider on each side; cut slit in center and tape to top of box.
2. Paint your box or jar lid pink, and attach black pom-poms as eyes. To make the tail, glue a pink chenille stem to the back center of the box and spiral by wrapping it around your finger.
3. Cut two 2-inch equilateral triangles from pink paper as ears. Paint centers with a darker pink paint and let dry. Make a crease 1/2-inch from the bottom and glue to box.
4. Fill four clear plastic cups with pink pom-poms and glue to the four bottom corners of the box.