Monster Men Bottle Banks

We wanted to make some piggy banks so set about making some alternatives, We bought some bottles of value water for 17p each.

We painted our empty bottle with Matt emulsion (because that’s what we had in the garage!) we left a viewing window so we could see our savings building up.

We cut out some lips..

We then added eyes which I had printed onto paper and cut our..

We glued the lips to white paper..

We glued our mouths to the bottles.

Finally I carefully cut off the knock of the bottle and we added hair, all that was left was to dig down the side of the sofa for pennies to add…

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