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February 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Monster Men Bottle Banks

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

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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.

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We cut out some lips..

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

We glued the lips to white paper..

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We glued our mouths to the bottles.

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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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