A piggy bank is a perfect gift to a young family or child who is learning to plan his pocket budget and is trying to collect money for his favorite toy. Also, everyone will agree that the best gift is a gift made by one's own hands , which retains a piece of warmth in oneself. Well, let's try to combine these two wonderful gift ideas into one and make a piggy bank with our own hands.
The good idea of a piggy bank is that it can be made with your own hands from anything - from a bottle, cans, boxes, packaging, plasticine, etc. For its decor, any means at hand: fabric, paper, suede, the same clay. We realize our idea by cutting a plumbing pipe as a basis, decorate a piggy bank, we will be fleece.
We prepare materials
In the master class, we show how to make a piggy bank in the most traditional form - in the form of a pig. For this, we need:
- Fleece or beige felt and a small cut of pink;
- a piece of extensive plumbing work, if this creates difficulties, you can take a cylindrical cardboard box;
- Cotton or other fabric as a filler;
- ribbon for decoration;
- scissors;
- needle, thread;
- fastener whenever possible in tone with fleece.
Now let's start making.
Piggy bank with own hands - master class
- First of all, we cut out from the fleece blanks-patterns of this shape, as shown in the picture. The size is made based on the diameter of the base pipe.
- Then, using a knife or scissors, we cut out a hole for coins in work. We will make it wide enough, there are different coins, and sometimes they are thrown into a coin box.
- The basis can be considered ready. Sew the fleece patterns - a long and short rectangle with the ends-legs.
- We tightly stuff the legs with a filler so that our pig can beautifully stand alone. Then we put the clothes on the pipe.
- Now we will make the muzzle of our pig. Cut out two triangles from the fleece and sew two of them together.
- To make a patch we cut out the pink oval, we sew a five-kopeck piece on it with a black thread. Then we cut the beige strip, the length of which should be equal to the length of the circumference of the patch.
- We sew the strip around the oval, then we sew the resulting design to the face and tightly fill it with cotton. Next, carefully sew up the black threads of the closed eye line and get a beautiful face of a smiling piglet.
- Now we sew the pre-prepared ears to the face.
- Next, we impose one more circle and we sew the face to the calf of the piglet, filling the space between the circles with a densely filled filler.
- Now we'll deal with the back of the piggy-piggy. Of course, such a coin box, filled with coins, can not be broken. Yes, and sorry for the product, if there was such an opportunity. We will make a move with a knight - when our piggy bank is full, we can open it, pour out coins, and then everything from the beginning. To do this, we sew a zipper around the back.
- Next, we cut out a small rectangle of fleece, sew it into a workaholic and sweep it in such a way that it wraps up with a small spiral. This is the tail, just like the real one.
- Now we sew the tail to the fleece circle, from the reverse side sew another circle, fill the space between the mugs with cotton.
- And, finally, we sew the back part to the zipper.
- Piglet is ready, it remains to decorate it with a decorative ribbon. We will completely trust our own taste.
Finally, our piggy bank, made by ourselves, ready? We leave for a visit with an exclusive gift.
