Plastic bottle pig
1 plastic bottle
Make 4
large
holes
and one
small
hole.
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4 corn cobs
cardboard or
leather for
ears (Make
2 cuts in the
bottle to
hold ears.)
beans, rocks,
nuts or
bottlecaps
to put inside
if you want it
to rattle
hard curved acacia
bean (or anything
else for tail)
Papier-mâché piggybank
Cover a balloon with
papier-mâché.
strips of
newspaper or
packing paper
Cut 6 lumps off a
cardboard egg carton.
4 like
this
2 like
this
After pig dries, cut a
slot to drop in coins.
With a few coins inside, the
pig can be used as a rattle.
paste of flour
and water
4 to 6 layers
thick
Fasten down lumps
with papier-mâché.
Corks can be
used instead of
egg cartons.
Decorate with paint.
Children can improve hand control, learn to count, and learn about money by playing
with coins and the piggybank.
Papier-mâché frog
balloon
4 pieces of thick
cardboard
cardboard tube
(perhaps from
old toilet roll)
Cover with papier-
mâché and attach
‘feet’ and ‘hands’.
cut tube
When dry, cut
out mouth and
paint.
The frog can be used as a
handy storage container
or cookie jar.
Children who need to
develop hand control
can play ‘feed the frog’—
taking objects in and out.
Note: For the
pig and frog,
you can use
a large gourd
instead of a
balloon.
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