How Do You Make A Salt Box Piggy Bank?
Looking for a fun and inexpensive–and perhaps educational–craft activity for you to share with your child? Consider teaching your child about economics–by building a salt box piggy bank! It’s easy, it’s enjoyable, and it just may be the first step toward teaching your child how to save and manage money. Here’s how it’s done. Take a circular (cylinder-shaped) salt box and remove the plastic or metal pouring spout. Cut a slit in the side of the box that is large enough for coins to easily pass through. This is your piggy bank’s coin slot. The slit also marks the very top of your piggy bank. Wrap the salt box up in pink wrapping paper (or construction paper, if desired), as you would a gift of the same shape. Find the depression where the slit from Step 2 is located and cut an additional slit in the wrapping paper there, so that a coin might still be easily dropped in. Cut two piece of pink paper into triangles, then lightly fold the tips on one corner of each triangle down. These are
