It's WISE to DIY: Thrify Ideas for the Do-It-Yourselfer

Super-Hero Mason Jar Piggy Banks

Materials Needed:

  • Regular Mouth Quart Jars
  • Coin Bank Mason Jar Caps
  • Self-healing Cutting Mat
  • X-ACTO Knife
  • Yellow Duct Tape
  • Red Duct Tape
  • Blue Spray Paint
  • Black Spray Paint

Directions:

1. Spray paint the jars, caps, and jar rings in a well-ventilated area.

2. While your materials are drying, sketch the Batman and Superman emblems on duct tape with a pen (don’t worry about extra pen marks, as a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol will remove those). If you lack artistic skill, print images off the internet, cut them out, and trace.

3. Cut out the shapes with the X-ACTO Knife. I layered duct tape to create the Superman emblem (cut out the red shape first, then place it on top of the yellow tape). The duct tape will peel easily off the cutting mat.

4.  After the paint has dried, you can center the emblems on the jar (top third looks best) and stick them right on.

Now it’s time to surprise your kids!

Do you give your kids allowances?  How does that work?  Please share your successful tips with us!

Thank you to firefliesandmudpies for this SUPER(hero) tutorial! You can see their site for more pics.

 

 


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