Piggy banks

[JTurner954]

Where do you find them?? The grocery stores didn't have them, and the dollar store had a cheap plastic one.


Suggestions??

[Rei]

What kind of piggy bank are you looking for? Amazon has some very cute ones but I don't think you would want it in your room.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/toys/B00000JRD0/qid=1024334394/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_6/002-8873837-9149617

[JTurner954]

Just a regular one where you can put change in it and unplug the bottom to take it out. Nothing fancy, just the usual kind.

[Terminatah]

I once had a plastic Big Bird bank. Big Bird was in his nest and he was holding a giant sack with a slot that went into the sack. And written on the sack was, "BIRD SEED." Oh, I had many a splendid laugh over that hilarious bank.

-Terminatah

[RogueMartian]

I never had a "piggy" bank. I was given a really old fashioned looking jar with a slit in the top. I think my dad liked this idea better because the idea of children, a porcelain pig, and a hammer probably made him uncomfortable.

[Rhydant]

i kind of have a piggy bank. its a glass jar with $31 in quaters in it, then about $20 in other change. its almost time to hit up the CoinStar machine, w00t!

[Terminatah]

Right now I have what is called a "change jug." Essentially, I take one of those crystal clear Zephyrhills gallon bottles and fill it with change. I don't smash it with a hammer, but I smash other things, like beautiful statues.

-Terminatah

[Sir Gatts]

Some local craft stores may have them.

[DR. BELCH]

I've got one shaped like an outhouse, and it talks when the roof chimney or the bar on the door are depressed...picked it up a few years ago at the toy store at the Indian Mall in Jonesboro. Heeeeeeeeee-larious....

[Red]

Originally posted by Terminatah
I once had a plastic Big Bird bank. Big Bird was in his nest and he was holding a giant sack with a slot that went into the sack. And written on the sack was, "BIRD SEED." Oh, I had many a splendid laugh over that hilarious bank.

-Terminatah

What a coincidence I have that to! :bosko:

[VashTheStampede]

I throw my change at homeless people to see them scramble to pick it up. :D :D I am a sick human being.

[Rei]

I throw my change at homeless people to see them scramble to pick it up. I am a sick human being.

I'll second that.

Anyway I have a tin Garfield piggy bank that holds alot of change.

[Zebi]

Originally posted by JTurner954
Where do you find them?? The grocery stores didn't have them, and the dollar store had a cheap plastic one.


Suggestions??

If you don't mind painting one of your own, you could try a local ceramics/craft shop. I was able to get a Garfield bank at one - for a fee, I was able to sand it down and paint it at the shop, and have it fired in their kiln. I made it a few years ago, and still have Garfield - he sits on my desk!

[JTurner954]

How much do piggy banks cost?

[Galaxia]

;) :) Originally posted by Terminatah
I once had a plastic Big Bird bank. Big Bird was in his nest and he was holding a giant sack with a slot that went into the sack. And written on the sack was, "BIRD SEED." Oh, I had many a splendid laugh over that hilarious bank.

-Terminatah

::gushes:: Aaaawwww!!!

I had a plastic Minnie Mouse bank when I was younger. I had a heck of a time trying to get the bottom open too. I guess in retrospect, that's a pretty good thing - I saved a lot of money :D

Now I keep my money in a metal Sailor Moon bank - I'm regressing quite nicely, thank you very much :)