away her pennies in a piggy bank. As the pile of money grows before her eyes so will her delight and her appreciation of the power of not spending.As your child’s most influential role model it is important that she sees you spending money in a

Football Piggy Bank £30 by Ritzenhoff from Panik Design

Promote prosperity with a porcine pal...Blackboard Piggy Bank £10.95 by Muji

Wooden Crocodile Piggy Bank £22 by Pearhead from John Lewis

pocket money and a good old piggy bank.As the pile of pennies grows, your child will appreciate the power of patience as she saves up for that special something, while counting her earnings will further develop numeracy skills too.Meanwhile, setting her

for Junior Gaultier and Little Marc Jacobs dresses and a rhinestone encrusted piggy bank, as well as her own iPad - perhaps she'll be downloading the new Gucci app on Christmas day!

before returning to adulthood?First, I’d empty my piggy bank and head to the toy shop and the pick- and-mix counter. Then I’d enjoy being with my family whatever we did together, watching a movie or visiting the funfair. Charlotte is the founder

calorific Banoffee Pie.As we left, having pigged out quite magnificently, we handed in our pig designs, hoping to have our artistic endeavours rewarded by being chosen to join their Exhi‘Pig’tion wall display of hand-painted piggy banks. The prize is to have