Honesty, once you realize how much fun putting “money” in a piggy bank can be for toddlers – why would anyone waste money on a toy version of such a thing?
I’ve seen these toys before, with the big plastic brightly colored coins that go “ca-ching” every time one is inserted into the play piggy bank. Well, I gotta tell you our non battery operated piggy bank can make a big kind of rattle, clink too – especially when shaken loudly.
There is the necessary choking caution that must be mentioned about giving real nickels and dimes to little mouthy, teething sucking machines. But in our house there is always a big sister acting as mommy, ready to report any mischievous behavior by another sibling. So it’s never caused a problem for us, at least with the toddlers.
There was the time our oldest daughter swallowed a quarter when she was four. And we learned the smelly way that what goes in most definitely comes out!