This fat Piggy Bank requires you to cut acrylic. With a few precautions, acrylic can be cut on a scroll saw. See the images below to see my technique. I sandwiched the acrylic between two sheets of thin plywood. I then wrapped the sandwich in packing tape, applied the pattern over the tape, and was ready to cut. I generally use a small skip-tooth blade for acrylic.
This pattern calls for 3/4" and 1/4" thick wood. The 1/4" thick layer is only to make the coin slot thinner. If you do not mind a larger coin slot, then you can use 3/4" thick wood for all of the layers. The wider slot makes it easier to remove the coins as well.
The Piggy is about 9.5" long and 7.25" tall.

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