Saturday, January 16, 2010

A Visit from a Fairy

Something very important is missing from my daughter's life today:
I know she doesn't look it, but I can assure you, she is thrilled.

We've been reading a lot about various worldwide traditions when a child loses a tooth--I highly recommend , and also asking random children while traveling what they do when they lose a tooth--and that might have addled Willow's brain a bit, because when I asked her if she was going to put her tooth under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy to take, she shouted, "YES!!! She's going to bring me a pinball game!"

Um, no, that's Santa Claus. The tooth fairy brings you fifty cents, and she puts it in your Tooth Fairy pocket:
I sewed Willow's Tooth Fairy pocket from a button-down shirt that both she and her sister had outgrown, and that was sitting in my scrap fabric stash. The buttonhole is original to the shirt, but I replaced the small blouse button with a larger, vintage shank button. The tooth stencil is from Purl Bee, traced onto grocery store freezer paper (which I do not like as much as the fancier stuff from Dharma Trading), and the W stencil is a rubber stamp image painstakingly cut out.

I have some ideas for a new, improved Tooth Fairy pocket in mind (in particular, a more realistic tooth, and a shape that is square, not oddly rectangled, etc.), which means that I'll probaby sew up one for Sydney soon and then write a tute for it.

As for the pinball game? We have the perfect Instructable picked out for that one.

6 comments:

  1. kirstenJanuary 16, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    sometimes the tooth fairy is out of quarters and may give a random amount - like 87cents - especially if it's dark and she's tired...

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  2. julieJanuary 16, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    Ah, good to know. I'll put that one out there.

    Actually, I got SO excited when Will lost her tooth. I was telling Matt, "I should leave her a little present, too. And a letter!" And Matt was all, "Um, do you know how many baby teeth your two children HAVE? Lowball it, sweetie."

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  3. UnknownJanuary 16, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    Or you may have less teeth if your are like my kids, whom one swallowed it while eating macaroni and cheese and the other while eating ice cream to which I replied "couldn't you feel something hard in the soft stuff you were eating?"

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  4. julieJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    Ewww! Did you get it back later?

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:09 AM

    LOL! Hubby is right about the lowballing - there are a LOT of teeth to be lost over the next several years.

    We lost one once at the soccer field, thanks to a punt ball to the mouth. The Toothfairy remembered, anyway, telling the then Little Boy#1 in a note that she found the tooth.

    Random change is always good, and interesting to count out in the morning.

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  6. cakeJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    what an important milestone. congrats to all.

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