MAKE A TOOTHFAIRY MOVIE

These would be fairly easy to hand sew, but I know a lot of people donвЂ™t want to go to that effort if they donвЂ™t have to, so I wanted to show a no-sew version of these. Thankfully he was able to go back to sleep after that! Once we told him maybe he should look inside the pocket, he realized she had replaced his tooth with the money. and ran downstairs saying that the tooth fairy hadnвЂ™t come because the pocket was still under his pillow. Apparently we didnвЂ™t explain the tooth fairy process very well. I let Carter pick out what color he wanted to use for his first tooth, and he chose red one. I made several colors so that we could change it up a bit each time. Carter apparently remembered we had said the tooth fairy would bring a golden coin, so he was a little disappointed, but got over it quickly. Unfortunately, when the big event came, we were scrambling around trying to find the gold dollar coins we thought we hadвЂ¦ no luck! We settled for a $2 bill that we had on hand. We didnвЂ™t want to go over the top with money but thought the gold dollar would help make it special.

Todd and I talked a little bit about what we wanted to do for the tooth fairy and decided that she would leave a gold dollar coin in it. The pocket would likely stay closed just fine with the top flap just having been ironed down, but I liked the look of the finished sewn edge at the top, so I folded down the top flap and sewed a very small edge, being careful not to sew the pocket shut. Then I went to my sewing machine and using coordinating thread with my pocket felt color, I sewed the two sides and bottom together. Once my tooth felt piece was ironed onto my rectangle pocket piece, I folded up the pocket and ironed it to make it easier to sew вЂ“ and so I wouldnвЂ™t have to pin the edges together. (You could also use fabric glue to adhere your tooth shaped piece to the pocket, which I did later in the no sew option.) I folded the rectangle felt piece first into the pocket shape to determine where I should iron on the tooth. Following the directions, I adhered the fusible web to my felt tooth, ironed the fusible web to the tooth felt piece and then removed the backing, then ironed on the tooth to the felt pocket piece. Then I cut out my fusible web in the shape of the tooth pattern, one for each pocket. I used six different colored felt pieces since I still had leftover felt from making superhero masks. *Some supplies links may be linking to affiliate links on or other trusted retailers.ДЇirst cut out your template and trace and cut out your felt.

Tooth fairy pocket template from Heartmade.

Fabric glue (for no-sew version or in place of fusible web for sewn version).

Craft felt вЂ“ various colors including white.(Check out the no sew option toward the end.)

MAKE A TOOTHFAIRY MOVIE

Carter was pretty excited about the prospect of having the tooth fairy come, mostly related to the fact that heвЂ™s seen the movie Rise of the Guardians a few dozen times. I was originally planning to make him a small pillow with a little pocket on it, but then I ran across an idea for making tooth fairy pockets from Heartmade. As he worked on getting it out, I searched for creative tooth fairy ideas. ItвЂ™s been loose for a few months but got extra wiggly lately (which I have to admit was really gross!). WeвЂ™ve hit a new milestone in our house, Carter just lost his first baby tooth over the weekend. Step-by-step instructions for both sew and no sew versions. These tooth fairy pockets are a great tradition to use for keeping the magic of the tooth fairy fun and simple.

Make a toothfairy