2018 Quilting Tooth Fairy Pillows

Tooth Fairy cushions March 2018

My twin grandchildren are 6 years old now and starting to lose their baby teeth. I decided to make them a Tooth Fairy Cushion to put the tooth in so that the tooth fairy could find it, collect it, and leave behind a dollar or two.

I looked on pinterest and found a lot of excellent ideas.
The idea that I decided to go with is from "Color the Moon.com" which I thought I would like to try.

http://colorthemoon.com/tooth-fairy-pillows/

Thank you, Ellie, for sharing your cute, clever ideas!

I made each of the twins a little Tooth Fairy cushion out of felt, using white glue to stick the pieces on to the tooth outline.

I drew a simple tooth outline on white paper and when I had one I liked, I cut it out and traced it with a felt marker onto the white felt to create the teeth.
I cut two 8 1/2 inch squares out of blue dot fabric and two out of the pink dot fabric for the cushions.

 8 1/2" inch squares for front and back of cushions.

I wanted to make a way to hang them from the twins' bunk bed frame., so I cut 2 long ribbons (10 to 12 inches long) for each cushion, pink ribbon for my grand daughter's cushion and black dotted ribbon for my grandson's.

I put the squares right sides together and tucked the ribbons inside, leaving about 2 inches sticking out of the top.I sewed all sides with a 1/4 inch seam  leaving a 3 inch opening on one side to turn the cushion right side out. (I also clipped the corners.)

Next I turned the cushions both right side out, ready to fill them with cotton stuffing.  The ribbons hang nicely out of the top of the cushion. 

The Pirate Tooth-

Using a piece of paper, I drew a simple pirate hat to fit the corner of the tooth, and a simple eye patch.

Once I thought I had the right size, I used the paper templates to cut the actual eye patch out of black felt and the hat out of red felt.

I made some simple boots the same way, white gluing each onto the tooth.  Next I added a "googley eye, a red felt smile and drew the nose. I thought his boots could use a bit of sparkle so I added the blue "jewels".  You can make it as fancy as you like. 

 I decided I wouldn't need a double sided tooth if I glued the pirate right to the cushion itself. 

I pinned, then white glued the pirate to the unstuffed blue cushion, leaving a pocket unglued at the top to insert the tooth, so some coins or a bill would fit in, but not sink down too far.)

Folded cardboard to get the pocket size right before gluing

After letting the pirate tooth dry overnight,  I stuffed the cushion, then I stitched the opening closed.

Voila! Ready for many adventures at sea!

Ballerina Tooth- double sided tooth / 2 white teeth glued together 

Ballerina Tooth- 

I had actually made the ballerina tooth first.This Ballerina tooth is double sided / 2 white teeth glued together with a  small pocket opening at the top for the tooth (and to allow the fairy to leave her contributions.)  I decided afterwards that it would work well without the double tooth and I made my second one,  the pirate differently.

I cut some red felt lips and black felt eyelashes for the ballerina with I stuck on with white glue. Then I glued on her "googly eyes" and found a piece of pink tulle for her tutu. (This pink tulle has a story behind it which I'll add at the bottom of this post. :) *

 I folded the long edge of the tulle over to create a waistband for the skirt, and with a few dabs of glue, I got the folds to stick. I let it dry for few hours, then glued the skirt onto the ballerina. 

Next I added a few craft "jewels", then I put dots of white glue on her and sprinkled gold glitter to make her sparkle.

She is ready to dance the night away! 

*We were on vacation in Hawaii a few weeks before I started these tooth fairy cushions and I had tulle in the back of my mind. One day, towards the end of our tropical travels, we found ourselves at a thrift store. I spotted a small wicked basket which someone else had decorated with pink tulle. "Exactly what I need," I though to myself. 

The basket was too big to pack in our suitcase, but I bought it anyway, and asked the cashier for scissors. I took the tulle off the basket to bring home and I re-donated the basket to the thrift shop. It makes me wonder who the person was who had originally decorated that basket. I'll bet they had no idea that their tulle was going to end up in Canada on a little girl's cushion.

Happy crafting!