Remember to say whether this is the first tooth you’ve ever collected, or whether you’ve been before.

Mention a pet or a sibling, a special piece of school work, or something they’ve done that day.

Make it personal! It’s extra magical when your child’s very own Tooth Fairy seems to know all about them.

Think of a great-sounding fairy address to write at the top of the letter – Your child will be fascinated by whatever magical place you make up.

I’ve found that most kids seem to like the idea of having their very own Tooth Fairy that returns to their bedroom time and time again.

Come up with a fairy name for yourself.

Having 2 girls that loved to play with dolls house miniatures, I always had tiny cups and plates to hand, but anything will do. I have no idea why (it might be something to do with leaving out snacks for Santa and his reindeer), but my children always liked to leave out a little something for their Tooth Fairy’s tea break. I’ve even spotted “Fairy meeting Place” signs, dolls footprints pushed into glitter, and small collections of Forest Fairy accessory sets to completely set the scene.

Props are great! In the last couple of years, shops everywhere in the UK seem to have started selling props that can be used to make the Tooth Fairy experience extra special.Įverywhere from The Works, to Amazon and Pound Land are now stocking tiny cotton drawstring bags to put teeth safely into (a fantastic idea if your child likes to put their tooth underneath their pillow as trying to retrieve said tooth at midnight without waking them is a complete nightmare) and little wooden fairy doors to prop up against the bottom of a bedroom wall.

Cut out the letter you’ve written and stick it onto the template page. You can find lots of free templates using Google images (Or you can use my free Tooth Fairy letter template below).

If you want your letter to look a little more decorative, find and print out a nice A4 page border.

Savvy kids will soon come to recognise Mum or Dad’s handwriting! I’ve become quite good at disguising my handwriting, but if that sounds like way too much hassle, sometimes it’s quicker and easier to type your letter and print it out.

Make sure they only write a few questions!! Tell them that the Tooth Fairy is super busy collecting teeth from lots of other children and won’t have time to write an essay. It makes your life so much easier if all you really have to do is come up with answers to a few questions.

Get your children to ask the Tooth Fairy questions in the letters they write.

With that in mind, here are a few tips that might be some help: That’s what always takes up the most time - Coming up with ideas!

It’s not that I lack imagination, but sometimes it’s hard to think what to write.

Parents are BUSY! And it’s not always that easy to find the time at the end of a long day once everyone is tucked up in bed and you still have eleventy-billion things to do.

All beautifully coloured and decorated.īut there are a couple of problems with being Tooth Fairy for the night: Then we had those few wonderful years when they appeared downstairs with ready-written letters.

It really doesn’t seem to matter how many letters they write, they never seem run out of questions for him or her.įrom “What’s your name?” and “Where do the Tooth Fairies live?”, to “What do tooth Fairies do with the teeth?”.īefore they could write their own letters properly, they used to tell me what they wanted to know and I’d write for them. Writing to the Tooth Fairy is such a lovely exercise.

They loved the letters *from* the tooth fairy so much, that they wanted to write letter *to* the tooth fairy in return. So, a few years ago now, I started writing letters from the tooth fairy, to leave by their bed with their shiny coin every time they lost a tooth.Īnd the letters had an interesting side effect. It’s nice to get on board when they’re that excited! The tooth fairy seems to reinforce the idea that losing a tooth is a real childhood milestone moment and makes the whole thing bizarrely exciting. My children have always loved the idea of the tooth fairy – A magical little person with wings that flies to their bedside in the night and makes all that tooth wobbling worth it with a letter and a shiny coin.

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