Keep up with Motherwell on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and via our newsletter. Like what you are reading at Motherwell? Please consider supporting us here. She is the author of “ The Tooth Fairy’s Tummy Ache,” a silly lesson-based picture book about a girl who swallows her first tooth! Lori Orlinsky is a multi-award-winning children’s book author based in Chicago. ‘Tooth fairy didn’t come.’ That tooth fairy better get her s–t together. #badmoms.” Then mom fell asleep and woke up this morning to son with tears. Mom put tooth in tissue and son hid it under pillow. Frozen’s Idina Menzel recently tweeted “The tooth fairy didn’t show up last night. Because candy often fixes everything, a handful of chocolate coins work well as a literal token of apology.Īnd P.S., if your child’s Tooth Fairy forgot to pay a visit, at least you know you are in good company. But remember, the Tooth Fairy should make some sort of grand gesture as an apology when this happens. If your child is anything like mine, he or she will eat up these excuses. The Tooth Fairy had to help a stork deliver a baby The Tooth Fairy ran into high winds which prevented her from flying The Tooth Fairy is on a different time zone The Tooth Fairy’s sack was too full of teeth and she had to go home and empty it The Tooth Fairy heard you waking up and had to leave before you saw her The Tooth Fairy got scared of your family pet The Tooth Fairy ran out of pixie dust and couldn’t fly The Tooth Fairy doesn’t do same-day service anymore Instead of scrambling to think of an on-the-fly (pun intended) excuse, here are our favorites: Come up with a list of believable excuses The key here is the in between details, and in this instance, the sillier, the better. At dinner, talk about how they ran into the Easter Bunny. Tell your child that the Tooth Fairy and Santa went out to dinner so she could find out if she should be hiring assistance like reindeer or elves. Now is the perfect opportunity to test out those improvisation skills. Make up a crazy storyĪs parents, we often have think quickly on our feet. This will likely lead to your child sprinting to clean their room after the conversation (score!)Ģ) Tell your child that their tooth wasn’t clean enough, and believe us, their brushing habits will improve.ģ) Tell your child that like Santa, the Tooth Fairy only visits the homes of well-behaved children. And then make a mad dash to your child’s bedroom to pocket the tooth and plant money anywhere else (under their bed, behind the mattress, in their pillow case) inside their room.Īnother few ways to use your child’s belief in the Tooth Fairy towards your advantage:ġ) Tell them the Tooth Fairy got one glimpse of their messy room and left because she couldn’t find the tooth amidst the clutter. “Maybe you didn’t look hard enough,” you can say. Ok, while we’re kidding about the latter, when this happens, here are some tips-from a mom who’s been there-on how to quickly rectify the situation. Regardless of how it happened, when the Tooth Fairy doesn’t visit your child, it feels like you committed the ultimate parental sin.Īccording to the Original Tooth Fairy Poll conducted by Delta Dental, more than 56% of parents will make this slip up in their child’s lifetime, leading to years of therapy. Maybe you didn’t have change for a $20 bill. You may also like our other Christmas Activities.By Lori you fell asleep watching a movie. Why not share your photos with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram? Spray with another layer of acrylic spray.Use a soft paint brush to brush away the excess glitter.Lay the coins out flat in the bottom of the cardboard box.Cardboard Box (to attempt to contain the carnage).Some children manage to use their Elf coins to buy real things in the local shops, while others enjoy playing with them at home. The more ‘different’ the coin is, the better. Tooth Fairy Boxes, Containers, and Pillows. Children will assume it’s special ‘Elf’ money from the North Pole! Either way, there’s lots of magical fun to be had! You can use ordinary coins, or left over coins from holidays abroad. Glitter and fairies go hand in hand Therefore, to make sure that your child suspects the money to be a reward from the tooth fairy, add an extra coat of sparkle to the coins or cash. You could also pop your Christmas Elf coins or Tooth Fairy Coins into one of our hand-stamped Linen Bagsand use them as a magical Christmas Stocking Filler. Your Fairy or Tooth Fairy can leave one or two of these behind when they deliver their letter … they must be real because you don’t normally see things like this do you? Your child can either use them as you would use ‘real money’, or keep them as a special keepsake from the Tooth Fairy. The photos don’t do them justice, but they’re super twinkly in the sunlight. These magical glittery DIY Christmas Elf Coins or Tooth Fairy coins are so so easy to make yourself as a surprise for your little ones, OR you could make them together as a craft activity.
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