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The tooth fairy-ideas for boys anyone?

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BlackLashes · 02/02/2012 09:08

We all know that losing their baby teeth is a rite of passage for any child. Last night at bedtime we discovered ds has his first wobbly tooth! He has just turned 6 and his twin sister's teeth all still all intact. He is as excited about the idea of the tooth fairy visiting as his sister, but I would love to do something to make it special for him, especially as it's the first tooth and it's memories like this that make our childhoods! Can anyone share ideas/ family traditions that they use? I had intented to do the usual sprinkling of fairy dust (glitter) with dd, but would love to hear your tooth fairy suggestions, especially for boys..

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BackforGood · 02/02/2012 09:25

er - they put tooth under pillow, in the morning they wake up and it has been replaced by a shiney 50p piece. Sorted. Honest, that really is exciting enough when you are 6.

therugratref · 02/02/2012 09:28

Give them 50 p and chuck the tooth in the bin. It really does not need to be any more complicated than that. Saying that I never promoted the tooth fairy myth with mine.

welliesandpyjamas · 02/02/2012 09:29

Agree with BackforGood. It really IS exciting and magical enough, no need to make a big show of it It's so cool and magical for a fairy to come visit them while they sleep and leave a coin, the same whether they are a girl or a boy. My eldest recently lost his last tooth and was as excited as he was with the first one.

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welliesandpyjamas · 02/02/2012 09:30

I have kept most of ds1's teeth in a little tiny bag...he can have them when he's older...or I may just keep them myself...or wasn't there a thread on here recently about there being a market for baby teeth

MissBerta · 02/02/2012 09:32

tooth under pillow. You creep up when he's asleep and swap it for a pound coin. Simple is best.

QED · 02/02/2012 09:33

In our house the tooth fairy mostly remembers to give some money. She has been known to forget

Some people do letters from the tooth fairy but soon start to regret this after a few letters and realising how many teeth will fall out

CogitoErgoSometimes · 02/02/2012 10:20

I think you're making far too much of this and that you're totally wrong to try to 'butch up' the tooth-fairy for a boy. It's an asexual mythical creature that swaps old teeth for cash. Keep it simple and avoid the temptation to gender stereotype everything because you happen to have one of each.

SoupDragon · 02/02/2012 10:22

Why on earth d you need 'ideas for boys"??

As has been said: Tooth under pillow, switch it for a coin, job done.

Top tip - put the tooth in a itte bag or something so you aren't scrabbling about for it.

CinnamonStar · 02/02/2012 10:27

I think finding a coin under your pillow is pretty exciting .

If you want to make more of it, perhaps try and ensure the coin is really new and shiny.

Maybe get him to make and decorate a little box/bag/envelope to put the tooth in?

savoycabbage · 02/02/2012 10:27

There is no need to have a different routine for a boy and a girl. Teeth are teeth. The tooth fairy is unlikely to differentiate between the genders.

TheEpilator · 02/02/2012 10:36

I second cinnamon and soup, get DS to make and decorate a little box or bag so the tooth doesn't get lost under the pillow. In our house little notes (printed in 2pt font size) are reserved for when I forget every single time the tooth fairy is too busy to get to all the children and has to call the following night.

purpleroses · 02/02/2012 11:25

The going rate at my DC's schools is £1 for a tooth - maybe best to check with other parents first!

My DD lost one of her first ones outdoors and was SO excited in the morning when she found a note from the tooth fairy (along with £1) and saying she had found her tooth in the woods! (She kept it for ages, and only recently figured out that the tooth had of course been lost forever, but kind mummy gave her a £1 anyway :) )

Agree with savoy - no reason not to have fairy glitter for boys. Make it blue if you must!

FunToksvigWincies · 02/02/2012 11:33

I agree with what's already been said and it's prompted me to wonder. What is the going rate for teeth at the moment?

QED · 02/02/2012 13:18

Teeth in Yorkshire get £1 each. Seems to be roughly the same for all children in DCs classes although some get £2 for a first tooth (that doesn't happen here )

ItsOkItsJustMyBreath · 02/02/2012 13:26

There is no way I'm giving ds £2 per tooth, that's extortionate He's only 1 atm so god knows what the going rate will be when he loses his....

OP I agree with everyone else, just the fact that the tooth fairy has visited and left money is exciting enough

suburbandream · 02/02/2012 13:33

Don't chuck it in the bin like therugratref said, you never know when you might need a spare tooth! DS1 lost one at school and managed to look after it all day, then very proudly gave it to me at home time. Of course I managed to lose it on the way home . Luckily I had kept all his previous teeth and was able to arrange for a substitute to go under the pillow that night

LizaTarbucksAuntie · 02/02/2012 13:37

Derbyshire teeth fetch £1 - though it was a fiver for the first one.

We had to have molar the pixie for the first on because DS wasn't having ANYTHING to do with the toothfairy.

They usually leave each other a note and DS very sweetly leaves out a snack of fruit (because I do it for Santa Mummy and otherwise it's not FAIR )

We use a little box. I don't throw them away (but I'm soo pfb I still have the bag of hair from his first haircut!)

spendthrift · 02/02/2012 13:37

Each family has its own tooth fairy. They come with the family and are hereditary and feudal - they remain loyal to their own family. So the rates of pay of course differ from family to family - you wouldn't expect a standard rate (some of the tooth fairies round us seem to have more money than sense). In our family, it is a rate of 50p per tooth, but I have to admit that on the principles of government matched funding, DH tops it up to £1, usually. DS completely understands this.

DS drew a a picture of the Spendthrift family tooth fairy ages ago. Because it is of scots origin it has a veyr fetching kilt.

FunToksvigWincies · 02/02/2012 15:53

spendthrift

This is excellent news, I was thinking along the lines of 50p (i.e. a week's pocket money) but with the option of a topup from us.

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BlackLashes · 02/02/2012 19:27

Thanks for this. DH and I were discussing 'the going rate' today and he was saying £2! Will prob give them more for the first tooth and then less for the others as we will be doing it all x2!

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EdithWeston · 02/02/2012 19:38

It's £1 per tooth here. And I think the tooth/cash transaction is all that is needed (I have DCs of both sexes).

It's a good idea to get a little tooth pot to put by the bed so you don't have to go fossicking under the pillow of a light sleeper in the faint hope your fingers will light upon a minute tooth.

SoupDragon · 02/02/2012 19:42

Our fairy gives a £2 coin for the first tooth and £1 thereafter.

LizaTarbucksAuntie · 02/02/2012 20:40

:) fossicking

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