No-Sew Scrap Fabric Tooth Fairy Pillow

My son recently got his first loose tooth!  It's a good thing that they stay loose for a while to give Mama's like me time to figure out what kind of Tooth Fairy Pillow to make!

Oh, he'll kill me for this in about 10 years!  :)

I have a TON of scrap pieces of fabric and a bunch of old pillows with perfectly good stuffing inside them, so I knew this little project wasn't going to cost me a cent.  I also go through phases where I love to pull out the sewing machine and sit at it for hours... and then I loathe it and hide it under my craft table.  I think that's why they invented Fabric Glue!

To make the pillow, I first roughly cut out a "Tooth Shape" out of some old white sheets and glued the two pieces together, leaving a small space for the stuffing later.

When it dried (15 minutes), I turned it inside out, ironed it and stuffed it.  I then glued the seam where I stuffed it and held it together using a couple of clothes pins.

Finally, using an old bandanna, I cut out a pocket shape, ironed a hem along the rough edge inside the pocket and glued it onto the tooth pillow.  Easy, right?

When his tooth finally fell out, I was ready!  That night, we put his tooth under his pillow in a plastic baggie.  When the Tooth Fairy came that night, she delivered to him this adorable pillow that he can use for the next 20-some teeth that he will be losing in the coming years.

OK, so it's not absolutely perfect, but it's still cute, it does the job and it was FREE!

PS - The Tooth Fairy was extremely generous for the first tooth - she gave my son $10.00! (I'm not sure that she'll keep up that rate with future teeth).  How much does The Tooth Fairy leave for your kids?

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