Little Tooth Fairy Matchbox

Well, it had to happen, Iris has lost her first tooth ………

…… so I decided to make her a little box for the Tooth Fair to leave her payment for the tooth.

There’s no great shakes to it, I simply covered a blank craft matchbox (from The Works a couple of years back) with a pink, patterned paper inside and out, followed by a lot of tiny faux stitching using a black fine liner pen.

I then added a silver, metal, filigree corner to the box sleeve with an added plastic, pink rose (The Works) with another one on the front of the drawer, before adding her name.

I put a £1 coin, which I believe is the going rate for teeth these days, inside a tiny, 4.5cm x 4cm white, organza bag, the last of so many I bought quite a few years ago now.  The final touch was an equally tiny “thank you” note.

Let’s just say she loved it, she held it close for the rest of the afternoon/evening after I gave it to her, saying that the poor fairy had dropped it off at mine after she got blown off course on the way to theirs, knowing that if she didn’t make it, she was certain I would get it Iris instead.  With another tooth wobbling the box is set safe on her bedside cupboard ready for another, hopefully, less precarious visit.