Cheese lost his first tooth! And we think he ate it!

Yup, his very first tooth...that mommy wanted to keep and safeguard as a memento, didn't happen that way, why am I not surprised! LOL but, after searching and searching the entire house for it, as if it got up and ran away or just plopped out of his mouth, we determined the cinnamon toast he had been eating was probably the culprit. And yes, I checked out the toast, no tooth :(
In a desperate attempt to hold on to this memory with him ( he was a bit upset that the tooth was missing or the tooth fairy took it and forgot to leave a coin! gasp! she could never do that! I decided that we could write her a note explaining what happened to his tooth and draw her a picture of the tooth. Cheese thought this was a terrific idea. come to find out, it was not a genius idea on my part, many smart parents have come up with this solution as well.
I then realized I never made him a tooth fairy pillow like I had intended..insert panic at this point. So I decided to grab his baby pillow and search for a pair of cargo pants he no longer fit in, and went on to make him a pillow!
 Here's what I did

Easy peasy homemade tooth fairy pillow tutorial 

Supplies-
a pillow - I used his baby pillow, for sentimental reason. if you have one, I would use that or you could stitch a simple one together with fabric (maybe an old baby shirt) and fill with poly fill and stitch up. no need to worry about perfection here, it's not going to be used that often and it's the memory we care about so don't stress!

A cargo pocket- mine had a velcro pocket on top and a small square pocket on the left bottom corner..PERFECT!  Top pocket will hold our note and the little pocket will hold future teeth. sadly not this one :(

a good fabric glue- I used Liquid Stitch, stitchless sewing glue
Rickrack or ribbon of your choice or you could use fabric paint as well

Putting it all together-
 I cut out the pocket, making sure not to cut too close to the stitching around the pocket. I used pinking shears but later decided I didn't like the look and just used regulare scissors to cut in close.
Next Cheese helped me smear on the fabric glue on the back. He used a brush,  I smeared it thickly with my fingers. Very sticky and messing but it really was the best way to rub it in to ensure a good bond. I made sure to reach the edges. Then carefully placed my pocket in the center of my pillow and rubbed it down really well. Cheese helped me with this part as well. We made sure to not make it slip around.but rubbed it in really well. Next I added rick rack. Baby blue was what I had so that's what I used. Typically how I do things lol. I also used teh liquid glue to adhere the rick rack. made sure to run it on all over and placed it around the pocket. I wanted to cover the edges of the pocket so I tried to get as close as possible to the pocket edge. I cut the rick at each corner and tried to match the next piece with the otherr one. I continued this until it was all covered. Rubbed it in really well and voila! tooth fairy pillow. I might add his name to it later, I'm not sure.

 The pillow looks HUGE in this pic, must be my awesome photography skills and the angle. sheesh! it's a baby pillow trust me lol

 I made sure to use scrapbook paper and an acid free pen because I will be placing it in his scrapbook along with a picture of that cute face!

 I did the writing, since he is only 5 and gets tired of writing very quickly and I do not like stressing him out. He held my hand as I wrote and we had thought about what we wanted to write and they were his words. Then he signed his own name. We also drew a picture of a tooth. He wanted me to draw it and then he made a smiley face lol. That's my happy boy!
It's a pretty basic design and you can do it up anyway you like.Probably better than me! Use the colors of your room or glitter it up for a girl. Create it your way! That's the fun of it. Let your kids join in. I was on a time crunch to have it ready for the tooth fairy tonight so it wasn't an etsy worthy design lol. Which I don't care, he loves it. .
 Easy peasy!
Now go and create something!!!

Krissy