![]() ![]() A little extra effort to make it special will be remembered long into the future by your child. The Tooth Fairy tradition is a rite of passage for many children and adds to the magic of those young years. Make a tooth fairy box with your child: Any small container will do! Have fun decorating it together.(If you leave a note, have the tooth fairy encourage the child to take care of her teeth!) Make it magical with some scene builders: incorporate glitter, footprints, stickers, fairy dust or a note from the Tooth Fairy.Leave a gift: inexpensive toys, books or treats, or money.To make the tooth fairy more fun, consider the following ideas: Make sure to talk with your child to ascertain how they feel about this “magical” visitor coming into their room while they are sleeping one night. While most children get excited about a visit from the tooth fairy, some can fear it. Ideas to Make Celebrating the Tooth Fairy’s Arrival Fun! The Tooth Fairy legend was still vague in the 1920s and 1930s but picked up in popularity as Disney fairy characters became household names. The first appearance of the modern Tooth Fairy was in a playlet written for children by Esther Watkins Arnold in 1927. ![]() Fairies that were benevolent wish-granters. Around the same time that the tradition of the tooth fairy in America was coming into existence came the fairies in the movies Cinderella and Pinocchio. In fact, America’s tooth fairy is a combination of various traditions and cultures around the world that came together (with a little help from Disney). One of the more recent European traditions believed there was a tooth deity (in the form of a mouse) who entered the rooms of children to take away their baby teeth.Īmerican’s introduced the tooth fairy happened around the turn of the 20th century. Early European traditions buried the teeth to guard against hardships the child might face, while other cultures would wear their children’s teeth for good luck during battle. Some cultures disposed of lost teeth by throwing the teeth into a fire. The legend of the Tooth Fairy is distinct across many different cultures. The origins of the tooth fairy stem from an evolution of sorts that spans centuries of time. So, when did the legend of the tooth fairy begin? How do countries around the world celebrate the tooth fairy? Learn some fun ways to incorporate the tooth fairy into your child’s life when she loses a tooth. February 28th is National Tooth Fairy Day. ![]()
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