Tooth Fairy Pillow

Updated on October 26, 2022

Tooth Fairy Pillow. Learn how to make your own tooth fairy pillow to keep your little one’s tooth safe for the Tooth Fairy.

Recently, my son lost his first tooth. If you have kids you know what a big deal this can be! It was an especially big deal in our house because most of my son’s friends had already lost a tooth. He was definitely feeling left out and like he was the only one not to lose one yet!

I wanted to be sure to create a really special memory for him, plus I wanted a way for the “tooth fairy” to easily be able to get his tooth as well as leave him a special treat!

How to Make a Tooth Fairy Pillow

So, on the day he lost his tooth I whipped up this tooth fairy pillow in about a half hour with supplies I had on hand. (Sometimes it pays to be a craft supply hoarder. Wink, wink!)

Supplies:

• Felt Sheet (color of choice)
• Image of Tooth
• White Felt
• Black Embroidery Thread
• Embroidery Needle
• Fusible Interfacing (optional)
• Sewing Machine and Coordinating Thread
• Ribbon (if you want to hang it)
• Poly-fil

Cut Felt

Cut two squares of felt in the color of your choice. I made mine 6 inches wide allowing for a half-inch seam allowance on each side.

Create Tooth

I found a tooth image from Google images. You can do a search for ‘tooth clip art’ or ‘tooth coloring page’ to find a lot of great images to print out. I printed it on regular copy paper, cut it out, and traced it onto my white felt.

It is hard to see, but I drew on the facial features from my image so I could stitch it using embroidery thread. 

I stitched the eyes using french knots and the smile using a back stitch.

After I finished my stitching I used a small piece of fusible webbing over the stitches to cover them up. Since we would be sliding teeth and money in and out of the pillow I didn’t want the stitches to come loose or have anything get caught on them. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions on how to use your fusible webbing.

Attach your tooth shape to one piece of your pre-cut felt. I used a zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine to attach it.

You could also attach this by hand if you didn’t want to use your machine. Leave an opening at the top of the tooth shape to slide your tooth and/or money in.

Attach Ribbon to Hang

Attach ribbon to the top of your square felt piece to create a hanger.

You want to sew this piece with the loop facing down towards the right side of your pillow. (I am not an expert sewist, so don’t make the same mistake I did.) If you sew it as I did, be sure to tuck the ribbon down into the pillow before stitching.

I made the mistake of sewing my pillow together with the ribbon how it is, and once it is sewn this way, the ribbon ends up on the inside of the pillow rather than the outside! I had to take out my stitches at the top of the pillow and re-stitch them after tucking in the ribbon. Oops!

Sew Pillow

With the right sides together and the ribbon facing into the inside part of the pillow, pin and then stitch around the edges of the pillow.

Don’t forget to leave an opening to turn your pillow right side out!

Before turning your pillow right side out, clip the corners. This will allow for neater corners. Be careful not to cut your stitches when doing this.

Fill Pillow

Turn your pillow right side out and stuff it with Poly-fil or your stuffing of choice.

Stitch the bottom closed. You can do this by hand or with your sewing machine. I used my needle and thread and did a blind stitch.

Hang it near your child’s bed or on the door for the tooth fairy to find.

Do you do anything special when the tooth fairy comes?

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