Review: The Tale of the Tooth Fairy Storybook Set

Have I mentioned we are huge fairy fans in our house? Not to mention that my daughter has lost 2 teeth already and has 4 more wiggly ones that she is anxious to have come out so that the tooth fairy can visit her again. Being asked to review The Tale of the Tooth Fairy Storybook Set was perfect for us. 

When it arrived in the mail, my daughter was so excited to see they sent us the girl fairy (there is also a boy fairy!) and could wait for me to open it so she could read the story and start playing with it. Even as I type up this post, I have to admit that I don't know where the set has gone too. As soon as she was allowed to take it out of my possession she ran off to play with it in one of "secret" play places. They really are not very secret but she has created spaces using an indoor play tent and another area where chairs and a tv tray are obstructing our view of her while she plays. It's quite endearing.

Product Description

Now for the first time - The Tale of the Tooth Fairy tells the story of how a little fairy finds her true calling in helping children with the very first sign of growing up - the loss of their baby teeth!  Includes hard cover storybook with Tooth Loss Record Keepker, a boy or girl Tooth Fairy plush doll with Tooth Pouch and a Keepsake Box.  Similar in likability to The Elf on the Shelf, the Tale of the Tooth Fairy will be a darling for parents, grandparents and children alike!    The Tale of the Tooth Fairy was written and designed by husband and wife team Mary Kate Fleming and Brian Ledig. 

I have to say that I was quite impressed with this set. All of it is of very good quality and it meant to be loved and played with and withstand a lot of wear. The book is of a thick hard book style and has beautiful glossy pages that just feel good when you turn the pages (yes, I know that may sound weird but I like reading actual books and how the pages feel in my fingertips.) The colors are vibrant and images are cartoon-like that kids will enjoy. At the end of the book there is also a diagram of a mouth full of teeth and spaces for you to write in when each tooth was lost. It is a very neat way of this type of record keeping on your child.

As for the story of the tooth fairy, I was impressed with how they covered all senarios of the tooth fairy that I heard but in a non-committal type of way that allows for parents to blend it with their own story and choose what the tooth fairy brings (money, treat, toy, etc.) I thought it was written ina  way that would be appealing to everyone who tells the story of the tooth fairy and has the tooth fairy visit their home.

And my daughter just loves the box it came in, which is also a house for the tooth fairy. The box looks like a book on the outside with an image of a fairy house but once you open it up there is images that look like the inside of a fairy house.

Finally, there is a stuffed tooth fairy that they child can play with but also goes along with the story. The tooth fairy doll carries a golden bag which the book encourages the child to put their tooth in there and leave the doll with bag out so the tooth fairy can obtain the tooth from there instead of trying to find it in the dark under a pillow.

Check out  The Tale of the Tooth Fairy and let me know what you think!

You can buy The Tale of the Tooth Fairy - Girl on Amazon or from their website.


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Fairy Fun

We are big time fairy fans in our house. My daughter loves all the fairy books in the multiple series by Daisy Meadows and the love is always heightened after we visit the Renaissance Festival.

If you remember some of our previous fairy posts, we have done a multitude of fairy type crafts:

* Create a Fairy House

* Make Fairy Potions

* Make Clothespin (Rainbow) Fairies

* Make (Natural) Fairy Wands

* Make a Plastic Lid Fairy Crown

And Don't Forget....

* Our First Visit from The Tooth Fairy

My Lil Fairy in front of the fairy house she liked best  in the competition.

My daughter being sprinkled with dream fairy dust to give her  good dreams.

My daughter on her first day of first grade in front of the fairy house we built the day before.

A new fairy I made for her fairy house. She didn't have a pink one & now has requested a gold one. Fairies in the book series she likes to read, all comes in multiples of 7. So I might have to make a line of Sparkle Fairies.

This is one I did by needled felting. Do you want to learn to needle felt, then check out my recent post on Northern Cheapskate titled "Learn to Needle Felt Some Easy Crafts"

AND YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR OWN FREE TOOTH FAIRY PICTURE!!!!

The Tooth Fairy Makes a Visit Again!

The tooth fairy has made another visit to our house. This time it was a brunette tooth fairy. The above picture was made at iCaughtTheToothFairy.com (which I previously did a post for, but this is NOT a review post.)

My daughter came to the understanding that there are many tooth fairies and they come in different colors. This was the fourth tooth she lost and the previous 4 she put the tooth in a glass of water so that the tooth fairy had to go in the water to get the tooth & the water would turn whatever color the fairy was. The water colors were purple with glitter, green, and red (in that order.) You can read about our First Tooth Fair Visit in this post.

After reading the Tooth Fairy Book that I reviewed, this time she wanted to put her tooth in the gold pouch and see if she put the tooth in a different container if she would get something different. This girl sure likes to perform her experiments; you should have seen the experiments she was coming up with with our Elf (named Skoob) as she was trying to make sense of why it didn't move one night (DOH!)

I have to say again, I really do like this book set. It is very applicable to most homes & whatever they believe about the tooth fairy. This is what I said about it before:

As for the story of the tooth fairy, I was impressed with how they covered all senarios of the tooth fairy that I heard but in a non-committal type of way that allows for parents to blend it with their own story and choose what the tooth fairy brings (money, treat, toy, etc.) I thought it was written in a way that would be appealing to everyone who tells the story of the tooth fairy and has the tooth fairy visit their home.

This time the tooth fairy did change it up and instead of bringing a gold coin with a pack of sugar free gum, she brought a basket made up from a dollar bill with 2 pennies inside & some glitter, as well as a little note  and a pack of sugar-free gum. It must have been the same tooth fairy that went to Filth Wizardy. :)

My daughter was very excited to see that I got another picture of a tooth fairy. When I showed her the picture and told her that I almost woke her up with the flash trying to get the picture of the tooth fairy she remembered there being a bright light that bothered her.

Our First Visit from the Tooth Fairy

My daughter lost her first tooth. She has had two wiggly bottom teeth for about 3 weeks now. She was quite surprised when it happened. She was eating a banana and it just popped out and fell on the floor.

She was a bit scared, I think. She had a very worried sound in her voice and said, "Mommy, something happened to my tooth. Oh! I think it came out (insert worried tone.)" and she pick it up off the floor.

I then squeal and say, "Ooooo! You lost your first tooth! Well, that was easy!" Then it hit her what happened and she started giggling "I lost my first tooth! I can't believe I lost my first tooth!" She wanted to put it in a glass of water asap. Why the water you wonder?

Well, at our last visit to the dentist (just about 6 month ago) the dental hygentist told her how another girl her age put her tooth in a glass of water and when the fairy came it had to go in the water to get it and whatever color the tooth fairy is would be left behind in the glass. Isabel was so excited about the idea and asked if we could do it. I thought it was perfect, there would be no digging around to find the tiny little tooth. It was just a matter of switching out glasses.

I knew I was going to take a picture of her and upload it to iCaughtTheToothFairy and the tooth fairy options were all wearing the same color dress. So, picking out the water color was easy. My daughter is a fairy-fanatic, so we have talked about fairies a lot and she thought there would probably be fairy dust (hence the glitter) and there are different fairies, so next time it might be a different color. What fun!

So, here is her loot from the tooth fairy. Since it was the first tooth, she raked in a little more than she will for subsequent teeth. She received some fairy money (gold dollar) and a pack of Trident gum and then a book. The fairy money & pack of gum will be the usual loot, the book was extra this time. I look for any excuse to give my kids a new book. :)

If you look at the top picture, you will see she has a drawing and a letter next tot he glass. I wanted to keep the teeth (at least for now) and didn't want to worry about hiding them. So I asked her if she thought the tooth fairy would let me keep it. She thought that if we wrote her a letter asking her and if my daughter drew her a picture in exchange for the tooth, that she would be ok with that.

And then after a recommendation from a friend, I went in search of a Tooth Keepsake box and came across this craft kit ( Toysmith 4M Tooth Fairy Keepsake Box 34564) to make one! Plus, if I use some plaster of paris, I can reuse the mold for when my son reaches this milestone.

And finally, you can see the picture of the tooth fairy coming to visit my daughter as she sleeps!

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Pottery Time: Hand Building a Fairy House and Furniture

I have been back in the studio at the art center for both a hand building pottery class with my daughter as well as open studio time to make some new creations. I thought I would share with you some of the things I have been making.

This fairy house was made by hand building. I made it with my daughter during a class we took. She designed the fairy house herself with minimal guidance from me. I actually went in to this class with her thinking we were going to make a very different looking house, but her vision had changed. 

She chose to made a fairy house that looked like a tree stump.

This is the view from the top or the veranda with the furniture she hand built herself. 

Another view of the top without the furniture to see the rings in the stump and you can see how she designed the sides to provide a railiing around the veranda that looks like the bark that was broken off. 

This is just a close up of the furniture she made. She still wants to make some pretend food to go on the table.

These next 5 pictures are all close ups of the sides so that you can see all the details from all sides.

This is the front and we have a vine with flower going up the side. There is a door that is open and a window hole. You can also see she made a snail and mushroom at the bottom of the steps.

On this side you can see a couple more window holes and a small window with panes, as well as a couple more mushrooms.

This is the backside and you can see the large window with panes. You can also see how we carved out detail to make it look more like bark. Many of the window and doorway we glazed with a color (not browns) to add some color for interest.

Another side view with a couple more window holes and a mushroom (different color than the others) and you can see the door is open.

Just another close up of the front and here it is easier to see the glaze painted in the windows and doorway.

This is what the bottom looks like so that you can see how it was constructed and is hollow inside. The base was created by slab rolling out some clay and then draping it over a mold. From there the rest was created by making coils and forming the body of the body of the fairy house. Next the body was stuffed with newspaper and we slab rolled out the top of the fairy house. So, that is the basic construction of this piece.

#154 Create a Fairy House

This was a fun afternoon project that I did with my daughter. She got to use her imagination and it cost us zero money. We made a fairy house/garden and tucked it underneath a lilac bush.

I was looking up ways to make her a fairy house to go with her fairies (see picture above, instructions to come after I finish making the last three) I made her that coordinate with the chapter books we are reading, and found that a true fairy garden is made with all natural materials (no glue, rope, etc.) and it tucked away under a tree, bush, etc to keep hidden and out of sight. So, I figured we would make a "real" fairy house outside in the garden and later (if she really wants one for inside) I can make one for her to play with her fairies in the house.

All I did was choose the location and gather some bark off of some logs. She gathered the rest of the supplies and created the layout for her fairy house. On the right is the living room with couch (made of a large brown leaf that is bent) with feathers to soften it and flower seed pods as pillows and a shell (brought from inside the house) with colored glass (ok, the one non-natural thing we used) to make a foot bath.

In the center of the room are stones to create a table & four chairs. On top of the table is acorn halves for cups, a couple raspberries and some mushrooms for food. And on the right side of the house is a bed made of long grasses and a long leaf for a pillow.

The house & the roof are constructed of tree bark leaning on each other (so a slight wind could probably destroy the whole thing, but then we just build it again.) She decorated the roof with flowers, pinecones, colored glass and colored stones to make the house look pretty for the fairies. And outside the left of the house (not in the picture) she has a large stone "for decoration" and a flag made out of a stick and large sunflower leaf.

And all this cost us was two more mosquito bites for my daughter and one more for me. Darn mosquitoes.

FYI - it's easy enough to figure out how I made the fairies, but I will post information on how I made these when I make the blue, indigo & violet fairies. Yes, we have a rainbow of fairies. ROYGBIV!

Try It Tuesday: Barbie Fairy Cake

This is the cake that I made for my daughter's 7th Birthday Party. I have mentioned before how we are huge FAIRY FANS in this house, so it only makes sense that we finally had a fairy themed birthday party. I will share more about everything we did for the Fairy Party in another post, but I wanted to share the cake with my readers right away.

I made this Barbie Fairy Cake for her, you can see the other cakes I have made on Northern Cheapskate when I taught myself how to make & work with fondant.

To make this cake I made 2 round cakes and split them and arranged them as you see above. I then made homemade fondant (tastes so much better and cheaper than pre-made stuff!) I frosted the cake with a tub of frosting that we added Duncan Hines Flavor Creations to (it give it color & flavor, she chose Pink Lemonade). I frosted the entire cake in it and then rolled out homemade green and blue fondant and decorated the wings and made a matching skirt for the Barbie (Giselle from Barbie in the Pink Shoes).

I have one happy little girl with such a special birthday cake!

Check out all the posts I have done that revolve around fairies!

Re-Purposed Item #4 - Fairy Doors from Recycled Clay

Ok, so maybe it's not so much as a Re-Purposed Item as it is Recycled - recycled clay that is. What exactly is recycled clay? Well, at the Owatonna Art Center they take all the old clay scraps that are leftover or from failed projects and they re-use this clay for their kids classes. My daughter and I recently took a class at the Art Center where we made a fairy house together, each made our own fairy door, and she made a toad house.

 This is the fairy door that my daughter made. She did this pretty much all on her own. She did have a knob on it but it was not attached very well and fell off during drying.

I made this fairy door for my son as I knew he might be a little jealous that she had all these new pottery pieces and he didn't have anything, plus I wanted to made one and my daughter was making her own. I really like how the glaze separated and there is blue shimmery in the veins of the leaf.


Here is a good video about recycling scrap pottery clay.

Try It Tuesday: Pink "Sister" Peg Doll Fairy

This is one of the gifts that my son made for his sister for Christmas. He wanted to make sister in to a fairy doll, and he certainly captured it with the choices of fabric we made.

I bought pegs that were already painted and had him draw on a face with permanent marker. We did use a hot glue gun, but I operated that while he cut all the materials according to my directions and he carefully put them on the hot glue. He knew to be careful! :)

This is a perfect addition to her collection of other homemade peg fairy dolls that include:

• Rainbow Fairies (collection of 7 of them)
• Ballerina Fairy
• Needle Felted Fairies (obviously made of wool, not pegs, but about the same size)
• Or See all of our Fairy Crafts, Projects, and Fun

Review: Disney LIVE - 3 Classic Fairytales

I had a chance to review Disney LIVE: Three Classic Fairy Tales that was at the Mayo Civic Center on Saturday afternoon with my family.  The three fairy tales part of the 1 1/2 hour program was Snow White, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. All the pictures in the post are ones I took while there, sorry they are not the best,

These top two pictures are of the grand finale when all of the princesses and princes came out on stage one last time and were joined by Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy.

All of the costumes meet your expectations if you are familiar with the Disney movie versions of these stories, so kids will not be disappointed.

The Dwarves were actually quite large. I imagine it has to be quite hot inside those costumes.

The stepmother looks as hideous on the outside as she is on the inside. I didn't really remember what she looks like from the movie, but this has to be it. The ugly stepsisters cracked me up! They had HUGE feet (shoes) and were stumbling all over the place.

What a perfect princess! Maybe it's the blond hair like min, but Cinderella was always my favorite.

The only thing missing was the pumpkin turned in to a carriage, but it was a great short rendidtion of the full length movie.

 Intermission time! Of course there is the usual Disney themed snacks with take home mugs and glasses and crowns, but we have collected enough of those that we buy the snacks available from the venue. This time it was pretzels and cheese.

Can you tell he is saying "CHEESE!" as he is showing me the nacho cheese on his pretzel? Clever boy!

Mickey & Minnie welcomed us back after intermission. They came out in between each fairy tales and before and after intermission and at the beginning and ending. It wouldn't be a Disney show without lots of Mickey and Minnie.

The last fairy tale presented was Beauty and the Beast. I thought the staging for this one was really great and included lot of changes that were done in the blink of an eye. They had you focused on other things when the center stage would turn around or the stairs would drop down or placed a filter screen in front that images were displayed on.

I don't know why, but I always liked the character of Gaston. Not that I like his person, but just how he was cast as this dumb self-absorbed jock who everyone wants and can't have the one person he wants because you can't make someone love you.

This show does have a part that might be a little scary to kids when there is the fight between the Beast and Gaston. There is flashing and strobe light and fighting, but it is over rather quickly.

Another scene with everyone fawning over Gaston as he shows off.

Of course, these are all fairy tales and they all have happy endings where the princess and prince live happily ever after.