Tooth Fairy Pillow Tutorial
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Easy Tooth Fairy Pillow Tutorial. (How to make a Tooth Fairy Pillow) Any little girl would be thrilled to have this DIY Heart-Shaped Tooth Fairy Pillow – and you’ll love how easy it is to make!
In my last post, I mentioned that my daughter had lost her first tooth. I didn’t even realize it was loose until last week when she was at Grandma’s, and they called me to announce that she had a loose tooth!
We had periodically been checking her teeth for any loose ones (every time my son lost one.) So I know this one came loose very quickly and then fell out within a week’s time. (I remember when my son lost his first tooth, it seems like it was loose for months before it finally came out while he was biting to separate a Lego, of course…)
I knew I better get to work making her a Tooth Fairy Pillow so it would be ready when she lost her tooth!
This pillow is so easy; you don’t even need a sewing machine!
The materials used and the fact it is such a small project, it can be hand sewn in a jiffy.
I can attest to this because my sewing machine broke right after I stitched the words on the front- so the only thing machine sewed, are her name and the pocket.
I absolutely love how the lettering came out. I originally planned on hand embroidering, but at the last minute decided to use my new embroidery/free motion foot (plus I couldn’t find my light pink embroidery thread.) I practiced her name a couple of times first, but this technique is really easy. (I have a quick little quilting project in mind, and I can’t wait to try out the free motion quilting technique on it.)
If you want to make a tooth pillow for your little one, you have tons of options.
I used felt to make this pillow. It is a great choice for this type of project. Craft stores sell many different colors of felt in 8 1/2 x 11-inch sheets for around 99 cents. The great thing about felt is that it doesn’t fray, so there’s no need to finish the edges!
You can make any shape you want: heart, rectangle, square, monster, or even tooth shaped. The instructions will be the same.
If you want to add your child’s name to the front, you could free-motion the name as I did with a free-motion foot, hand or machine embroider, stencil, paint, use heat transfer vinyl or even use a Sharpie. It’s up to you!
Easy Tooth Fairy Pillow Tutorial. (How to make a Tooth Fairy Pillow)
Materials needed:
- Felt
- Needle and thread or sewing machine
- scissors
- Optional materials to add the name
Instructions for the tooth fairy pillow:
I only have one recommendation if you are hand-sewing your pillow. You could cut the strap either 5/8 inch wide and not fold it in half or cut it 1 1/4 inch wide stitch along the side but not flip it inside out; just leave the stitches showing.
That’s all there is to the tooth fairy pillow tutorial!
Now, I am starting to get quite a little collection of teeth. Other than the 1st tooth lost, what does everyone do with the teeth? Do you just throw them away?
Don't miss any more posts!
