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Having a visit from the Tooth Fairy is one of the coolest childhood traditions. Apparently it goes back to early Norse and Northern European traditions, where children were paid a tooth fee for losing their first tooth. Since then, almost every child has been very interested to know how much the Tooth Fairy will pay in exchange for their various lost milk teeth!
There's actually no set rate across the UK, so how much do you pay for a lost tooth? Is it £2 or £20, and does a Tooth Fairy pay out more for a molar than for a first tooth? Or maybe it depends if the tooth is clean ... which has the benefits of encouraging good dental habits ... or whether the tooth fell out naturally or if it was removed by a dentist?
Children lose 20 teeth in all, so whatever the Tooth Fairy gives, it soon mounts up. Perhaps children should also be given some advice on investments!
The problem is when the Tooth Fairy leaves one child £1 and then leaves another child £20 (which can happen when the Tooth Fairy almost forgets to come and has to scrabble around in her purse for any amount she can lay her hands on!). Why does one child get more money from their Tooth Fairy for their lost teeth, than another child?
There is a solution to this - either all the parents in the area that you live in, agree a going rate for the tooth fairy (which is totally impossible) or your children learn that actually ...
The going rate for the Tooth Fairy totally depends on what the Tooth Fairy’s pocket scanner says at the time of tooth collection. There’s absolutely nothing anyone can do about it – it’s all determined by ‘the computer system’. Most children seem to receive £1, or (if they’re lucky), £2 for a molar.
Click here to hear more about Tooth Fairies that have Pocket Scanners.
The good thing is, you can blame regional differences for any financial disappointments!
Our Tooth Fairy leaves a personalised Tooth Fairy Letter and a sparkly bead to replace the lost tooth, which we then thread on to a ribbon ... a different coloured bead for each child. This ultimately makes for a really lovely keepsake. Click here to read more about the going rate for the Tooth Fairy or to meet Our Tooth Fairies
Click here for Tooth Fairy Letters for your child's First Tooth. If you don't want to be caught out with a tooth falling out late at night, or on holiday see here for our Tooth Fairy Bundles or click here for individual tooth fairy letters - all personalised and on 100% recycled paper.
