Great 'what does the tooth fairy pay?' Hunt

building_with_lego

£1 per tooth here too. I used to get 20p.

jax1305 wrote: »

it's £1 a tooth but the first one was £5 because the tooth fairy had a difficult job retrieving it - tooth was accidentally swallowed so she had to magic herself into the digestive system! The life of a tooth fairy isn't all glitter and glam!!
anyone know if the same applies to son's adult teeth about to be extracted due to overcrowding? he's only 12 - so it seems fair to expect her to call but can adult teeth be ground down into magic fairy dust (for Santa to use) in the same way that baby teeth are?

In our house the explanation is that it's only healthy baby teeth that can be used- if you don't brush your teeth and they fall out due to decay they're rejected. In your son's case, however, I think they probably would be useful as they're still healthy...

Mrs_Arcanum

Sliding scale from 10p up to £2 depending on how old they were when the tooth came out. under 6 was 10p, 6-7 = 20p. 8 = 50p, 9 = £1 & 10 plus = £2. Trying to teach that if they looked after their teeth they were worth more.

Counting_Pennies_2

£1 a tooth

minimoneysaver

A lovely shiny £2 coin and a certificate (made by me). Tip, if you want your coins really clean & new put them in a glass of regular coke. It's lovely keeping the magic alive. Best of all my little girl was so made up, that she wrote a beautiful thank you letter for the tooth fairy :-) and left it under her pillow the next night. Lots of lovely memories being created here.

patchwork_cat

£2 a tooth.

loobylou2

£1 a tooth here, I have 3 children and although the elder 2 have managed to figure out that Mum is the tooth fairy, DD2 has yet to lose any teeth and is still a believer. DS tried leaving a small stone under his pillow one night in the hope that he could con the tooth fairy into leaving him some extra cash but alas she wasn't fooled. LOLxx:j

sock-knitter

a pound per tooth when mine were younger, i remember ds1 losing a tooth at school one day, and couldnt find it, so he drew the tooth fairy a map, so he would still get the pound coin. kept that map to show him when he is older

minerva_windsong

When I was a kid I got 50p a tooth, but that's about 15 years ago and you could buy a lot more with 50p back then!

katyboo123

I used to get 50p per tooth which was a lot more than my friends at school - I used to get it in a tiny pouch which I used to leave my tooth in the night before; it was exciting waking up to a lovely shiny silver coin, made the gaping bloody hole in my mouth almost worth it! (also great when I had 12 extracted in the dentists at 8 years old I was RICH!) but now the going rate amongst my friends and family is £5. £5 for a tooth!!!!

That's sickening!

manda1205

I used to get 50p a single tooth and £1 for a double many moons ago. DD is now getting £1 a tooth, only had one so far but she now has 3 wobbly together.