blondeviolin Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Throw them out? Save them? Make a necklace? Bedazzle a phone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Tooth bling :lol: I'm loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 We never did the tooth fairy & my dc always said to toss the teeth, so we did. A fun book about tooth traditions around the world is Throw Your Tooth On The Roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda TX Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 At our house, the TF kept them for awhile. Then realizing with four kids, she had no idea to whom they originally belonged and began to get grossed out a bit. So those all went, uh, to tooth heaven. Now the TF leaves her money and the tooth behind. That way said kid can keep or toss, but it is no longer my, I mean, her responsibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 She ransoms them back to the parents. How do you think she gets the money to "buy" the tooth off of the kids? ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) We keep them in a marked envelope so we'll know which teeth came from which kid. We're planning to incorporate them into some kind of "leaving childhood behind" ceremony later on when they're 12 or whatever age it is that they lose the last milk teeth (throw them off a cliff? plant them? not really sure lol). That book looks great Stacia Edited October 31, 2011 by Hotdrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm37 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Throw them out? Save them? Make a necklace? Bedazzle a phone? I did save some from my first two, it seems. They keep popping up in odd places! I'll be cleaning out a drawer or old boxes and find some baby teeth in a little baggy. What was I thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've saved all of them. I have a separate container for each kid. It was very helpful when my oldest lost a tooth at Schlitterbahn and had a cow because she needed it for the tooth fairy. She forgot about it until we got home that evening. guess what? When I shook out her swimsuit, her tooth was inside of it. Can you imagine that? That's why I save teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 She builds her castle with them of course! I have my kiddos teeth in bags. What I plan to do with them, I have no idea lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osaubi Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 My dh was very specific on what he wanted to do. I am not sure why though. He puts them in little baggies and writes the date they were lost for each child. My dd has swallowed 2 of the 4 teeth she has lost so we have the paper ones that were made as replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Our tooth fairy leaves them and we put them in a baby tooth album. http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Tooth-Memory-Book-Blue/dp/B001GS57ZI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320036353&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I throw them away. Those little tiny teeth give me the creeps. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I did save some from my first two, it seems. They keep popping up in odd places! I'll be cleaning out a drawer or old boxes and find some baby teeth in a little baggy. What was I thinking? I did the same thing! So I finally just tossed all the big kids' baby teeth. Since then, however, little bit is starting the fallout, and another poster here once stated that it would be a good idea to keep at least one baby tooth around in case, heaven forbid, you needed a DNA match for your missing child. So, I'll keep a couple, in another ziploc, but at least I'll know who it belongs to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The tooth fairy hid them in her purse for years and only when she was forced to replace said purse, they re-surfaced to the amazement and merriment of all bystanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy1k Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 We suspect that they are actually thrown away, but the TF answered a note once asking this very question. In her response, she claimed that the baby TFs, the ones in training, build forts out of the collected teeth. Coincidentally, my kids were into a fort-buildling phase at the time. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 If you ever plan to do Apologia Anatomy and Physiology, you will need one for the experiment in which you soak a tooth in Coke. Fortunately, we had the Nature's Workshop kit, and it included a humongous tooth from some animal I would never, ever want to meet coming around a corner. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryCatherine Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Um, the tooth fairy takes the fallen baby teeth and gives them to little babies who need teeth. Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Some the TF leaves for use in future science experiments (she and I had a meeting a while ago so she'd know which to save for me). The rest she keeps for her own use (they are the foundation of Fairy Land's economy... or so my children tell me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 They are in a gorgeous little container on my dressing table. All together. I wish I could get rid of them but somehow I just can't. It's macabre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a special little box where I keep the first few teeth lost....after 1-2 I'm lucky if the TF remembers to bring $$ LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 We have all of DS's that have fallen out in a small vase on a shelf and when the last baby tooth falls out, apparently the TF leaves not only the $ for the tooth, but a small box with all previous teeth for DS to do with as he wishes. At least that's the plan at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Most have been tossed. Some have been used in various "what happens when a tooth sits in this medium" experiments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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