Our son lost his first tooth this year and wanted very specific Tooth Fairy Pillows. He asked for an Enderman (from Minecraft) and a Creeper (also from Minecraft). I looked around on Pinterest and didn't really find anything so we decided to try to make them out of felt.
We found an image of a cartoon Enderman online and then modeled our pillow after it. We cut out all the shapes just by eye using fabric scissors and then glued them together with a hot glue gun. To make it a pillow I cut out a rectangle for the back that was as large as the front and only glued three edges. I filled it with cotton balls (we didn't have any other filling at the time) and then glued the fourth side shut. To make the pocket for the tooth we just glued a black panel 3/4 of the length of the front to the figure and glued it on 3 sides only, leaving the top open. You could also choose to leave the purple mouth as the pocket.
For his second tooth (that is still wiggly but we are all set for the Tooth Fairy) he chose the Creeper.
Here is what was left of our felt after cutting out the pieces we needed. We really just tried to follow some cartoon images of Minecraft characters we found online and worked together. My son is 6 years old so he is old enough to help with some of the cutting and gluing and decision making for projects.
Here is our stack of felt - we bought it on Amazon in a multi-pack for around $11 (here is my affliate link to some of the assorted color variety packs from $7 - $10 on Amazon). Ours included at least one sheet of glittery purple felt which was a big hit. We bought this in the spring of this year.
This is our glue gun which is pretty ancient. It was mine as a child and still works. These are some of our fabric scissors but any good sharp scissors will work, just watch your fingers.
Here is the finished Creeper pillow. The pocket for the tooth is pretty small on this one and is
the black mouth that looks like an upside down "U."
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