Pin-Spired: Tooth Fairy Door

Last week, after my daughter lost her first tooth, I found {THIS} on Pinterest. I was kinda bummed since I hadn't seen it even a few days earlier so I could make one for my daughter's foray into Tooth Fairy-dom. While I was printing out her first note from the Tooth Fairy, I had a stroke of genius (or insanity - take your pick) and added a 'PS' to the note that I (the Tooth Fairy) would be sending a special package for her soon.

That same day she lost her 2nd tooth, so knowing I still needed to build the door, I told her that losing your tooth after lunch time meant missing the tooth fairy cut off - she would have to wait another day to put her tooth under her pillow. She took it very nicely, so I was able to start putting together all of the goodies I bought at Hobby Lobby…

With coupons and items being on sale, I ended up getting everything to make the door for under $9. It helped that I already had paint and E6000 glue. I started by painting all of the parts. Since Presleigh's favorite color is green, I decided to use a shade of green that matches our front door almost exactly, and chose off-white for the trim and base. Once everything had a couple coats of paint, I started gluing it all together. Since the door was made to open inward, I flipped it around, so the trim you see in the picture below was glued on by me and actually meant to go inside of the house...

For the sky inside the door I cut 2 pieces of chipboard the same size as the trim on the back, adhered them together, then covered with the cloud patterned paper. The trickiest part of the project was probably getting the door handles glued on. The back of each piece was concave, so I had a hard time getting enough glue in there so it would keep it on the door. I made sure to let those dry well before I tested how it opened and closed.

When it came time to package the door for 'shipping' I found that poly-fil worked great as packing material. Made it seem more cloud-like; matching the paper inside the door. Along with the door was a note from the Tooth Fairy explaining how the door was to be used, a key to the door tied with pink string and a collection of miniature envelopes for her teeth to go in. She was thrilled with the package and loved using the door that night.


Just the details… (1) Adhered door knobs to both sides of painted door, (2) The key was wrapped around a stack of mini lost tooth envelopes, (3) A look at some of the patterns I used for the envelopes, (4) Instead of hanging her fairy door on the wall (as in the Pinned door), I bought this oval base. It sits nicely on her dresser.

Thanks for stopping by and, as always, comments are greatly appreciated!

 

Paint: Apple Barrel (Green, Off White); Adhesive: E6000; Miniature Door, Door Knobs, Patterned Paper, Oval Plaque: Hobby Lobby; Paper Punch: McGill (Mini Envelope); Floss: DMC (pink)