The Tooth Fairy Birthday Party

Welcome back!

In the past three blogs of my “Four Seasons Series,” I shared interesting facts about the colorful Autumn, the cold and snowy Winter, and the crazy Spring weather, birds singing, and the blooming of nature! If you missed those interesting blogs, just click on their names to read them.   

Today I will tell you about the Tooth Fairy Birthday Party!!! Where should I start? I know, I know… Let us begin with some fascinating facts. 

Did you know that the Tooth Fairy collects over 300,000 teeth every night? If you want to know what she does with all those teeth, read my blog The Teeth Room. 

When is her birthday? The Tooth Fairy celebrates her birthday on National Tooth Fairy Day: February 28 and August 22. Why? Because we should go to the Dentist twice a year. Did you know our dentist and the Tooth Fairy work together? You can read about it on my blog, Letters to the Tooth Fairy. 

How old is the Tooth Fairy? Mom and I searched online and found a lot of information about it, but we still can’t tell how old she is. (sigh) 

The oldest record we found was from March 1, 1877, in “The Elk County Advocate” Newspaper (Ridgway, Pennsylvania). Somebody wrote a silly romance story about the Tooth Fairy. 1908 was her debut year. The Tooth Fairy was mentioned in the Chicago Daily Tribune (USA). 1927 Esther Watkins Arnold published an eight-page children's play, "The Tooth Fairy." This play was performed in schools. 1949 Lee Rogow published the short story “The Tooth Fairy” in a magazine. How old do you think she is? Mom said, "The Tooth Fairy is as old as time.” Ha, ha, ha!  

Now I will tell you about her birthday party.  In January, my parents received a letter from the Tooth Fairy. She asked them for permission to celebrate her birthday party with us at home. The Tooth Fairy gave them her email address to answer. My parents agreed and told me to invite my best friends. On Saturday, February 28, she came with other Tooth Faries. All of them have very strange names. My Tooth Fairy came down with the sunrays. Her name is “Raia.” Saltatrix” came gliding with the wind. “Coquus” came with a squeaky wagon full of pots and pans made from teeth! “Luthierina” brought all sorts of musical instruments, also made of teeth! “Renovina” brought a small box full of tools… yep, made from teeth. Now you have an idea of how many types of Tooth Fairies exist. I took advantage of the party and interviewed all of them. Clever, eh? (wink) Later on, I will write a blog about them. 

The birthday party was awesome. “Coquus” cooked delicious food made from teeth. My favorites were the Teethshake and the Teethbuns! “Renovina” showed us how she creates tools from the teeth she had collected. “Luthierina” let us play with the “Teeth-Bongos, Teeth-Maracas, Teeth-Marimbas, and Teeth-Flutes!” “Saltatrix” taught us how to jump, do acrobatics, and dance the funny “Teeth-Dance.” Before Sunset, all the Tooth Fairies went back home. 

“Thank you, Tooth Fairy, for celebrating your birthday party with us!”

My next blog will be in German. 

“YAWN”, sorry about that. Good night!

Remember to brush your teeth and keep them shiny for the Tooth Fairy.  

Joey Paco