Tooth Fairy Bell

[Tazmaniandevil]

You know how it is..... The kids' teeth start to fall out, so you wait for the tooth fairy to do his/her stuff. The kids panic because they think the tooth fairy wont be able to find them. Then they panic that the 5p coin the tooth fairy leaves in place of the tooth will get lost. (and sometimes it does.)

The answer?

The tooth fairy bell. Put the tooth inside the dish and ring the bell. The tooth fairy turns up, and takes the tooth, leaving a shiny 5p piece in the dish where it wont get lost.

Timber is spalted beech, clapper is elm, and the finial/handle is an off-cut of banksia nut. Finish is shellac, buffed to a shine.

I do think I'm getting less rubbish at this turning malarkey

 

[Martin10]

Enchanting! I love the wood - it has a fairy-like quality.

 

[Wybrook]

5p !

There's inflation for you ....

 

[KimG]

Lovely little piece Taz!!

 

[-Matt-]

I like that, novelty for the kids and the spalting has come up lovely

 

[procell]

That is beautiful. I am sure any kid will love it

 

[Grahamshed]

Thats really good. A lovely idea and a good bit of turning.
How do you get away with only 5p ?

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

How do you get away with only 5p ?

Ahhhh... thinking back to my own childhood. Back then it was a shilling of course, which was a lot of money. When ours were young enough to lose milk teeth, I seem to remember the tooth fairy sending a bill for £1 a tooth.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

yup...market rate is still £1 per tooth

Ours lost one each last 2 weeks

 

[Grahamshed]

I think this is a real winner Taz, I can imagine it doing really well around the craft fairs etc.

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

I'm thinking a nice bit of satin would finish off the inside. I'm also wondering whether a bell like the ones for pet collars would be better than the wooden clapper. I like the idea of the wooden ball, and the 2 staples to hang it, but the bell might sound more fairy-like.

 

[winemaker]

Like the idea will sell well

 

[YouSpinMeRightRound]

This is beautiful!

Admittedly, I am a sucker for anything delicate in spalted wood. But still, it's really nice.

 

[Soylent1]

That's a good idea! and it's very nice!

 

[Dalboy]

I like it and like the idea of the little metal bell as the children can say it is to call tinkerbell or whatever the tooth fairies name is.

 

[procell]

just be thankful your kids are not sharks. at £1 a tooth you would soon be bankrupt