How Much or What Does the Tooth Fairy Give in Your Neck of the Woods?

Updated on October 19, 2015
F.B. asks from Kew Gardens, NY
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Our son has two loose teeth. Just wondering how much the tooth fairy or what the tooth fairy gives in your neck of the woods. Growing up I remember getting 50c pieces and thinking they were special. Thanks for your advice.
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R.B.

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Lol I used to give my kids 25 cents. Granted, that was 20 years ago, but my kids have never let me forget what a cheapskate the Easter B. was.

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M.F.

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First tooth was a "fairy dust" aka glitter paint covered $10 bill. Every one after that was a glittery $1 bill, doubled for a tooth the dentist had to pull.

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L.U.

answers from Seattle on

For the FIRST lost tooth the toothfairy gives $5.
For every tooth after that she gives $1.
Unless she forgets....which she seems to do a lot lately, and then it's $1 a day!!

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J.G.

answers from Chicago on

We give dollar coins.

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Y.M.

answers from Iowa City on

Nothing special here. Just $2.00.

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J.S.

answers from St. Louis on

We had four silver dollars in our supply. They got one a tooth and when they spent it will pulled it back in our supply and we gave the cashier a paper dollar.

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C.S.

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Our daughter just hit the grand finale. She lost her last two teeth. $20.

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N.S.

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We have given 4 gold dollar coins. The amount might go up as he ages.

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A.L.

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Well, our kids' kindergarten teacher who claimed to be the Tooth Fairy would insist on telling them that they get $10 for the first one and $1 for each subsequent one. So we kind of had to go with that because she already set up the expectation. She is a wonderful teacher, however this was one of the few less wonderful things she did. Personally, I think that is excessive--we are talking about teeth coming out, not an active accomplishment of the kid. I remember getting 25 cents and that was pretty exciting. You could go with $1 for the first one and a 50 cent piece or 25 cents for each afterwards?

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

We did 20 quarters except for the last tooth and that was 100 quarters.
It wasn't a lot of money but all the coins seemed like treasure and our son loved feeding all the coins into his piggy bank.

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H.W.

answers from Portland on

We do a dollar. One of our family friends gave Kiddo a tooth box from France-- sadly, it's made to hold francs, so we fold up a dollar bill, press it like a vise grip and cram that money in there!

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S.G.

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$5 if it fell out, $10 if the dentist had to pull it.

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A.V.

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Golden Dollars. Which I strongly suspect she gets as change from the Metro. Hint.

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C.T.

answers from Santa Fe on

We do $1 for regular teeth and $5 for molars. The problem with the tooth fairy, I have found, is your kids hear about their friend's tooth fairy who gives $10 or $20. Come on! What are those other parents thinking?!! It drives me crazy.

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C.C.

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$1/tooth and a trail of coins from bed to window/door or where ever your tooth fairy enters.

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K.C.

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$5 for the first tooth and $1 for all the rest. Probably will do another $5 for the last tooth.

I know a lot who do $1 per tooth, but also know people doing $5 and even $20 each.

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E.T.

answers from Rochester on

My son just got $2 for his first tooth. With my daughter it varied. The one she swallowed brought in $5. I was not the tooth fairy with that one! Our tooth fairy also leaves a note with some little anecdote about how old they were and how it was lost. One of my daughter's teeth fell out when she was eating M&Ms and the note came with a warning about the dangers of M&Ms. My kids have loved those notes. Several of them are still displayed on their bedroom walls.

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M.J.

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$5 is the norm out here in Northern CA.

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A.S.

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We give a $2 bill for the first tooth, then $1. My kids have friends who get $5 and even $10.

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M.D.

answers from Pittsburgh on

$1, and to make the first one special, it was a gold $1 coin.

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M.S.

answers from Portland on

Our tooth fairy brings "fairy gold" in the form of gold dollars. 1 for each tooth.

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N.P.

answers from Chicago on

my girls got a special type of coin for their first tooth - a gold dollar, a two dollar bill, a silver dollar, etc - it was what we had around and honestly it was 8 yrs ago for the older one and 7 yrs ago for the younger one. Each tooth after that was a buck, except the one time my older daughter had a tooth that was loose for 6 months, she got a dollar per month for that one cause it was seriously a painful irritating thing for those months, lol.

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N.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

A buck. It's not a big deal.

J.P.

answers from Lakeland on

I did $2 for the little teeth and $5 for the molars.

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B.B.

answers from Missoula on

My son gets $1 per tooth and we use those gold dollar coins, which are less common so they seem more special.

W.W.

answers from Washington DC on

ooh wow...it's been a while since we did this!! Like 5 years....I believe...

BIG teeth? $5.00 (front teeth)
Little teeth? $1.00

I usually got a quarter to 1 dollar depending on the Tooth Fairy's budget when I was a kid!! LOL!!! And the $1?? that was for my two front teeth!!

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M.G.

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About $2 I think and then $5 if they had it pulled.

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