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bif

(22,746 posts) Sat Oct 13, 2018, 05:39 PM Oct 2018

What do you do with a bag full of your kids baby teeth?

They'e both grown up now. Any suggestions? I was thinking of giving them back to them along with the notes they left for the tooth fairy.

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What do you do with a bag full of your kids baby teeth? (Original Post) bif Oct 2018 OP

Cute idea. greymattermom Oct 2018 #1

I am thinkin of putting them in the garden... 3catwoman3 Oct 2018 #2

Giving them back to them sounds like a good idea to me, red dog 1 Oct 2018 #3

Here are a few ideas ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #4

Put them under your pillow for the Tooth Fairy? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #5

Does one of your kids have very small children, and another on the way? jmowreader Oct 2018 #6

Nah, give them all the teeth and tell them to pretend they lost one each night. FSogol Oct 2018 #8

I saved my children's baby teeth too. llmart Oct 2018 #7

Whatever you do make sure you keep at least one molar from each child. Laffy Kat Oct 2018 #9

Give them to their eldest child for their 6th birthday nt alphafemale Oct 2018 #10

I knew someone who had a molar set into a brooch. femmocrat Oct 2018 #11

For the love of God, anything except this: Recursion Oct 2018 #12

Where's your Halloween spirit? 7wo7rees Oct 2018 #14

Get a small animal skull, Codeine Oct 2018 #13

Lol Luciferous Oct 2018 #17

I still have some of mine saved from when I was little Polybius Oct 2018 #15

OMG Ive never heard of this grisly custom - seriously, none of my relations or acquaintances ever Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2018 #16

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

1. Cute idea.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 05:40 PM

Oct 2018

My mom had my baby shoes bronzed. A few years before she died, she gave them back to me with a nice handwritten note. I love having that.

3catwoman3

(24,045 posts)

2. I am thinkin of putting them in the garden...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 06:45 PM

Oct 2018

...so the calcium can return to the earth. My sons and my husband would think I had lost my mind if they knew I still had them, so don't tell -

red dog 1

(27,849 posts)

3. Giving them back to them sounds like a good idea to me,

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 07:07 PM

Oct 2018

along with the tooth fairy notes.

eppur_se_muova

(36,289 posts)

4. Here are a few ideas ...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 07:47 PM

Oct 2018

https://www.google.com/search?q=made+from+teeth&client=firefox-b-1-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ__3WzITeAhWndN8KHUaHCEEQ_AUIDigB&biw=1299&bih=906

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)

5. Put them under your pillow for the Tooth Fairy?

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 08:45 PM

Oct 2018

You might be able to get some of your money back.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)

6. Does one of your kids have very small children, and another on the way?

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 08:56 PM

Oct 2018

Bring the kids over, bury them in the garden, and tell them you're "planting a little sister or brother."

FSogol

(45,526 posts)

8. Nah, give them all the teeth and tell them to pretend they lost one each night.

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 10:15 PM

Oct 2018

After the 3rd or 4th night, the parents would have to get suspicious right?

llmart

(15,552 posts)

7. I saved my children's baby teeth too.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 08:58 PM

Oct 2018

It's what my parents did, so I continued the tradition. I gave them to my grown kids. They can do what they want with them.

Laffy Kat

(16,386 posts)

9. Whatever you do make sure you keep at least one molar from each child.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:27 AM

Oct 2018

I did, just in case, god forbid, DNA.

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

10. Give them to their eldest child for their 6th birthday nt

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 10:05 AM

Oct 2018

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

11. I knew someone who had a molar set into a brooch.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 10:42 AM

Oct 2018

It was very pretty. It kind of looked like a rose from the top.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

12. For the love of God, anything except this:

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 10:59 AM

Oct 2018

Yes, that's actually a thing

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)

14. Where's your Halloween spirit?

Reply to Recursion (Reply #12)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 02:23 PM

Oct 2018

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

13. Get a small animal skull,

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 12:42 PM

Oct 2018

remove the teeth, replace them with the children’s teeth, and bury the whole thing to confuse future paleontologists.

Luciferous

(6,085 posts)

17. Lol

Reply to Codeine (Reply #13)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 09:03 PM

Oct 2018

Polybius

(15,476 posts)

15. I still have some of mine saved from when I was little

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 02:33 PM

Oct 2018

Mt grandmother thought it was creepy to save my teeth. Thankfully, my mom and I disagreed.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)

16. OMG Ive never heard of this grisly custom - seriously, none of my relations or acquaintances ever

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 08:32 PM

Oct 2018

made mention of bags of teeth. If anyone were to hand me a bag of old teeth I would freak out!

Ummm.... what do people usually do with them?

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