The short answer: the Gold Tooth Fairy is an original story character who turns a child's baby tooth gold and leaves it in a vial, instead of taking it away. Her cousins Silver and Copper handle first teeth and odd teeth. In our kit, an adult plays her helper, holding the tooth with tweezers and coloring it with a gold marker.
Who is the Gold Tooth Fairy?
She is smaller than a teacup and keeps a very long list. Every night she checks it twice, because the list is made of children who have just lost a tooth, and she does not want to miss one. She carries a satchel, a pocket watch on a thread, and a pencil in her hair that she can never find. Her handwriting is very tidy, and she likes dates.
The most important thing about her is what she does not do. She does not take the tooth away. She thinks that would be strange. A baby tooth has been with a child since before they could say their own name, and it belongs to them. So she turns it gold instead, and the tooth goes into a small glass vial with the date on it.
Why gold?
Gold is the color of things people mean to keep. A tooth in a sandwich bag does not feel like a keepsake, and a gold tooth in a labeled vial does. That is the idea behind the kit, and the Gold Tooth Fairy is the character who carries it.
To be clear about the product: the marker colors the tooth gold as a decorative finish. It is not real gold, and it does not treat or preserve the tooth.
How does she work with a grown-up?
She is far too small to hold a tooth steady, so she needs help. The booklet in our kit explains that a grown-up goes to the kitchen table after the house is quiet, holds the tooth with a pair of tweezers, and colors it with the gold marker. The grown-up lets it dry, puts it in the vial, and writes the child's name and the date on a sticker. Then they sprinkle a pinch of gold dust on the windowsill, as the fairy's trail.
This is the part we like best. The parent is the hero of the evening, and the fairy is the reason.
What is the vial for?
The vial is a small glass bottle with a cork. It is big enough to hold all of a child's baby teeth. Each tooth gets a dated label, and the vial lives on a shelf. By the time the last baby tooth comes out, a child has a small glass record of the years when they were losing teeth.
The booklet's last line is the Gold Tooth Fairy's motto: keep the tooth, keep the story.
Who is Silver?
Silver is the night cousin. She is soft-spoken, observant, and moves slowly. She likes moonlight on a windowsill and a tidy pillow. She hums while she works, and she folds the corner of the blanket back after she visits.
Silver looks after first teeth, because she believes a first tooth deserves someone who is in no hurry. If your child is about to lose a first tooth, Silver is the cousin you will meet in the booklet.
Who is Copper?
Copper is the youngest, and she is always a little late. She has freckles and a backpack covered in patches, one for each tooth with a story. The tooth that came out in an apple. The tooth that came out at the beach. The tooth that fell out in the middle of a sentence.
Copper likes those best. She leaves small muddy footprints in the gold dust, on purpose, and she apologizes for being late in a cheerful way.
How do the cousins appear in the kit?
Every kit includes the booklet, and the booklet introduces all three cousins. The Gift Set adds a silver marker and a copper marker, one for each cousin. That means a family can choose which cousin visits for which tooth: gold for the classic, silver for a first tooth or a night visit, copper for a tooth with a story.
The cousins are characters. They do not do anything the markers cannot do. A silver tooth is a silver-colored tooth and nothing more.
What do the cousins write to each other?
In the story, all three write letters. They say the same thing every time: another one kept. It is a small joke that has a point. Every tooth that goes into a vial is one that was kept instead of lost.
Where did the idea come from?
The idea of treating a baby tooth as something to keep is older than our kit. One dental practice's summary of tooth traditions says that in parts of South America, parents coat lost teeth in gold or silver to make jewelry that keeps the memory (Dental Care Centre: https://www.dentalcarecentregp.com/tooth-fairy-traditions-around-world/). We have not checked that against a second source, and we do not claim it is the origin of anything. We mention it because it is a real idea in the world: that a baby tooth is worth keeping, and that gold is a good way to say so.
The Gold Tooth Fairy and her cousins are original characters, written and drawn for this kit. They are not based on any real person or any existing character.
How do I use the characters in my own tooth fairy nights?
You do not need our kit to borrow the idea. A few ways:
- Give your own fairy a habit, like reading every label.
- Give her a cousin for odd teeth, with a name your child picks.
- Write notes from the cousins in different handwriting.
- Keep a tooth list in a small notebook and call it the fairy's list.
If you do have the kit, the booklet is written to be read aloud, and takes a few minutes. Some kids ask for it twice.
Where can I read more?
Our other pieces cover what the tooth fairy does with the teeth, how to keep baby teeth as a keepsake, and how to make a tooth fairy night memorable. For the kit itself, see the Tooth Fairy Kit and the Gift Set.
FAQ
Who is the Gold Tooth Fairy? A tiny fairy who turns baby teeth gold and leaves them in a vial, with a trail of gold dust.
Who are Silver and Copper? Her cousins. Silver looks after first teeth at night. Copper loves teeth with stories.
Does the Gold Tooth Fairy take the tooth? No. The tooth goes into a vial with a dated label and stays with the child.
Is she related to other tooth fairy characters? No. She is original and not based on any real person.
Sources: Dental Care Centre, "7 Different Tooth Fairy Traditions Around the World" (opened and read 2026-10-01).