Not a pillow. A tooth fairy box with a secret.
Spin the tooth-shaped lever and ToothSafe opens: one compartment for the lost tooth, and a second, hidden one for what the Tooth Fairy leaves behind. Arlo found his under his pillow — the morning after CeCe showed him her workshop.
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The Story
How Arlo Came to Have It
Arlo had questions. When he lost his first tooth, he wanted to know what the Tooth Fairy actually did with it. So he left her a note.
That night, CeCe appeared — goggles on, tools at her waist, and no time for nonsense. She showed Arlo the truth: every lost tooth holds something special, like bravery, kindness, patience, and creativity. CeCe uses those qualities to quietly help keep the world in balance.
In her workshop, Arlo noticed one of CeCe's cleverest inventions: the ToothSafe. A spin of the tooth on its lid opened one compartment for a tooth — and a second spin opened another, for whatever she left in return.
“Every lost tooth holds something special.”
The next morning, Arlo reached under his pillow and found the ToothSafe waiting there. Which is how he knew the whole night had been real.
The Short Film
Watch where the ToothSafe came from
The Tooth Fairy's Secret Workshop is a 4-minute animated short. Arlo asks the Tooth Fairy his questions, she takes him to her workshop — and at 2:45, she shows him the ToothSafe.
From the Film
The ToothSafe, on screen
Every one of these is a frame from The Tooth Fairy's Secret Workshop — the ToothSafe as CeCe made it, and as Arlo used it.
In the workshop
The next morning
The ToothSafe chapter starts at 2:45 — watch it here.
The Object
How the Tooth Fairy Box Works
About the size of a hockey puck, with a tooth-shaped lever on top and two compartments hidden inside.
Spin the Tooth
A tooth-shaped lever sits on top. Your child turns it, and the first compartment opens — sized for one small tooth and nothing else.
Leave It Out at Bedtime
The tooth goes in. ToothSafe sits where the pillow used to — impossible to lose in the bedding, and easy for the Tooth Fairy to find.
Spin Again in the Morning
Keep turning the lever and a second, hidden compartment appears. The tooth is gone. A coin or a folded dollar is waiting in its place.
Off the Screen
The prototype, built and tested
CeCe's invention exists off the screen too. This is the working prototype — it opens, it holds a tooth, and it hides a coin exactly the way it does in the film.
What it isn't yet is production ready. Tooling, materials and child-safety testing for a real manufacturing run all have to be paid for before anyone can own one — which is what the list below is for.
Why It Exists
Why Not Just Use a Pillow?
A tooth fairy pillow can't hold anything shut.
A pocket sewn into fabric is a poor place for something the size of a corn kernel. Teeth slip into the bedding and are never found. ToothSafe closes, and stays closed.
The swap is the whole moment.
Two compartments turn the exchange into something a child can see happen. The tooth was here. Now a coin is. That is the part they remember.
First teeth don't stay long.
They're here for a moment — a small, shining milestone — and then they're gone. ToothSafe is built so the memory doesn't go with them.
“CeCe made it. Arlo kept it. Now we're trying to make more.”
Questions
Tooth Fairy Questions, Answered
What do you do with a baby tooth after it falls out?
Most families keep it. A first lost tooth is a one-time milestone, and an envelope in a drawer rarely survives the years. A container made for the job keeps the tooth safe, findable, and easy to pass on later — which is what ToothSafe is for.
Is ToothSafe a tooth fairy pillow?
No — it is the alternative to one. A tooth fairy pillow is fabric with a pocket, and a tooth that small slips out into the bedding and disappears. ToothSafe is a solid case that closes and stays closed. It does the pillow's job without the risk of losing the tooth.
How does the ToothSafe work?
It is about the size of a hockey puck, with a tooth-shaped lever on the top. Spinning the lever opens the first compartment, sized for a single tooth. Keep spinning and a second, hidden compartment opens — where a coin or a folded dollar can go. The child leaves the tooth in at bedtime and finds the money in the morning.
Can I buy a ToothSafe yet?
Not yet. The prototype is real — built, tested, and featured in the film — but it is not production ready, and manufacturing a run takes knowing people want it. Joining the waitlist costs nothing and commits you to nothing. It is how we make the case for putting ToothSafe into production.
Where can I watch the ToothSafe story?
The Tooth Fairy's Secret Workshop is a free four-minute animated short on YouTube. Arlo asks the Tooth Fairy what she really does with the teeth she collects, and she takes him to her workshop to show him. The ToothSafe appears at 2:45, in the chapter called “The ToothSafe: A Treasure Chest for Teeth”.
What is a tooth fairy box?
A tooth fairy box is a small container a child leaves out with a lost tooth instead of tucking it loose under a pillow. It makes the tooth easy to find, gives the Tooth Fairy somewhere obvious to leave a coin, and leaves the family something to keep afterwards.
What age is ToothSafe for?
Children typically lose their first tooth between four and seven, so ToothSafe is designed with that age in mind — the lever is meant for small hands. It stays useful for every tooth after that, and it is built to be kept long after the last one.
Still curious where teeth actually go? Watch the four-minute film.
Prototype Stage
Help us get the ToothSafe into production.
The ToothSafe exists — it has been designed, built and tested, and you can watch it in the film. What it isn't yet is production ready, and getting there takes showing that families actually want one. Every name on this list is that argument. No payment, no commitment.
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The Wider World
There's a whole workshop behind this.
ToothSafe didn't come from nowhere. It came from CeCe's workshop — a place older and stranger and more wonderful than most people suspect. Visit the workshop to learn where teeth really go.