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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Some time ago I read a post where the person sprinkled "pixie dust" and left a gift for her child(ren) from Tinker Bell (a reward for good behavior I seem to remember).
How does one make Pixie Dust?
There are a couple of upcoming things I'm doing as we're getting ready for our trip that are a surprise for my family. Imagine what it would be like to have a little pixie dust scattered around the area where I'd leave the gifts!
That's what I've read people use - glitter. Myself, I wouldn't use it only because I would feel guilty about making the room a real mess for Mousekeeping. I know it's their job to clean up, but I was raised to not make more work for other people.
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I had thought about glitter, but I too would be concerned about the amount of extra work that Mousekeeping would have to do. I fear that even if we use just a little bit, glitter is hard to clean up. I can think of more than one homemade craft project with glue and glitter that I found glitter in the carpet weeks afterward.
I like the idea of the body glitter. It's smaller and lighter and I would think easier to vacuum because it's not a bunch of rigid little pieces to pick up.
I'm now wondering if there might be another way to see pixie dust without sprinkling in all over. How else could I show it or represent it?
I don't know if you would want to reward them with money, but here's an idea. My daughter lost her first tooth while we were at Disney. That night Tinkerbell left her a $10 bill under her pillow with some pixie dust on it. I used a fine glitter that I use in my scrapbooking and only put it on the money so as not to make a mess everywhere. She was thrilled. Ten dollars was alot of money for the tooth fairy, but after all we were in WDW!
Body glitter is usually easier to clean up, but the loose glitter is more expensive. You could glue and sprinkle just a tiny bit (of any kind) of glitter on to a piece of cute stationary and leave the gift with a "note" from Tink. This is something you could do ahead and keep the glitter mess at home.
You could glue and sprinkle just a tiny bit (of any kind) of glitter on to a piece of cute stationary and leave the gift with a "note" from Tink. This is something you could do ahead and keep the glitter mess at home.
I was thinking this would be a good idea too. That way the note has the Pixie Dust and can be kept for a scrapbook if you are into that!!!
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OH - just thought of something - put the glitter on your fingers and then press it onto the note where Tink would have been holding it - Like you are leaving Tink's fingerprints!!!! (Only someone who works for law enforcement would think of this!!!)
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
My wife used multi-colored glitter as proof that the tooth fairy had left money for our son. His response was to look at us and say "That proves that the tooth fairy is real!"
I think that the same stuff would work well for Tink.
I don't know if this would help but in the movie Tink gets her little rump stuck in a box with a key hole. You could find a small box at hobby lobby or make a cardboard box really cute and cut out a whole and then leave the dust and present in the box, along with a spool of thread etc like in the movie.
You could also use sparkle confetti. They have some at art supply stores and most major arts and crafts stores.
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