When we took the first grandchild to DisneyWorld and found out about pin trading, we knew Disney had found an incredible way to separate people from their money. We bought Maeve a "starter" kit with six cheap pins to trade. Pins range in price from $4-$20, depending on if they have a "Hidden Mickey" or are a collector's pin. Here's how this works:
* Any Disney castmember (employee) MUST trade pins with any child.
* The child can trade the least expensive starter pins for a collectible if the castmember has one.
It's amazing how quickly the kids get into this. All three of our grandchildren who have been to Disney with us loved wearing their lanyard with their pins proudly displayed. They would be on the lookout for castmembers who had pins on their lanyards so they could trade.
Here's a really great tip that we learned after taking two of the kids with us. Go to E-bay and search for Disney Trading Pins. You will find literally hundreds of people selling "lots" of pins - anywhere from 30-40 in a lot. Cost is generally $30 for 40 pins.
We purchased a lot of these before we took Ian in April. Some of the pins in the lot were collectibles; some had Hidden Mickeys on them. Those we kept until Ian found out that there were other pins he wanted. Then we might trade one of the Hidden Mickeys.
This is great fun for the kiddos and we enjoyed just watching them ponder over the pins that they could trade.
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