On Friday night, I went to my very first official pin trading night. It was so exciting! I walked in with my wimpy little lanyard, looking at people spread out all over tables with their books of pins. That didn’t discourage me.

First I went into the Kid’s Corral. There is a board of pins where you can take one, and leave any one you want. There are also a bunch of kids ages four to twelve wandering trying to trade. It’s a really nice little place.

I made several trades at the tables. I listened. I talked. I learned. It was cool. Then I discovered the pin boards. There are four boards. You wait in line, and then randomly pick a board. Then you have thirty seconds to trade up to two pins. After the thirty seconds, you point to the pins you want, and the person takes them off, as you walk away (hopefully) happily.

The only rules are that you only have thirty seconds, can trade up to two pins, and can not touch the pins to look at the back.

 We also went to Downtown Disney, where I got an awesome Jack Skellington pin bag, and traded a few more pins. We also bought some mystery sets. Mystery sets are a box that contains two pins out of a possible ten. They make good traders!

If you are interested in trading pins with me, go to my website, The Pin Traitor.