Advent Calendars to Help Countdown The Days
Are you looking for ways to countdown the days until Christmas? Check out these advent calendars that will help you track the days until the big day! Whether you’re looking for a traditional calendar or one with a fun twist, we’ve got you covered!
There are many ways that people mark the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
In our house, using an Advent Calendar is a favorite method.
The younger the child, the harder it can be to count down the days until Christmas Day.
An Advent calendar can help with that. It gives them something tangible to make the impatient time more manageable.
There are so many great options out there, including making your own.
However, I found a few that you can order that the kids will love.
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Activity or Toy-Based Calendars
These calendars may provide a small toy each day, something to make, or just help you remember what day it is.
Got a kid who loves cars, then the Hot Wheels one might be perfect.
My crew has a serious lovelove of PLAYMOBIL and I know those would be used a lot.
Make every day of the holidays an exciting reveal as each numbered door in this Holiday Calendar contains 1 of 16 3-D Pokémon plastic toy figures or 1 of 8 Holiday-themed accessories!
The 2" shiny finish Pokemon toy characters include Pikachu, Eevee, Piplup, Growlithe, Torchic, and MORE!
The smell of cookies is in the air! Join in on some holiday fun with the Advent Calendar - Christmas Baking. Behind each of the twenty-four doors lies a surprise piece for each day leading up to Christmas. Once all the pieces are revealed, bake some delicious cookies in the large double-oven kitchen and then put on your hat and gloves before heading outside to build a snowman. A special visitor in a red suit and sleigh may even appear! Create your own cookies with the three full-size cookie cutters and cookie stamp. Set also includes one adult figure, two child figures, Santa, sleigh, snowman, kitchen accessories, and many other holiday decorations.
Whether you have a child that already loves geology or you want to introduce a dive into it, this Advent Calendar is sure to please. They will have 24 Gemstones to Open Each Day, a Complete Rock Collection, with Mini Gemstone Dig Kit. Includes a collector's pouch to keep all your gems safe.
This calendar includes eight decorated Hot Wheels vehicles and sixteen accessories for every day leading up to the holiday.
Plus, it now includes a brand-new foldout play mat for kids to rev up their imagination with their new Hot Wheels vehicles and accessories.
Celebrate a Knightly Christmas with this Novelmore-themed Advent Calendar. Unlock Novelmore inventor, Dario Da Vanci’s, secret workshop and reveal his exclusive inventions behind the 24 doors that lead up to Christmas. Watch as Gwynn uses the hang glider to defend the kingdom from the Burnham Raiders while Arwynn blocks fire balls with his fire umbrella! The castle wall with tower is equipped with a functioning crossbow and breakthrough wall.
This calendar provides your kids with a daily arts & crafts activity for 24 days before Christmas. When Christmas arrives you'll have ornaments & decorations handmade by your kids.
Looks like the elves are busy getting ready for Christmas! The Advent calendar "Santa's Workshop," with lots of exciting presents, contains twenty-four surprise items for each day leading up to Christmas, including an electric lantern (battery included.) Once all the pieces are revealed, help Santa load the sleigh to deliver the toys! includes backdrop, four figures, sleigh, work bench, reindeer, slide, bike, tons of toys, and plenty of other accessories.
If you have a child that loves science (or you want to love it), try this advent calendar. It includes 24 Exciting Science Tricks & Experiments for Christmas Season.
24 OF THE BEST EVER FAMILY GAMES IN ONE BOX – put the screen aside and enjoy hours and hours of FUN. Comes with a step-by-step picture guide. For kids aged 6 and above. The perfect family bonding experience.
This contains 12 different difficulty metal wire puzzles and 12 pcs plastic unlock interlock puzzles, from easy to difficult, made of quality metal and plastic that is strong and durable.
This colorful Advent Calendar will provide adorable pets and accessories for the kids to use throughout the holiday season.
Inside this Advent Calendar, you'll find a Barbie doll covered from head to toe in a Color Reveal pink coating with snowflakes!
Over the next 24 days, kids open a different peelable panel to discover a new surprise, including a Color Reveal kitten and 2 other winter animal friends. The Barbie doll will look fabulous with a faux fur-trimmed jacket, party dress, leggings, snowflake skirt, 3 pairs of shoes, 7 fashion accessories, and 2 hair extensions.
This Advent Calendar also helps you deck the halls as the included 12" Wooden Tabletop Christmas Tree holds each mini ornament.
This Advent Calendar is perfect for any dino-loving kid. Delight in a daily toy surprise! Will it be a mini dinosaur, a human figure, or a gate or platform piece to build a year-end dramatic play area?
Get ready for a holiday full of treats with the Polly Pocket Advent Calendar featuring a winter wonderland house playset with 4 floors of fun and 8 rooms (living and outdoor themed) and comes with 25 surprises (including micro Polly and Shani dolls).
Building Block Advent Calendars
These are the ones my boys LOVE, especially the Star Wars ones.
When I ordered the first one several years ago, I thought it could be used on a yearly basis. I severely underestimated the boys.
Instead of being thrilled to open and play with the pieces during Advent, they quickly work the pieces into the regular collection of LEGOs.
However, I try to not toss the boxes as they are made to be a play environment.
Added to the Star Wars series, LEGO now has Harry Potter and Marvel ones, too.
Below you'll find a sampling of Advent Calendars that include building blocks that the kids put together each day.
If your child adores Marvel, this one could be a great fit.
Includes Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot and Mantis Minifigures and more to combine with mini-builds and accessories.
Join Olivia’s fun family Christmas. Tour the fun stalls of the market with Olivia, enjoying all the fun Christmas activities before visiting Santa and his reindeer. Comes with 3 LEGO Friends characters, Santa and a reindeer, a sleigh piled with Christmas presents, plus fun Christmas activities
The ever-popular Star Wars-themed Advent Calendar is back. Inside you'll find 8 LEGO Star Wars characters – C-3PO and R2-D2 in festive outfits, Darth Vader in a summer outfit, plus Luke Skywalker, a Clone Trooper Commander, Snowtrooper, Battle Droid and a Gonk Droid; 10 mini build vehicles – Republic Gunship, Droid Trifighter, ARC-170 Starfighter, Bad Batch Shuttle, Luke's Landspeeder, T-16 Skyhopper, V-35 Landspeeder, B-wing, TIE Interceptor, and Hoth AT-ST; 6 other mini builds – Moisture vaporator, a beach scene, ammo rack, Hoth defense turret, Hoth laser, and a Wampa cave.
Another option for Marvel fans, this calendar has 7 minifigures – Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Thor, Captain Marvel, Thanos, and Nick Fury – plus exciting items and amazing accessories from the Marvel Universe that kids will love.
Buildable play experiences include a Quinjet, Helicarrier, Spider-Man drone and Avengers Tower
Lovers of Harry Potter will enjoy this magical countdown to Christmas. Inside you'll find 7 minifigures – Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Moaning Myrtle, Lord Voldemort, Horace Slughorn, Nymphadora Tonks, and Neville Longbottom, plus iconic items from the Harry Potter movies.
This calendar lets you build movie scenes! Toys from the first 3 days make a scene from the first movie, the next 3 days make a scene from the second movie, etc. Kids can also conjure up endless adventures of their own.
This comes with 24 gifts, including Christmas tree and Santa's sleigh miniature builds, 6 LEGO City Adventures TV series minifigures, including Chief Wheeler with Santa costume, plus a city play mat with snow-cleared roads.
This LEGO City Advent Calendar has LEGO City Adventures TV series minifigure characters Top Hat Tom, Bob, Betty, Sam Grizzled, Shirley Keeper and Fendrich, plus a buildable Duke DeTain snowman and a snowy city play mat.
29 Pcs Pixel Game Characters and Pets in the game, each about 1.97 inches. Some doors have 2 or 3 figures! Each Miner figure was individually wrapped in plastic.
Another fabulous Harry Potter Advent Calendar. It includes Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil and Cho Chang minifigures, plus buildable models such as a miniature Beauxbaton's carriage and dining table with ice-castle centerpiece. As the big day gets closer, kids can recreate Hogwarts holiday scenes – including the amazing Yule Ball
Does your family use an Advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas?
What style most appeals to you?
This post was originally published on November 13, 2016, and has been updated as of November 6, 2022.