Thu. Dec 19th, 2024

Best Children’s Advent Calendars 2024

Toy Advent Calendar

Toy-filled Advent calendars are the ultimate way to bring added excitement to the festive season. Unlike traditional chocolate or treat-filled calendars, toy-filled versions offer lasting enjoyment and playtime fun. Toy Advent calendars also provide an opportunity for imaginative play, sparking creativity and adding an extra sprinkle of magic to the Christmas countdown. From Thomas The Tank Engine to Barbie

The Usborne Advent Bookshelf 

24 Storybooks to enjoy this Christmas. This enchanting advent boxset contains a wonderful, ready-made library of 24 beautifully illustrated storybooks. Count down the days to Christmas with magical tales of princes and princesses, elves and emperors, a puppet and even a dinosaur. A mix of fairy tales, traditional stories and timeless classics, the stories offer something for everyone. As the big day approaches, there are plenty of festive treats to share, including The 12 Days of Christmas, A Christmas Carol and, of course, the story of the nativity. Even after the excitement of Christmas has faded, the exciting stories in the boxset can be enjoyed again and again, for many years to come.

Fortnum’s Children’s Chocolate Advent Calendar

Filled with as much festive cheer as Father Christmas’s sleigh, our Chocolate Advent Calendar is laden with 25 premium milk chocolates. This advent calendar is perfect for children (and adults – after all, who can resist such delicious, chocolatey treats?), so look behind the doors of Fortnum’s Piccadilly home to discover creamy milk chocolate presents, trees, teddy bears and even Father Christmas himself, each made lovingly in the south of England from sustainably sourced cocoa. There’s an extra-special surprise on Christmas Day – but don’t go peeking before the big day arrives, or you might find yourself on the Naughty List… The organic chocolates within this Christmas advent calendar have a cocoa content of 37%, giving them a deliciously milky, malty taste with notes of caramel.

Noah’s Ark Advent Calendar

A wonderful way to enjoy the countdown to Christmas, with a different bible story.  Behind each door is a wooden gift, with a special treat for December 24th to make up a Noah’s Ark Play set.

Children will love this advent calendar, each door opening to reveal part of a Noah’s Ark wooden playset.  With: Noah and his wife; 10 pairs of animals; A rainbow; An ark

A traditional wooden toy that has lasting appeal and will be played with long after Christmas! 12 months + £27.00

Personalised Wooden Advent Calendars

Get your hand on a Personalised Christmas, easy to assemble, wooden advent calendar that is bound to get everyone excited to count down for the beautiful Christmas day and also have your countdown to Christmas in style. This will definitely wow everyone in the household. Re-usable year after year a great tradition for children. £13.99

Bluey Advent Calendar With Stationery And Accessories

This amazing Bluey Advent Calendar for kids is filled with official Bluey stationery and accessories, with 24 fun surprises to discover. Make their December more exciting with Bluey!  You can see from the image for more details on what’s included. £20.49

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