16 Fun Advent Calendar Ideas for the Whole Family
Does your family love counting down the days until Christmas? A great way to celebrate this time of year is with an Advent calendar. You’re sure to find something that will suit your taste and budget in this list of Advent calendars for the whole family to celebrate a Christmas countdown!
What is the history of the Advent calendar?
Advent calendars started in 19th century Germany as a way for families to count down the days in anticipation of Christmas morning. There are 24 windows that children open starting on December 1 and ending on Christmas Eve. Each day reveals an image, Bible verse, or even a chocolate. Although the styles have changed over the years, the daily celebration for excited children is still the same—what will the calendar show today?
Advent Calendar Ideas
If you are looking for advent calendar ideas for your house this year, you should check out these options. There is one for every family’s budget and interests!
Traditional Christmas Countdown Calendars
In festive red and white, this Christmas countdown is the perfect choice for getting everyone in the family excited for the holidays. Smartly designed with small drawers instead of doors, this Christmas countdown box is ideal for getting the family excited for the holidays.
Stunning gold foil and beautiful Morris designs make this advent calendar a sophisticated gift for friends and family. Countdown to Christmas in refined Morris style with twenty four Assorted bath & Beauty products in three signature scents.
Father Christmas – Jumbo Size Advent Calendar
Embrace the traditional spirit of the season with this St. Nicholas traditional advent calendar. You’ll be counting down the days until Christmas in style.
Felt Advent Calendars
Hang these fun and festive felt advent calendars year after year to celebrate the days leading up to Christmas. Perfect for families with little ones!
Nativity Fabric Advent Calendar (Countdown to Christmas)
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Advent Calendars for Kids
Your LEGO and Star Wars fans will love this one! Great combination of toys and a countdown, which makes a great gift.
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar
If you have girls, they probably enjoy LEGO Friends and would love to get a small gift per day as they countdown to Christmas. Cute and collectible!
My daughters love horses and Schleich has some of the nicest collectibles for play and display. This one is very nice quality.
Schleich Horse Stable Christmas Advent Calendar Set
If you’ve got a Nintendo fan in your family, you’ll want to add this to your Christmas countdown!
Nintendo Advent Calendar Super Mario Christmas Holiday Calendar with 17 Articulated 2.5
Melissa & Doug is known for high quality, educational toys. This wooden magnetic Christmas tree countdown is great for little hands and will hold up well for years to come. It’s so bright and cheerful, too!
Little squishy toys are so popular with boys and girls. This Advent calendar offers a squishy a day till Christmas.
I love the idea of combining a favorite book and author with a Christmas countdown. This popup Advent calendar offers an ornament a day to decorate your tree.
The World of Eric Carle(TM) Eric Carle’s Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar: (Childrens Advent Calendar, Childrens Christmas Books, Childrens Calendars) (Eric Carle (ERIC))
Luxury Advent Calendar
Dream Big This Christmas Deluxe Beauty Advent Calendar from The Body Shop
Who wouldn’t want to open 24 days worth of high quality bath and beauty products? Not only that, this Advent calendar has a bit of trivia daily about brilliant women who have dreamed big and made history. You can arrange the empty boxes to create a Christmas village as you go, too.
Simple, classic, affordable.
Woodland Holiday Advent Calendar
The important thing is to create memories and enjoy traditions with your children as you teach them about the true meaning of Christmas. That’s what will leave a lasting legacy for your family for years to come!
Which advent calendar idea is your favorite? What are your Christmas countdown traditions?
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We love doing advent! Thank you for these ideas.
What an amazing giveaway! Thank you! $500 would be an amazing blessing. Of course we can always find things to use it on for us, but I would love to pass it on to other families in greater need than myself and show my kids what it means to give.
Love this, love me some Christmas! In years past we’ve used the advent season to do a daily act of kindness or service project to count down. Can’t believe it’s already almost that time of year!