50 Ideas to Put in a Wooden Advent Calendar for Children
Both of my children have the wooden advent calendars you can get. My son has a wooden train and my daughter a little wooden house. They look fabulous and traditional and Christmassy, but the drawers are really small. I have to admit that last year, I took a bit of a cop out and just filled the drawers with mostly chocolate, but I wanted to be a bit more inventive this year, so I decided to do a bit of research and have a bit of a brainstorm of all of the things I could put into those little drawers instead.
I find purchasing items for their advent calendars is one of the first things I do in preparation for Christmas, so now is the time to start thinking about them so I can get them ready for the 1st December. So here are 50 Ideas to Put in a Wooden Advent Calendar for Children.
- Chocolates
- Jelly sweets/beans
- Raisins
- Marshmallows
- Chocolate coins
- Fudge
- Popping candy
- A balloon
- Small tree decoration
- Jumping beans
- Mini Lego figure
- Stickers
- Satchet of hot chocolate
- Map to a treasure hunt
- Hair bobbles/clips
- Fake Tattoos
- Play jewellery
- Mini rubbers
- Small Playmobil figure
- Finger puppet
- A piece of paper with a Christmas activity that you are going to do that day – baking / go to see the Christmas lights / Christmas craft
- Small crayons
- Mini dinosaur/animal figure/soldiers
- Small Christmas badge
- Keyring
- Glow in the dark stars
- Small doll clothes
- Pocket money
- Paperchain strips
- Pencil sharpener
- Fridge magnet
- Bouncy ball
- Packet of seeds
- Pot/tube of glitter
- Mini notepad
- Party popper
- Marbles
- Lip balm
- Pencil topper
- Jumping frogs
- Magnetic letters
- Puzzles pieces – spread across several days
- Small Sylvanian figure or doll
- Craft stamps
- Battery powered tea lights for their room
- Shopkins
- Suprise mini gift bags – you can get these for a lot of popular shows – My Little Pony, Transformers, Paw Patrol, My Little Pony…
- Stick on earrings
- Colourful/glow in the dark laces
- Plasticine
Happy Shopping! x
Great post Laura!! We have a little house asveng calendar this year so this is a great reminder for me to start getting the goodies xx
What great ideas! One of my favourite memories of childhood is the little cardboard chimney with 24 boxes that we had year after year as kids. I even tried to recreate it a few years back (not very successfully, unfortunately – it wasn’t strong enough to survive more than a year!) They are so much more fun than the chocolate ones, because half the excitement is not knowing what will be in there each day 🙂
This is pinterst Gold Laura! 🙂 I enjoyed reading all your suggestions. make sure you pin it around october/ november next year! It could do really well.