Advent calendar filler ideas for children
Ideas for gifts to fill a DIY advent calendar for children
Here are our best suggestions for advent calendar fillers for children.
Mickey and Friends Share The Magic Advent Calendar 2023
DIY Children’s Christmas Envelopes Advent Calendar 2023
DIY Children’s Christmas Envelopes Advent Calendar – Content
The DIY Children’s Christmas Envelopes Advent Calendar is a personalized advent calendar with envelopes, stickers, pegs, and twine. You can fill them with your chosen items and recycle the envelopes after use.
- 24 Kraft Envelopes (C6 Size)
- 24 Envelope Sticker Seals
- 24 Wooden Pegs
- 5 Metres Of Twine
Ella James 40 Piece Filler Set For Advent Calendar 2023
Ella James 40 Piece Filler Set For Advent Calendar – Content
The Ella James 40 Piece Filler Set for Advent Calendar features beauty, jewelry, stationery, and sweets for girls. The Advent calendar itself is not included, promising daily surprises with diverse contents.
- x 2 sweet doll nail varnish
- X 1 nail File box
- X 3 lip balm : Unicorn , Mermaid , cupcake
- X 2 rings :
- X 2 macaroon shaped ring boxes
- x 3 packets of nail files
- x 2 Unicorn jar necklaces with charms
- X 6 Unicorn milk chocolate coins in silver , pink and blue Unicorn foil wrap
- X 6 ‘Love Heart’ Sweet rolls
- X 5 Fizzers sweet rolls
- X 4 Mini glitter jars for crafting
- X 3 Rubbers , 1 Unicorn and 1 Rainbow , 1 macaroon
- X 1 set of pink decorative angel wings
- x 1 velour shell box and hair clip
- x 1 pink Toadstool bauble
Stitch Soft Banner Advent Calendar 2023
Stitch Soft Banner Advent Calendar – Content
Introducing the Stitch 2022 DIY Christmas Countdown Calendar, an official Disney creation filled with 24 Lilo and Stitch-themed surprises, including stickers, playsets, and character merchandise. It’s a magical way to count down to the holidays.
Gisela Graham Father Christmas Train Wooden Advent Calendar 2023
Disney Fabric Mickey Advent Calendar 2023
Advent calendar packaging
Take a look at our ideas for home-made advent calendars:
- These reindeer boxes are super cute and festive and come with a number sticker for each day:
- If you are good at sewing, this sewing panel for advent stockings is a great idea:
- Alternatively, buy some ready-made stockings like these:
- Get some paper bags and print off these free tags for a DIY advent calendar:
- Make an advent calendar out of some old jars – simply decorate them to look festive and put a number on each one
- Create a treasure hunt – simply wrap the gift, hide it somewhere in your house and hand them a new clue each morning
Toys and games
All children love to play – so we have put together a great selection of toys and games for their advent calendar:
- Challenge them with this panda jigsaw puzzle:
- Print off this free ocean matching game:
- This Olaf lego is the perfect advent calendar filler:
- Put their favourite book in their advent calendar and take them for a walk to act out the story – ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ is perfect for this
- Get them ready for Christmas with this Santa’s Sleigh playmobil:
- Print off this free unicorn board game:
- Cute, squishy and lovable – this sparkly squishy buddy is the perfect little gift for just £1.80:
- Take them to Build-a-Bear Workshop to make and dress their own teddy
Science and discovery
If your children are little scientists and discoverers, these could be the perfect gifts for them:
- The world is their oyster with this jigsaw puzzle:
- Find a new way to drink with these DIY straws:
- A magnifying glass can be a lot of fun and is the perfect size to fit in an advent calendar
- Teach them about their favourite animals with this dinosaur book:
- Buy some seed packets from your local supermarket or garden centre and plant something and watch it grow together
- Treat your scientist to this rainbow lab kit:
- Print off some free science experiments to do with them, such as this baking soda volcano experiment:
- Get them a mini microscope
- This light up terrarium kit would make a perfect Christmas day gift:
Books and stories
Here are a selection of books and printable stories to go in an advent calendar:
- Print off this free elf on the shelf poem:
- ‘Enid Blyton’s Christmas Tales’ book:
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens:
- ‘The Gruffalo’ book:
- ‘The Snail and the Whale’ book:
- ‘Little Piccola’ by Nora A. Smith
- Take them to a storytelling event at a local library or bookstore
Arts and crafts
Here are our advent calendar filler suggestions for your young artist:
- Download and print off our free Christmas colouring pages and dot paintings
- Mould and paint glow-in-the-dark space kit:
- Colouring pencils
- Some coloured paper
- Sewing llama:
- Treat them to this LOL Surprise activity set (this is especially great for taking on long journeys to visit family over Christmas):
- Fun stickers
- Stamps
- Some big chalks for drawing on the pavement
- Build your own robot stickers:
Christmas baking
We have some great ideas for keen bakers:
- Check out our roasted chestnuts recipe which is free to download and print off
- Keep the mess of their clothes with these children’s cooking apron and hat:
- Christmas cookie cutters
- Christmas cupcake cases
- A rainbow cake kit:
- A recipe for a chocolate Yule log:
- Treat them to this ‘Christmas Baking for Children’ book:
- Rolling pin
- A gingerbread house kit:
Sweets
Sweet treats to put in their advent calendar:
- Fill a Kinder Surprise Egg with a small gift of your own – check out our DIY instructions
- Take a look at our DIY hot chocolate page for free instructions
- Treat them to something unique with this personalised milk chocolate bear:
- Have some fun with these Bean boozled jelly beans:
- Cadbury selection box
- M&Ms
- Microwave popcorn
- Christmas jelly pops:
- Chocolate coins
- Chocolate santa
Vouchers
Here are some vouchers for you to print off:
- Zoo voucher
- Circus voucher
- Storytime voucher
- Favourite game voucher
- Tidy room voucher
- Carousel voucher
- Sweet treat at the Christmas markets voucher
- Baking cookies voucher
- Milkshake voucher
- Homemade popcorn voucher
- Favourite sweet voucher
- Favourite cake voucher
- Baking gingerbread men voucher
- Hot chocolate voucher
- Roasted chestnuts voucher
- Go to bed without brushing teeth voucher
- Fudge voucher
- Movie night voucher
- Favourite food voucher
- Ice skating voucher
- Mince pie voucher
- Crêpe at the Christmas markets voucher
- Baking a cake voucher
- Decision maker voucher
Useful things
Put something useful in their advent calendar! Here are our suggestions:
- Stationary essentials, such as a ruler, rubber or pencil sharpener
- Bell for their bike or scooter
- Llamacorn notebook:
- Coloured pencils for travelling
- Snack box for school lunches or picnics
- Children’s toothbrush or travel toothbrush for overnight trips
- Snowmen safety reflectors:
- Christmas socks
Boys
Here are our advent calendar filler suggestions for boys:
- Print off a free pirate flag:
- A card game, such as Top Trumps
- Shark hand puppet:
- Make a cardboard sword:
- Water pistols
- Robotic hand:
- Dinosaur temporary tattoos
Minecraft and Fortnite
Here are our advent calendar filler suggestions for children who love Minecraft and Fortnite:
- Game credit
- Minecraft TNT mug:
- A voucher for an evening playing video games
- ‘The Fortnite Guide to Staying Alive’ book:
Girls
We have selected a few perfect advent calendar gifts for girls:
- Hair scrunchies
- Lip balm
- Clam light:
- Mermaid headband:
- Bath bombs
- Barbie doll or accessories
- Disney bath bomb:
- Nail polish
- Bright pink pompom earrings:
Unicorns
Here are our ideas for children who love unicorns:
- Print off a free unicorn face mask:
- Print off a free unicorn bookmark for colouring in:
25th December
Here are our suggestions for the final gift of the advent calendar.
Christmas jumpers:
Christmas pyjamas:
Christmas t-shirts:
Other festive clothing items: