Advent calendar filler ideas for men

For everyone who is newly in love or has been together for a long time, we recommend the following advent calendar ideas:

• Make a ‘things I want to experience with you’ or ‘reasons why I love you’ glass
• Put a date in her advent calendar – take a look at our ‘a year of dates’ page for inspiration
• Create a personalised map poster of a special place to you, such as the place you met or the location of your favourite holiday together:

• Make some love cards to let him know what you love about him:

• Get him this cute and funny ‘I Hate You the Least’ book:

• Surprise him with this book of love vouchers:

• Treat him to a personalised heart-shaped chocolate tag:

• Make a mini photo album and fill it with your favourite photos together
• Print off a voucher for a candle light dinner

Our beauty suggestions for men:

• Follow our tea light bases instructions to create some unique candles for him
• Treat him to a nice set of shower gels from your local drug store or supermarket
• Give him soft feet with this Pumice Power foot soap: 

• Learn how to give him a foot massage and give him a voucher for one free foot massage

• Give him something to read with this book, ‘The Little Book of Self Care’ by Joanna Gray:

• Put together a little pamper set for him with a selection of soaps, face masks and bath salts – a great face mask is the L’Oreal men expert charcoal face mask:

• Make your own bath salts for him:

• This manicure set is the perfect size for an advent calendar:

• Print off a spa day voucher – check Groupon for deals in your area
• Get him a new scent with this Police To Be King eau de toilette for just £12.95:

Here are our advent calendar filler recommendations for men with a beard:

• Get his beard ready for the festive season with these festive feast beard baubles:

• and these beard lights:

• Make your own shaving cream for him to keep his beard tidy:

• and get him this beard shaping template to go with it:

• DIY some beard oil for him:

• This handy keyring will make sure he’s looking his best wherever he goes:

• Print off some free beard facts:

• Give him something to read with ‘The Little Book of Beards’:

Here are our suggestions for products which are perfect for the bedroom:

• Treat him to this blindfold and love spray kit by This Works:

• Print off a massage voucher
• The perfect size for the advent calendar, this knotty but nice massage oil:

• Bring some games to the bedroom with these free strip poker printables:

• Get him some Christmas underwear
• These candy love rings are ideal for those with a sweet tooth:

• Print off some kama sutra positions to try out together (you could print off a few for different days of the advent calendar)

For all fitness lovers, runners and athletes, we have the following ideas:

• Print off a free workout plan:

• Sign him up for some classes or get him a gym membership for your local gym
• Check out Groupon for some sports deals like tennis or golf lessons
• Get him a mini foam roller for faster recovery after exercising:

• Treat him to some healthy snacks such as these protein energy balls:

•  and this chocolate protein shake:

• If he likes to make his own snacks, take a look at this ‘Healthy Eating for Life’ recipe book:

• Print off a free health tracker:

• Test his knowledge with this sport IQ quiz card game:

Here are our suggestions for all football players and fans:

• Fill his advent calendar with football essentials such as a new football:

• a football pump:

• or some football socks:

• Take him to your local football museum
• Buy match tickets for the team he supports
• Take him for a trip to the pub to watch a football match
• Get tickets for a stadium tour of his favourite team – check out lastminute.com to see if they have any deals
• Treat him to some merchandise of the team he supports, such as this Arsenal baseball cap:

• this West Ham United football scarf:

• or this Manchester United Christmas stocking:

• Give him something to read with this ‘How to be a Footballer’ book:

• Get him this neon table football for his man cave:

For cyclists and mountain bikers, we recommend the following:

• Take him on a bike tour
• Get him some accessories for his bike, like this bike phone holder:

• or some essential tools like this rehook:

• Give him some things to customise his bike with such as these LED wheel lights:

• Print off some free bike wall art:

• Inspire him with this ‘Epic Bike Rides of the World’ book:

• Send him for a bicycle repair class

For all men who aren’t themselves when their not on their motorbike, we have the following gift ideas:

• Send him on an off-roading experience
• Inspire him with ‘The Greatest Ever Round-the-world Motorbike Adventure’ book:

• Get tickets for your local motorcycle museum – check out lastminute.com for deals
• Print off some free wall art and frame it:

• Treat him to this motorbike t-shirt for just £14.99:

• Never let him lose his keys with this personalised motorbike keyring:

For all car lovers and Formula 1 fans, we have the following advent calendar filler suggestions:

• Send him on a supercar driving experience – check out Groupon for deals near you
• Get him some accessories for his car such as the interior car lights:

• this sloth car decal:

• or this car sauce holder:

• Take him to a car show
• Take him to watch a car race
• Drive him to the most expensive area near you and see how many supercars you can see
• Treat him to some merchandise of his favourite car manufacturer, such as this Lamborghini hat:

• Bring out his fun side with this remote control Ferrari:

• If he has a sweet tooth, get him a milk chocolate racing car:

Here are our suggestions for those men who love to be in the wilderness:

• Take him on a camping trip – find some Airbnb glamping experiences if you plan to go in the winter
• Fill the advent calendar with camping essentials, such as this personal water filter:

•  this reusable cutlery set:

• or these campfire games:

• Print off a free camping journal:

• Take him on a winter woodland walk
• Get him an English Heritage or National Trust membership
• Test his skills with a GoApe treetop challenge:

• Treat him to some snacks from your local supermarket for taking on adventures
• If he prefers to make his own, get him ‘The Camping Cookbook’:

• Make some clay impressions for him to hang on the Christmas tree:

• Let him decorate his space with this set of 3 nature prints:

• Get him a waterproof single use camera:

If he can’t keep away from a barbecue, even in the winter months, we suggest these gift ideas:

• Get him some essential tools for the barbecue, such as this barbecue tool set:

•  this barbecue grill light:

• and this man apron:

• Make sure his food is always tasty with this barbecue sauce selection:

• Make it personal with this personalised BBQ sauce label:

• Make your own barbecue sauce or print off this recipe for him to make it himself:

• Plan a surprise barbecue evening and invite some of his friends over
• Bing out his fun and creative side (and show him what you don’t want to happen) with this LEGO barbecue burn out set:

Here are our advent calendar filler ideas for men who love to be in the kitchen:

• Download and print off our free recipe for roasted chestnuts
• Send him on a cooking course – check out Groupon for local deals
• Get him some cooking essentials, such as this chopping board set:

• or a personalised wooden spoon:

• A recipe for mince pies:

• A recipe for a chocolate Yule log:

• Or, buy him a recipe book, such as the ‘LEON Happy Curries Cookbook’:

• Make him a chef’s hat:

• Get him some wall art to put in his kitchen, for example, Chef wall art:

• Print off a baking voucher

Some like it hot – here are our recommendations for chilli lovers:

• He can now grow his own chillies with this chilli growing kit:

• Inspire his spicy cooking with this chilli cookbook:

• Write him a voucher for a trip to a local Indian restaurant
• Buy him some chillies from your local supermarket
• Treat him to some spicy foods, such as this chilli chocolate block:

• or some chilli sauce:

• Print off this free list of dos and don’ts when cooling your mouth after eating spicy food:

• Get him this chilli print t-shirt:

• Print off some free chilli wall art:

Here are our ideas for those who like the occasional alcoholic beverage to keep them warm in the festive period:

• Print off a voucher for mulled wine or cider at the Christmas markets
• Treat him to his favourite drink – see if they have it in your local supermarket
• Let him decorate the Christmas tree with these festive boozeballs which you can fill with his favourite drinks:

• or these cheer shaped Christmas baubles:

• Alcohol is not just for drinking – pop this spreadable whisky marmalade in his advent calendar:

• or some rum truffles:

• Print off a festive drinking game to play together:

• get him this drinking roulette game:

• or ‘The Little Book of Drinking Games’:

• DIY some beer coasters for him:

• Go all out and take him to a beer spa in Prague
• Make it unique with a personalised whisky glass and miniature Southern Comfort:

• This colour changing gin infusing kit is great for experimental gin lovers:

• Put these special deer head bottle openers in his advent calendar:

Here are our ideas for the final gift of the advent calendar.

Games are a big part of Christmas day – here are some that we love:

• Pass the parcel pudding:

• Stuff the turkey game:

• Print off some free Christmas photo booth props:

• Print off a free Christmas bingo game:

Christmas jumpers are a Christmas day essential! Here are some of our favourites:

• Supermarket lovers will love this Tesco finest Christmas jumper:

• The Christmas jumper for Rick and Morty fans:

• Elephant Christmas jumper:

• Santa’s little helper jumper:

• Technically not a jumper, but still great – this how to draw a reindeer t-shirt: