24 great gift ideas to put in your children’s Advent calendar
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24 great gift ideas to put in your children’s Advent calendar

It’s the same struggle every year: coming up with ideas for bits and bobs to put in my kids’ Advent calendar. Here are 24 suggestions for under ten francs each.

It could all be so simple. Picking out a ready-made Advent calendar, popping it in my shopping cart. Done. After all, there are plenty of models available in all colours and shapes, for every age and every interest.

And yet, I’ve still never shop-bought one. Why? Because they’re as unspectacular as the daily trip to the letterbox. Although you never really know what to expect, you’re still disappointed every time, because it’s always the same in the end.

That’s why I opt for the more expensive and elaborate version every year. This involves taking the time to look for small gifts and vouchers for my two children. The trade-off for them is that they have to share. But even with «just» 24 small gift ideas to come up with, I barely make it every year. How other parents mothers manage to annually make four or five Advent calendars – for their own children and their godchildren – is a mystery to me. Do they start their search in the summer?

My 24 advent calendar ideas

What always helps me are other people’s ideas. In other words: let’s inspire each other! Here are 24 suggestions that cost less than ten francs. In combination with my Advent calendar suggestions from the years 2023 and 2022, this adds up to 72 gift ideas. And if you leave your ideas in the comments below, we’ll have an even more colourful potpourri of small gift ideas.

My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games (German, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg, 2021)
Children's books

My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games

German, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg, 2021

Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau (German)
Board games
Quantity discount
EUR7,39

Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau

German

Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
Craft sets

Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie

EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm (Brown, 1 x)
Pens

EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm

Brown, 1 x

Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design (Frame bag)
Bike bag

Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design

Frame bag

Gowi number slider puzzle small (German)
Board games
Quantity discount
EUR9,73

Gowi number slider puzzle small

German

Playmobil Confectioner (71479, Playmobil Special Plus)
Playmobil
EUR9,90

Playmobil Confectioner

71479, Playmobil Special Plus

My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games (German, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg, 2021)

My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games

German, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg, 2021

Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau (German)
Quantity discount
EUR7,39

Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau

German

Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie

Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie

EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm (Brown, 1 x)

EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm

Brown, 1 x

Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design (Frame bag)

Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design

Frame bag

Gowi number slider puzzle small (German)
Quantity discount
EUR9,73

Gowi number slider puzzle small

German

Playmobil Confectioner (71479, Playmobil Special Plus)
EUR9,90

Playmobil Confectioner

71479, Playmobil Special Plus

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