One of the best things about Christmas i think is the build up to it. It’s just so exciting waiting for the big day to come. Listening to Christmas songs, eating mince pies and best of all, opening our advent calendars everyday. When I was little me and my sister got a cheap chocolate advent which cost £1 and had a little chocolate behind each window. And that is what I have been getting my 3 kids. Until last year. We tried out a Playmobil Advent Calendar and my kids really loved it. It did cost a lot more than the cheap £1 chocolate ones, but it can be played with all year!
If you go shopping there are so many different types of advent calendars now, and these are not just for children. There are loads of different kinds of adult advents to. There are craft beers, make up, candles and I have even seen a sock advent calendar. So today I am sharing with you 10 fab advent calendars.
Wine Advent Calendar
£69.99 from Virgin Wines
24 bottles of Red, White, Prosecco and even a festive Port. Each bottle is around 200ml, enough for a nice glass of wine everyday until Christmas. This is perfect for any wine drinks, but hurry, this is limited edition and will sell out fast. Also Free delivery.
Godiva Chocolate Advent Calendar
£24.00 from Godiva
This a luxury chocolate advent filled with 25 chocs, so you get one on Christmas day too. It contains caramels, pralines, ganache, white, milk and dark chocolates. I have tried two of these so far and they were both really nice.
Personalised Activity Advent Calendar
£14.99 from Find Me a Gift
This is a fun activity filled advent for the kids. And it can be personalised with your child’s name and also a special message. There are songs to sing, pictures to colour, word-searches to do and more. With fun fact on every page too!
Mad Beauty Advent Calendar
£19.99 from Find Me a Gift
This contains 24 windows will cute make up items. includes lipsticks, lipglosses, nail varnishes, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lip liner, blush, brushes, nail fails, and some nail stickers. This would be perfect for teenagers.
Make Your Own Fabric Advent Calendar
£8.50-£12.00 from The Makery
This is a great advent if you want to make your own from scratch. You can buy just the advent fabric or the kit which contains felt baking to make the calendar a bit more solid. The fabric is really gorgeous with cute little winter animals and come will full instructions to make it.
Hotel Chocolate Advent Calendar
£12.50 from Hotel Chocolat
Hotel Chocolat is my favourite chocolate brand, they are just so yummy. These advent calendars come in a choose of milk, white, dark or caramel. I got this white chocolate one for my husband as white is his favourite. The chocolates are shaped like little penguins, reindeer, snowmen etc.
Hanging Snowman Advent Calendar
£6.99 from Born Gifted
I love this cute snowman advent that doubles up as a great Christmas decoration. He is made from MDF board with hessian. Just move his nose everyday to point to how many sleeps are left! A great advent that can be used year after year.
Itty Bittys Handmade Advent Calendar
£6.00 each from Hallmark
These cute little Hallmark Itty Bitty’s plush toys are a great idea to make your own advent calendar with. Simply buy some cute little paper bags and stickers and put one Itty Bitty in each one. There are loads to choose from – Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Snoopy, Superheros, Scooby Doo plus more! I think this is a really great idea and my kids are really going to love this.
Pakkekalendar Advent Calendar
£3.00 from Flying Tiger
Here’s another one that is make your own. This is an empty advent calendar for you to add your own items too. Watch window space is quite big, with number 24 being a double space. Flying Tiger sent me some of their sample items, which would be perfect to include. A snow-globe, mini packs of cards, a cactus eraser, man shaped paperclips and a little game.
12 Days of Christmas Beauty Advent Calendar
£10.99 from Find Me a Gift
Another one that is great for teenagers and women. This one has 12 windows that contains hand cream, body lotion, bath slats, lip balms, bath fizzer, body wash etc.
Playmobil Advent Calendar
£19.99 from Playmobil
And here’s a bonus advent. The Playmobil advents are fantastic and there are 6 different ones to choose from. The best thing about these is your kids can play with them all year through. You can see my full review of this Playmobil Advent here
So there you go, 10 Christmas Advent Calendar plus one more!
Which one is your favourite advent? Do you have a special one this year? let me know in the comments
Oh and here’s a video of me playing with the advents and opening a few windows
Contains pr samples
That wine advent calendar looks like a good one, very different x
LaaLaa recently posted…Solotica Hidrocor Avela
I have the Hotel Chocolat one 🙂 my son has kinder and the boyfriend has Lindt I’m yet to find one for the baby. I was hoping for a picture one but can I find one, NO! Love the playmobil one x
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These are a great selection. Love the wine one x
That wine advent calendar is an absolutely genius idea, I could definitely do with one of those! xxx
A great pick of the calendars. I have to say the wine one looks right up my street alongside the Godiva one x
There’s so much choice in advent calendars now! I love the fabric one! The animals are SO cute!
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I have a yankee candle one this year and I can not wait to start opening it. x
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I like the activity advent calendar and the playmobil calendar for kids. For myself I would love the Hotel Chocolat calendar. #mmbc
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I love advent calendars!! They are the best, I used to get one chocolate one every year from my grandma when I was a kid, but haven’t had one since ages, just feel like if they are not a present they’re not so special, but finally this year my boyfriend got me the feel unique one!!! I’m so exited!!!
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These are are all really cute idea’s for advent calendars, especially for kids! I could use the booze one, only with bigger bottles 🙂
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The wine calendar looks perfect! I’d love to have a beauty advent calendar. I also think the Yankee Candle ones look amazing!!
I need to pick myself up one of these, this year I’ve got my son a play doh one. 🙂
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Love the Flying Tiger one to make up yourself! What a great selection of advent calendars! The wine one is genius!
Oh how fun – our itty bittys have just arrived today to make an advent calendar! Exciting!
Harriet from Toby & Roo recently posted…Judgemental mums & naughty toddlers
I love advent calendars and think it’s so great how different they can be to match your interests and tastes. The wine one would be perfect for me.
Such a cute post and I think the MAD beauty calendars are such amazing value for money x
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Fab post. I think the build up to Christmas is more exciting that the actual day too.
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These are brilliant advent calendars! I really want to get the wine one for myself haha
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Oh wow who knew there was so any awesome advent ideas out there I love the idea of making your own Itty Bitty one.
Sarah Bailey recently posted…5 Best Money-Saving Hacks This Black Friday
The advent calender’s are really nice I particularly like the wine one which I have not seen before.
Nayna Kanabar recently posted…Cooking up a curry with Tefal Ingenio
These are amazing! It’s so exciting to see new ideas rather than just Chocolate, though I am also very fond of those, too! The Hotel Chocolat one looks amazing! I have a Cadbury one and a Tanya Burr one 🙂 x
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These are definitely fab advent calendars, I am yet to pick up an advent calendar but I am loving all of these especially the itsy bittys one as my nephew would love it.
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i’ll have the wine and chocolate ones! i still need an advent calendar for this year but it’s hard to chose just one
we dont spend much on advent calenders as we usually are saving all our pennies for christmas presents- but they look great !
Wow what fabulous ideas! I love the wine calendar – right up my street. I also love the snowman decoration with the moveable nose! Super cute!
I would quite like to make my own calendar as a gift for someone else! Just need to get more organised!
There are so many good ones out this year! My fave has to be the wine one, so cute xx
I think it’s fab that advent calendars aren’t just for kids any more! I like the wine one and the Hotel Chocolat one
What a lovely selection of advent calendars I didn’t know there were wine ones available.
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I love your idea of an Itty Bittys advent calendar, so cool!
I really wanted a beauty advent calendar this year, maybe next Christmas!
I managed to get my hands on the Space NK beauty advent calendar. Not one I reckon I will be getting again next year due to changes in circumstances so this will be a proper treat. These calendars are a far cry from just chocolate shapes. x
I love the wine and make up ones, my megan had a light up poppy one she loved last year, we will be preparing to buy them again before we know it xXx
Hotel CHOCOLATE is a winner for me
PLAYMOBILE for the boys
I’d actually love them all
Wonderful selection – wonder which one I’ll choose this year
Time to choose this years – lego was a big hit – id love a beauty one
Cant beat GOVIVA chocolate – planning a scented advent gor 2019
I’m loving advent calendars nowadays- they are great
Oh fantastic, it’s almost the season! These look great 🙂
I love these ideas, especially the wine calendar, that is a bit of me!