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Advent Calendars for Everyone: Kids, Beauty, Food & Gifts
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items Advent calendars have come a long way from the little chocolate ones we used to get as kids. I've been rounding up all kinds of options for kids, teens, and adults, from beauty and skincare to coffee, tea, candy, toys, puzzles, crafts, and collectibl...
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Play & Discovery
Beauty & Self-Care
Food & Drink
Gifts & Collectibles
Play & Discovery
LEGO builds, Hot Wheels, puzzles, science experiments and other fun advent calendars for boys and girls, with daily surprises that are actually worth opening. I looked for filled 24-day countdowns with toys, activities and things kids can keep playin...
I'm always a sucker for an advent calendar that's more interesting than opening a little piece of chocolate every day. This one has 24 cute animal builds, with a new little project waiting behind each door. Don't let the small size fool you—these tak...
Building Blocks Advent Calendar
If she loves having a little surprise to open every morning, this makes the countdown to Christmas extra fun. With 25 days of surprises, there's something new to look forward to each day instead of just another chocolate behind the door. A cute gift ...
Maisonette 2026 Girls Advent Calendar
I like that this one gives kids more to discover than just a piece of candy every morning. There are 25 days of surprises, including wooden toys, little cars, crafts, key fobs, and other goodies. It's designed for ages 3 and up, with a mix of things ...
Maisonette 2026 Boys Advent Calendar
LEGO advent calendars are such a fun way to build up to Christmas, especially when there's more to them than little pieces to collect. This one has 24 days of mini builds, holiday characters, and accessories, including Santa, Mrs. Claus, three elves,...
LEGO | 5+ City 60510 Advent Calendar Building Kit
A fun one for little Barbie fans who would rather unwrap a new fashion surprise every day than get candy. The 24-day countdown includes clothing, shoes, jewelry, purses, sunglasses and other styling pieces, plus a little puppy for storytelling and pl...
BARBIE | Fab Advent Calendar
A great countdown for a Hot Wheels kid, with 24 daily surprises including 10 1:64-scale cars, 14 festive accessories and ornament clips for hanging the cars on the Christmas tree. One of the cars is an exclusive snow-globe design with a Yeti driver, ...
HOT WHEELS | 2026 Advent Calendar
This is a fun alternative to the usual toy advent calendar: 24 days of hands-on science experiments covering chemistry, biology and physics. Each little box contains materials and illustrated instructions, with experiments designed to be quick enough...
THAMES & KOSMOS | Science Advent Calender
LEGO Friends fans get a whole little winter world to explore with this 24-day countdown. Liann, Nova, and Aliya are ready for snowball fights, sleigh rides, hot chocolate, and plenty of holiday fun, with six animal friends joining in—including a seal...
LEGO | 6+ Friends Advent Calendar 2026 - 42698
Beauty & Self-Care
Beauty and self-care advent calendars with makeup, fragrance, skincare, haircare, bath and body products, from everyday favorites to seriously luxe splurges. I’m especially interested in calendars with a worthwhile mix of full-size, travel-size and d...
A really solid beauty countdown if you'd rather open actual products than 24 tiny samples. There are 13 full-size products, five travel-size finds, and six beauty accessories, with a mix of makeup, skincare, bath goodies, and tools. That's a nice var...
SEPHORA COLLECTION Advent Calendar 24 Days of Beauty Surprises
This is the serious luxury advent calendar: 24 Acqua di Parma surprises spanning fragrance, hand and body care, soaps and candles, with 12 travel-size fragrances and a 50ml Colonia Il Profumo waiting behind the final door. Even the calendar itself is...
Acqua di Parma Grand Hotel Sprezzatura Advent Calendar Gift Set
A serious makeup-lover's countdown with 24 M·A·C favorites, including full-size lipsticks, glosses, liners and eye products alongside a few skincare minis. It includes iconic shades like Ruby Woo, Candy Yum-Yum, Spice and Whirl, so this is much more ...
M·A·C 24 Days Of M·A·C Icons Advent Calendar
Jo Malone really goes all out with this one. Behind the 25 doors are colognes, candles, bath and body treats, and seasonal favorites, including 12 mini colognes and three travel candles. The final surprise is a 30ml Tangerine & Honey Cologne, and...
JO MALONE LONDON | 25-Day Luxury Advent Calendar
Light Blue, Devotion, and The One are already a pretty tempting lineup, but this Dolce&Gabbana calendar mixes in more than fragrance. There are 24 surprises covering perfume, makeup, skincare, and beauty accessories, with a limited-edition Emeral...
DOLCE&GABBANA | Beauty Holiday Calendar Set
Some advent calendars are beautiful to look at, but this one has plenty inside to make it worth opening every day. Sisley's 25 surprises cover skincare, makeup, haircare, and fragrance, with several full-size favorites mixed in with travel and miniat...
SISLEY PARIS | 2026 Marie B. Advent Calendar Set (Limited Edition)
A facial roller, gua sha tool, and electric face-and-neck massager? There's more than the usual assortment of little beauty samples hiding in this one. The 24 individually boxed surprises cover skincare, body care, haircare, fragrance, makeup, and be...
Lovery Lovery 24-Pc. Limited-Edition Advent Calendar Beauty and Skincare Luxury Gift Set
I'm much more interested in an advent calendar when the products are big enough to actually enjoy, and this one has 24 generously sized treats for the body, hands, face, and hair. Think scrubs, creams, lotions, and oils, with extras like a bath glove...
24 Day Luxe Body Care Advent Calendar
Food & Drink
Food & drink advent calendars featuring chocolate, popcorn, tea, hot chocolate, cookies and candy from around the world. Sometimes the best part of December is having something delicious waiting behind the next door. These are filled 24-day countdowns, not...
This is a fun one to share—or keep entirely to yourself—with two hot chocolate sachets behind each of the 24 doors. There are 12 flavors to try, from Luxury and Salted Caramel to Sticky Toffee Pudding, Raspberry Ripple, Cookies & Cream and 70% Co...
WHITTARD OF CHELSEA | Hot Chocolate Advent Calendar, 48ct
A fun little piece of Macy's history for the holiday countdown: 24 solid milk chocolates shaped like presents, mini Santas, snowmen and toy soldiers, all tucked behind the doors of this Macy's-exclusive calendar celebrating the 100th Thanksgiving Day...
Macy's 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade Holiday Chocolate Advent Calendar, 24-Piece
This is a much more interesting food advent calendar than another box of chocolates. Behind the 24 doors are gourmet popcorn kernels, flavored seasonings and recipes, with flavors ranging from Movie Theater and White Cheddar to Dill Pickle, Buttery J...
Wabash Valley Farms Popcorn Advent Calendar
This is the kind of chocolate advent calendar I’d actually want: 25 Belgian chocolates from Neuhaus, including milk, dark and white chocolate pralines plus little Christmas figurines filled with hazelnut praline. It feels more like a proper Belgian c...
Neuhaus Holiday Assorted Chocolate Classic Advent Calendar, 25 Pieces
This is a great advent calendar for someone who takes tea seriously, with two individually wrapped teabags behind each of the 24 doors. The 12 black tea blends include classics like Earl Grey, English Breakfast and Darjeeling alongside festive and sp...
Whittard of Chelsea Holiday Tea Advent Calendar 48-Count Teabag Set
This is a seriously fun alternative to the usual chocolate advent calendar: 24 handmade Viennese-style cookies, with a different little treat behind each door. There are chocolate-peppermint cookies, chocolate balls, jam-filled thumbprints, Sacher co...
24 Days of Cookies Advent Calendar
If you think you don't like licorice, this might change your mind. Each of the 24 doors holds two gourmet Danish licorice candies, with flavors ranging from Caramel and Double Chocolate to Raspberry, Passion Fruit and Milkshake. They're coated in cho...
Unexpected Licorice Advent Calendar
This turns the Christmas countdown into a little candy tour around the world, with four different treats behind each of the 24 doors. That’s 96 pieces of candy to sample, plus a booklet explaining the treats and a scorecard so you can rank your favor...
Candy of the World Advent Calendar
Gifts & Collectibles
Gift and collectible advent calendars for readers, crafters, puzzle lovers and anyone who likes something a little different. Think bookish surprises, crafts, mysteries, ornaments, collectibles and other unusual gifts—not beauty products or candy, bu...
Forget little chocolates or beauty samples—this one gives you a Swarovski crystal decoration to unwrap every day. There are 25 pieces in all, including stars, snowflakes, moons, bells, balls, the Kris Bear, and four Advent candles. It's really a coll...
Swarovski Crystal 2026 Annual Edition Advent Calendar
This is such a good alternative to the usual toy and candy advent calendars: 24 days of little 50-piece Christmas puzzles, with a different festive scene to put together each day. The finished puzzles are 5 x 5 inches, and the pieces come in resealab...
EUROGRAPHICS | Puzzle Advent Calendar Christmas Town
This is an advent calendar for the Peanuts collector, with 25 little Lenox porcelain ornaments to unwrap throughout the Christmas countdown. There are character figurines featuring the Peanuts gang along with illustrated snowflake ornaments, all with...
Lenox Peanuts Advent Calendar 25-Piece Ornament Set
This is a fun one for anyone who likes making things with their hands, with 24 days of art supplies and little creative projects to work through in December. There are watercolor, coloring and paper-craft activities along with supplies like paint, be...
Craft Project Advent Calendar
This turns the December countdown into a little escape room, with a new riddle, puzzle or piece of the holiday mystery behind each of the 24 doors. You get a storybook, decoder strips, riddle cards and themed game pieces, with built-in hints if you g...
Christmas Mystery Advent Calendar
This is a cute little countdown for someone who would rather get a bookmark than another piece of chocolate. There are 25 pockets filled with bookish surprises such as magnetic bookmarks, stickers, ornaments and other reading-themed goodies. I especi...
The Book Lover's Advent Calendar