35 Best Advent Calendars For Kids
There are so many advent calendars for kids that it can be very hard to know where to start. Well, no matter if they like Star Wars, Disney, LEGO or Barbie we have you covered!
Fisher-Price Little People Nativity Advent Calendar
Could this Fisher-Price Little People Nativity Advent Calendar be any more adorable? This is a very special kind of advent calendar as it is about the nativity story.
Children already love the range of Little People from Fisher-Price and seeing them like this is sure to make them interested in this timeless story.
Age: 1+
The Elf on the Shelf Sweet Spinners Advent Calendar for Kids
Looking for the perfect advent calendar to add some sugar-spun fun to your child’s Christmas countdown? Look no further than The Elf on the Shelf Sweet Spinners Advent Calendar for Kids!
With 24 playable mini-figures, including 9 Scout Elf and Elf Pets minis, 6 sweet rides, 5 trees, 1 road sign, 2 traffic cones, and 1 winner’s trophy, this interactive calendar is sure to keep kids entertained and engaged throughout the holiday season.
Plus, with its foldable mini racetrack, kids can mix and match their drivers, cars, and accessories for 24 days of zip-zooming action to Christmas.
Age: 3+
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Science Kit & Rock Collection Advent Calendar
The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Science Kit & Rock Collection Advent Calendar features 24 exciting days of science experiments, gemstones, and fossils.
This jumbo advent calendar is sure to delight kids aged 8 to 12 with STEM projects and hands-on learning.
With 13 fun experiments from world-class science kits, kids can hide/reveal a secret message, make a test tube glow, float coins, grow a colorful crystal tree, and much more!
Plus, with 11 stunning specimens like carnelian, chevron amethyst, and snowflake obsidian, kids can start their own rock collection and learn about geology.
On the final day, they’ll even unearth a special pyrite specimen from a mini dig brick, just like a real geologist!
Hot Wheels Advent Calendar 2024
This Hot Wheels calendar features 24 numbered doors, each hiding a new surprise, including 8 Hot Wheels vehicles in 1:64 scale and 16 winter-themed accessories like a snowplow, Yeti, and reindeer.
The included playmat can be used to rev up the storytelling and inspire creative adventures with new surprises.
It makes a great gift for Hot Wheels fans and collectors aged 3 years and up.
Disney Princess Advent Calendar
Featuring 24 days of fun surprises inspired by beloved Disney movies, this calendar includes 4 Princess small dolls in holiday-themed fashions, 5 character friends, 16 accessories, and a winter scene with additional pop-out play pieces.
Fisher-Price Little People Barbie Advent Calendar
With 24 surprise figures and play pieces to “unwrap” each day from December 1st to Christmas Eve, this advent calendar opens to reveal a chic ski chalet setting for endless festive Barbie pretend play.
Including a special Barbie holiday memento for the tree, this advent calendar makes a great Christmas gift for young fans aged 18 months to 5 years old.
With its storytelling play and encouragement of imaginative play, this advent calendar helps strengthen fine motor skills and promotes creativity
LEGO Harry Potter 2024 Advent Calendar
This magical holiday Advent Calendar features a buildable daily surprise behind every door, with 7 minifigures, plus 18 Hogsmeade Village mini builds capturing the magic of the only all-wizarding village.
The minifigures and buildable models inside this festive calendar can be combined with other LEGO Harry Potter sets for even more creative play options.
Funko Pop! Pokemon Advent Calendar 2023
This fun calendar features 24 unique Funko Pocket Pops! featuring some of your most beloved Pokémon, perfect for building a collection or adding to an existing one.
The figures vary in height depending on the character, with a maximum figure height of 2 inches.
With its fun and festive design, this advent calendar is sure to bring joy and excitement to any young Pokémon Trainer.
Age: 3+
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2023
This exciting calendar is packed with daily collectible surprises, including 9 Star Wars characters, 15 mini-building toys, and accessories to play out Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch stories.
With characters like Emperor Palpatine, Princess Leia, and an Ewok in holiday outfits, this calendar is sure to delight any young Star Wars fan.
The 10 mini vehicle building toys, including The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter and an Imperial Star Destroyer, and the 5 other mini builds, such as the Clone Command Center and the Emperor’s throne, provide endless opportunities for creative play.
Age: 6+
LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2023
Kids have fallen in love with the LEGO Friends range and this LEGO Friends Advent Calendar 2023 is going to add all kinds of amazing exclusive items to their collection.
The LEGO Friends advent calendar includes characters, toys, and lots of cool new Christmas-themed items like a pizza oven and a little train to name a few.
LEGO City Advent Calendar 2023
The LEGO City Advent Calendar 2023 is one of the best LEGO advent calendars for kids.
The LEGO City range has a real classic feel to it and that is why it is popular with kids aged 5 and big kids aged 55!
It features some very fun LEGO mini sets such as Mr. and Mrs. Clause, a caroler, a reindeer with a sleigh, and much more.
LEGO Marvel Advent Calendar 2023
No other advent calendar will have you shouting Avengers Assemble like this LEGO Marvel The Avengers Advent Calendar 2023 does!
What makes this one of the best toy advent calendars around is that it has some awesome mini LEGO sets, but there are some great exclusives such as Spider-Man rocking a Christmas sweater.
Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Advent Calendar
This Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Advent Calendar is the perfect advent calendar this year for little fans of Thomas and all his buddies.
This features 24 amazing mini Thomas figures including 6 exclusive holiday-themed miniature train engines!
Funko Pop! DC Super Heroes Advent Calendar 2023
This exciting calendar features 24 unique Funko Pocket Pops! featuring some of your most beloved heroes and villains dressed in holiday ensembles or styled in gingerbread form.
With characters like Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Joker, this calendar is sure to delight any young DC Comics fan.
Disney Storybook Collection Advent Calendar 2023
Now, this is a very special kind of advent calendar. The Disney Storybook Collection Advent Calendar will give them a brand-new storybook to read each day in the run-up to Christmas.
This features Christmas stories themed around classic Disney movies such as Toy Story, Winnie The Pooh, Pinocchio, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Cinderella, and many more.
Marvel Storybook Collection Advent Calendar
From Spider-Man to Hulk to Guardians of the Galaxy to Captain Marvel! This Marvel Storybook Collection Advent Calendar 2021 features 24 amazing superhero books!
Each day they will get to open up one of the mystery envelopes as they see what exciting Marvel book is there for them to read. This is a great way to encourage a child to read each day.
Harry Potter Holiday Magic Official Advent Calendar 2023
This magical calendar features 24 days of surprises, including a variety of mini figurines of your favorite creatures from the Wizarding World.
From Fawkes the Phoenix to the Hungarian Horntail, each day brings a new and exciting addition to your collection.
Elf Advent Calendar
Based on the awesome hit movie, this Elf Advent Calendar is packed with fun little characters from the movie!
Over the month of December, they are going to be able to build this awesome collection of Elf figurines. What is neat about this is that these can be brought out each year to add a little more comedy cheer to the Christmas decorations.
The Story of Christmas Advent Calendar
This is one of the most popular religious advent calendars and is much loved by kids. Each day they get a little book with a beautiful Christmas story. They can hang the little book in the tree like a Christmas ornament.
Fisher-Price Little People Advent Calendar
Featuring 24 surprise figures and play pieces for kids to “unwrap” each day, this advent calendar opens like a book to set the scene for endless holiday-themed pretend play with a festive living room scene complete with a cozy fireplace and Christmas tree.
With 7 character figures and 17 holiday-themed play pieces, little ones can create their own festive scenes with Santa, his elves, and more!
Plus, with an ornament piece that kids can place on the advent calendar or a tree, this calendar is sure to become a treasured holiday tradition for years to come.
Funko Pop! Marvel 80th Anniversary Advent Calendar
As well as celebrating Christmas you can celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel with this amazing Marvel 80th Anniversary Funko Advent Calendar.
This is perfect for those who are really into Marvel. Each day in the run-up to Christmas they get to open a new door and inside will be a classic Marvel hero or villain in their classic comic book gear!
Funko The Nightmare Before Christmas Advent Calendar
Any NBX fan is going to go crazy for this amazing Funko The Nightmare Before Christmas Advent Calendar 2020.
With this, they get 24 Mini Funko Pop figures. While they get all the main characters such as Jack, Sally, and Oogie Boogie, it is awesome how this also features some of the more obscure characters from the movie.
Barbie Advent Calendar with Barbie Doll
This is the deluxe Barbie Advent Calendar that is available this year. This is great for kids who love Barbie!
This comes with 24 amazing Barbie accessories such as a jacket, a new dress, shoes, a little dog, and much more. What makes this the deluxe set is that it also comes with a new Barbie doll for them to put this stuff on!
Barbie Advent Calendar
This Barbie Advent Calendar is perfect for the Barbie fan who already has a million Barbie dolls.
Each day they get to open one of the doors and inside will be a brand-new Barbie accessory for them to use with their Barbie collection. There are shoes, bags, dresses, and many other cool and stylish accessories as well.
Playmobil Advent Calendar – Christmas Manger
One of the more popular toy advent calendars is this fantastic Playmobil Advent Calendar – Christmas Manger.
With this, children can learn all about the wonders of the nativity story as each day they open a new door and add a new piece to the story. This is a charming advent calendar that they will cherish for long after Christmas is over.
Playmobil Advent Calendar – Santa’s Workshop
This Playmobil Advent Calendar – Santa’s Workshop is a great way to get the kids even more excited in the run up to Christmas.
This features some fantastic little Playmobil figures and accessories and each day they get to add a new piece to Santa’s Workshop. One day it could be an elf, the next a toy train or even a sled!
Disney Pixar Cars Advent Calendar
Lightning, Mater, and more are here to race in this holiday GP! This Disney Pixar Cars Advent Calendar is a very cool and fun advent calendar.
It comes with five different mini-Cars characters, but it also comes with pieces to build a race track with! Each day they get to add to the track, building up to the big race on Christmas eve!
Slime Advent Calendar for Kids
We all know that kids go crazy for slime! With this Advent Calendar, they can get a new pot of slime each day to play with.
These are a lot of fun and many of them have a fun Christmas theme to them. If you know a child that loves playing with slime then this is the perfect advent calendar for them.
Crayola Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar
For children who love art and have a real creative side, this Crayola Christmas Countdown Calendar is one of the best.
Each day they get some kind of new art supply or little project that they can do which will help them fill the house with Christmas cheer.
PLAYMOBIL Advent Calendar – Horse Farm
You can never go wrong with Playmobil! This PLAYMOBIL Advent Calendar – Horse Farm is really cool as each day they get a new piece that allows them to build their own horse farm.
The pieces range from little Playmobile figures, horses to ride on, a fence, and lots of little accessories too.
Polly Pocket Gingerbread House Advent Calendar
Polly Pocket and her friends are ready for Christmas fun with this very cool Polly Pocket Advent Calendar.
This exciting calendar features 25 days of surprises, including 2 dolls and 27 accessories, all housed in an adorable gingerbread house that opens to reveal a cozy winter wonderland playset.
Disney Minnie Mouse Advent Calendar
Minnie Mouse will never go out of style and that is why this Disney Minnie Mouse Advent Calendar is one of the best toy advent calendars around.
This comes with a very stylish looking Minnie Mouse doll. It also comes with 24 accessories that kids can use to make Minnie look fabulous!
PLAYMOBIL Advent Calendar – Farm
The PLAYMOBIL Advent Calendar – Farm is bringing all the fun and hard work of the farm to your home this holiday season.
This is a really fun set that comes with Playmobile farmer figures like cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits, and more! It includes everything they need to build their own little farm.
Dinosaurs Toy Advent Calendar
Advent calendars do not get much more exciting than this Dinosaurs Toy Advent Calendar! This is perfect for kids who love dinosaurs.
It comes with 24 dinosaurs split into four categories. There are large dinosaurs, small dinosaurs, baby dinosaurs, and even special fossil dinosaurs. By the time Christmas comes, they will have an epic dinosaur collection!
Doll Dress-Up Advent Calendar
For kids who love playing and dressing up dolls, this Doll Dress Up Advent Calendar is perfect. This comes with a very cute and cool-looking doll.
Also included are six different dresses such as one that makes her look like an ice princess and another that makes her look like a mermaid. It also comes with a bunch of cool accessories too!
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