In early November my kids start asking about the advent calendar and while we have a home made one that I had as a kid, they always want another fun one to go with it. You know – one with toys that you build on to make a Christmas scene as the days get closer and closer to the big day. The Lego and Playmobil advent calendars have always been the most popular with my son, but my daughters like the Littlest Pet Shop and Polly Advent calendars the best.
I have searched for the new releases this year and have found more than 10 advent calendars that I expect to be hits with the kids:
A bustling old-fashioned Christmas market with 24 tiny windows to open each night of Advent. Join the fun at this Christmas market, complete with carolers, candy, and a candle-lit Christmas tree. With Glitter!
This is no ordinary advent calendar! Based on the best-selling Christmas story Dream Snow by Eric Carle, this calendar unfolds to reveal an intricate pop-up Christmas tree surrounded by presents. Children open a window each day to discover a new decoration to add to the scene. By the time December 25 arrives, this calendar will have become a dreamy Christmas display!
A companion to the new deluxe edition of Olive, the Other Reindeer and a wonderful Christmas gift in its own right this advent calendar offers an engaging and interactive way to count down to Christmas. And just like Olive is no ordinary "reindeer," this is no ordinary advent calendar! Featuring an intricate pop-up of Santa’s castle in the center, the calendar has a surprise for each day leading up to Christmas a punch-out figure that children can stand up and place around the castle, whether it’s Santa, a reindeer, or Olive herself! By the time December 25 arrives, the calendar will have become a very merry Christmas scene!
Kids add a numbered sticker to this snowy December calendar scene each day until Christmas arrives, filling a quaint little village scene with reusable images of carolers, angels, ice skaters, Santa, and other traditional sights of the season. 25 full-color stickers.
Playmobil Advent Calendar Emperor’s Knights – The Advent Calendar Emperors Knights Tournament contains twenty-four surprise items for each day of Advent. Set includes a castle backdrop, four figures, two horses, and other accessories for a jousting tournament. Help the knights prepare to compete in a tournament in front of the king!
Playmobil Advent Calendar Dinosaur Expedition – Help the researchers make discoveries on their dinosaur expedition. The Advent Calendar Dinosaur Expedition" contains twenty-four surprise items for each day of Advent. Set includes a backdrop, two figures, dino, dino eggs, motorbike, and other accessories.
Have fun with the 24 Christmas gifts from LEGO City with the LEGO City Advent Calendar (7553)! Christmas is finally here! It’s warm and cozy by the fireplace and the entire family is excited about opening gifts by the Christmas tree. With a great gift for each day, the LEGO City advent calendar has 24 days of building fun with MiniFigures, vehicles and other great accessories for your LEGO City sets. The LEGO City Advent Calendar (7553) includes: Open a window for each day leading up to Christmas in the specially designed LEGO City Advent calendar box 24 LEGO City-themed gifts in all.6 MiniFigures Also features Christmas accessories, furniture and lots of cool vehicles The LEGO set is a standard of creative play for children around the world, unlocking the creativity to build vehicles, buildings, cities and more. LEGO City portrays every day life with realistic models. LEGO City gives boys the possibility to role play and become the heroes of their City. They can become heroes in so many ways: extinguishing fires as a firefighter, arresting robbers as a police officer, or flying rescue helicopters to save lives. LEGO brings boys a range of creative products such as, LEGO Atlantis, LEGO City, LEGO Creator, LEGO Duplo, LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Hero Factory, LEGO Power Miners, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Technic, LEGO Toy Story, and LEGO World Racers.
Galactic festive fun with the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar (7958)! Christmas is almost here! With 24 unique gifts, including iconic MiniFigures, vehicles and accessories from the Star Wars universe, the all-new LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar is the perfect way to set the festive holidays into hyperspeed! The LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar (7958) includes: Open a window every day to reveal 24 different LEGO Star Wars-themed gifts 8 MiniFigures including Yoda in Santa Claus outfit Mini Millennium Falcon and X-wing Starfighter To be able to understand why LEGO has been successful for so long, just look to the name. LEGO originally got its name from founder Ole Kirk Christiansen who combed the Danish words "Leg Got" which means "play well". He later realized that LEGO in Latin translates to "I put together." The LEGO set became a standard of creative play for children worldwide, unlocking the creativity to build vehicles, buildings, cities and more. Historians point to the invention of the wheel as a major turning point in world history. The invention of the LEGO wheel had the same monumental effect in the history of LEGO, making it possible to create cars, trucks and eventually the LEGO train building set that is one of the most successful LEGO sets of all time. LEGO currently produces about 20 billion LEGO bricks a year and has sold over 400 billion LEGOs in their history – enough for every person on the planet to have over 60 LEGOs each!
The Advent Calendar Dragon’s Land contains twenty-four surprise items for each day of Advent. Includes a dragon land backdrop, two figures, two horses, dragon, treasure chest, and many other accessories. It is the perfect gift for the holiday season. Once upon a time in 1876, there was a locksmith named Andreas Brandstatter. Mr. Brandstatter planted a magical seed that would eventually blossom into Playmobil by founding an eponymous lock and metal fitting company in Furth, Germany. By the 1930s, Playmobil’s pretend play had again been redefined; manufacturing telephones, cash registers, and various items for toy shops using sheet metal. At the beginning of the 1950s, Horst Brandstatter, the Playmobil’s current owner, came on board and started a new era in the company history. He updated Playmobil pretend play products, searched out new markets and focused production on his favorite material, plastic. In 1958, the hula hoop craze gripped the world, and Horst Brandstatter was determined to perfect the pretend play toy that would inspire further exploration. Realizing that the technique, using air pressure, hot plastic hoses, and shape molds, could also produce basically any shape (in addition to the traditional bottles and hoops), Mr. Brandstatter created the first prototype Playmobil pretend play item, a closed racing car manufactured in a single production step. From that point on, the company expanded rapidly with products in toys. Playmobil was introduced at the 1974 International Toy Fair in Nuremberg and by using an innovative marketing strategy, parents and children responded uniformly with fascination and enthusiasm, to Playmobil.
This unique, wooden Advent Calendar makes the countdown to Christmas a magnetic attraction. Behind the 24 doors are magnetic character pieces to retrieve each day and place on the metal Nativity Scene. Size16 ¾" W. x1 7/8" D. x 14" H. Hanging hooks on back. Ages 3 yrs. +.
Children will celebrate Christmas with this beautifully detailed Advent Calendar. Daily, they’ll place one of the 25 Velcro backed, traditional characters of animals onto the manger scene. The poly/cotton Calendar is 28"L. x 13¼"W. with 2 attached plastic rings for hanging.
For The Fontanini Giftware Collection From Roman Inc. Item #65400 This unique advent calendar is made up of 24 numbered wooden nativity ornaments with eye hooks, which bear the likeness of the 5" size Heirloom Nativity figures. The wooden stable has a great luster finish, detailed background scene, 24 tack nails to place the wooden ornaments, four hinges and a hinge closure that allows you to close it securely for easy storage. These advent calendars provide a fun, interactive family activity. Stable Dimensions: 8"H x 10"W x 1.5"D Wooden pieces range from 0.75"H to 2"H x 0.9"W x 1.6"W Materials: Wood/Paper Set comes beautifully gift boxed
Bird Lovers Christmas Advent Calendar Item #HB-8005S Features two dozen individual doors with a different bird found behind each one. Highly decorated house has whimsical accents on all four sides. Destined to become a family heirloom For indoor use only Dimensions: 11.25"H x 13"W x 10"D Material(s): wood
Pack of 12 Peanuts Christmas Calendars From the Peanuts Collection Item #PN7116 Officially licensed merchandise Count down to Christmas on these Snoopy and Charlie Brown advent calendars Come ready-to-hang on red cords Dimensions: 14.5"H Material(s): plush fabric Pack includes 12 of the calendar shown
A full-length, full color book with advent calendar doors on the cover make this a special stocking stuffer for Christmas! Read the story and then open each door for a tiny surprize. Follow the shining star as it guides shepherds, kings, and all the animals of the forest to the stable where the Holy Child lies. Full-color art and holographic foil-stamping throughout makes this story from best-selling author Marcus Pfister sparkle!
It s a marriage of two classics: The Nutcracker and Advent calendars. Front cover flaps part like stage curtains to reveal 24 full-color illustrated story-books. Books are numbered, and like the peekaboo windows of Advent calendars, they re meant to be opened and read, one per day, from December 1 until Christmas Eve. From a first glimpse of the Stahlbaum house (#1) to the duel between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King (#14) to the magical Sugar Plum Fairy (#20), the board books retell the complete story. In addition, with their gold-thread loops and four different trim sizes, the jewel-like books are designed to be hung on the Christmas tree year after year
In early November my kids start asking about the advent calendar and while we have a home made one that I had as a kid, they always want another fun one to go with it. You know – one with toys that you build on to make a Christmas scene as the days get closer and closer to the big day. The Lego and Playmobil advent calendars have always been the most popular with my son, but my daughters like the Littlest Pet Shop and Polly Advent calendars the best.
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