24 great gift ideas to put in your children’s Advent calendar
25.10.2024
Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson
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.
Children's books
My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games
German, 2021, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg
Craft sets
Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
EUR12,90
Kern Neon Scola
Cbx Toothpaste Press Frog
My mini block with raven Linus - puzzles and logic games
German, 2021, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg
Einhorn
Quantity discount
EUR7,32
Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau
German
EUR12,54
Scout Magnifying glass
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
EUR7,04
Kosmos Mini excavation farm animal
Corvus Toys Yardstick
Face Food Panda
Sombo Net on telescopic rod
Donau Wooden kit swan
Kosmos National Football Teams
German
Trendhaus Eraser jungle animals
Bakoba Building Box 3
Happy People AntiStressBall
Benny Blu Haie Scharfsinnige Jäger
German, 2007
Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design
Quantity discount
EUR9,44
Gowi number slider puzzle small
German
Fasi Smily
EUR9,33
Playmobil Confectioner
71479, Playmobil Special Plus
I Am Creative
Accentra Dinopark Adventure
Bath bombs
Not sure how to present those 24 pre-Christmas surprises? Check out these simple DIY ideas:
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Katja Fischer
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Katja.Fischer@digitecgalaxus.chMom of Anna and Elsa, aperitif expert, group fitness fanatic, aspiring dancer and gossip lover. Often a multitasker and a person who wants it all, sometimes a chocolate chef and queen of the couch.