24 great gift ideas to put in your children’s Advent calendar
created on 25.10.2024
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
CHF4.70
Mein Miniblock mit Rabe Linus - Rätsel und Logikspiele
German, Paperback, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg
Card games
Quantity discount
CHF4.25 per piece for 4 units
Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau
German, 2 - 4 Players
Craft sets
Quantity discount
CHF8.15 per piece for 2 units
Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
Pens
Quantity discount
CHF3.25 per piece for 4 units
Eberhard Faber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm
1x
Card games
Quantity discount
CHF7.25 per piece for 4 units
Kosmos National Football Teams
German, 2 - 4 Players
Playmobil
Quantity discount
CHF6.20 per piece for 2 units
Playmobil Confectioner
71479, Playmobil Special Plus
Quantity discount
CHF10.40 per piece for 2 units
Kern Neon Scola
Cbx Toothpaste Press Frog
CHF4.70
Mein Miniblock mit Rabe Linus - Rätsel und Logikspiele
German, Paperback, Dorothee Raab, Stefan Leuchtenberg
Unicorn
Quantity discount
CHF4.25 per piece for 4 units
Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau
German, 2 - 4 Players
Scout Magnifying glass
Quantity discount
CHF8.15 per piece for 2 units
Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
Quantity discount
CHF3.25 per piece for 4 units
Eberhard Faber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm
1x
Quantity discount
CHF5.90
Kosmos Mini excavation farm animal
Quantity discount
CHF8.50
Corvus Toys Yardstick
Quantity discount
CHF3.30 per piece for 4 units
Face Food Panda
26 g
Quantity discount
CHF9.55 per piece for 2 units
Sombo Net on telescopic rod
Quantity discount
CHF6.70
Pebaro Wooden kit swan
Quantity discount
CHF7.25 per piece for 4 units
Kosmos National Football Teams
German, 2 - 4 Players
Quantity discount
CHF5.05 per piece for 4 units
Trendhaus Eraser jungle animals
Bakoba Building Box 3
CHF8.50
Happy People AntiStressBall
CHF4.50
Benny Blu Sharks Sharp-witted hunters
German, Autumn, Nicola/Autumn, Thomas
Quantity discount
CHF8.50
Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design
CHF29.90
Gowi number slider puzzle small
German, 1 Players
Quantity discount
CHF4.95 per piece for 2 units
Fasi Smily
Quantity discount
CHF6.20 per piece for 2 units
Playmobil Confectioner
71479, Playmobil Special Plus
I Am Creative Punch
Accentra Dinopark Adventure
Bath bombs, 120 g
Not sure how to present those 24 pre-Christmas surprises? Check out these simple DIY ideas:
Header image: Katja Fischer
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