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
CHF4.90
Mein Miniblock mit Rabe Linus - Rätsel und Logikspiele
German, Stefan Leuchtenberg, Dorothee Raab, 2021
Craft sets
Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
Pens
Quantity discount
CHF3.60 per piece for 4 units
EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm
Brown, 4 x
Bike bag
Quantity discount
CHF10.20 per piece for 2 units
Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design
Frame bag
Playmobil
Quantity discount
CHF6.05 per piece for 3 units
Playmobil Confectioner
71479, Playmobil Special Plus
Bath salts + Bubble baths
Quantity discount
CHF10.40 per piece for 2 units
Accentra Dinopark Adventure
Bath bombs
Quantity discount
CHF8.55 per piece for 3 units
Kern Neon Scola
CHF9.89
Cbx Toothpaste Press Frog
CHF4.90
Mein Miniblock mit Rabe Linus - Rätsel und Logikspiele
Quantity discount
CHF7.15 per piece for 3 units
Unicorn
−17%
CHF4.50 was CHF5.40
Ravensburger Children Mau-Mau
Quantity discount
CHF10.20 per piece for 2 units
Scout Magnifying glass
Magni Pixel P23022 Mosaic medallion Smile, key ring for children to design themselves, easy as pie
Quantity discount
CHF3.60 per piece for 4 units
EberhardFaber Gel pen Animal Erase It Sloth, 0.7 mm
Quantity discount
CHF4.70 per piece for 4 units
Kosmos Mini excavation farm animal
CHF17.70
Corvus Toys Yardstick
Quantity discount
CHF3.80 per piece for 4 units
Face Food Panda
Quantity discount
CHF7.15 per piece for 3 units
Sombo Net on telescopic rod
Quantity discount
CHF5.05 per piece for 4 units
Donau Wooden kit swan
CHF6.50
Kosmos National Football Teams
Quantity discount
CHF8.55 per piece for 3 units
Trendhaus Eraser jungle animals
Bakoba Building Box 3
CHF14.90
Happy People AntiStressBall
CHF5.90
Benny Blu Sharks Sharp-witted hunters
Quantity discount
CHF10.20 per piece for 2 units
Filmer Bicycle horn 41033, sheep design
CHF5.90
Gowi number slider puzzle small
Quantity discount
CHF5.05 per piece for 4 units
Fasi Smily
Quantity discount
CHF6.05 per piece for 3 units
Playmobil Confectioner
−19%
only 2 of 2 remaining on sale
CHF2.40 was CHF2.95
I Am Creative Punch
Quantity discount
CHF10.40 per piece for 2 units
Accentra Dinopark Adventure
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