70 advent calendar fillers kids will love
One of my kid’s favourite things about Christmas is opening up their advent calendar every morning, and discovering which advent calendar fillers they can play with well after Christmas has finished.
If filling advent calendars is on your Christmas to do list, here are 70 advent calendar filler ideas that you can pick and choose from to add to your kid’s advent calendars.
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Tips for choosing advent calendar fillers
Here are some things to consider when choosing advent calendar fillers:
- Make sure each filler fits inside your advent calendar’s pouches, envelopes, or boxes.
- Set a budget for how much you want to spend, there’s 24 items you need to purchase.
- Experiences like movie nights, baking days, or family activities help to keep the costs of making your own advent calendar down.
- Combine treats, toys, crafts, and activities to make the advent calendar interesting.
- Add filler items that match your child’s interests.
What to put inside advent calendars
Here are some advent calendar filler ideas that you can put in a reusable advent calendar, an advent calendar with drawers, or any other type of advent calendar you’ll be using.
Edible treats
- Candy canes and chocolate coins
- Gingerbread cookies
- Hot chocolate sachets
- Lollipops
- Marshmallow Santa
- Your child’s favourite treat
Toy filler ideas
- Accessories for their favourite toys
- Character keyrings
- Dollhouse accessories (also a great stocking filler idea)
- Festive wind-up toys
- Magnets
- Mini cars or trains
- Mini figurines (animals, dinosaurs, superheroes, dolls)
- Mini games and puzzles
- Mini Play-Doh tubs
- Mini soft toys
- Slinky
- Small Lego kit
- Tonie audio book
- Trading cards or stickers
- Train set (you can separate the carriages into different pockets)
- Uno card set
- Whoopie cushion
- Yoto storybook collection
Bath fillers
- Bath bombs
- Bath crayons
- Bath markers
- Bath toys
- Crayola Bath Dropz (a favourite in my house)
- Foam numbers and letters
- Squirting toys
- Stackable toys
- Wind-up toys
Creative fillers for advent calendars
- Beads
- Chalk
- Crayons
- Dot markers
- Glitter pens
- Modelling clay
- Novelty erasers
- Paint sticks
- Pencils
- Pens
- Play-Doh accessories
- Putty
- Small craft kit
- Stamps
- Stickers
- Washi tape
Clothing and accessories
- Charm bracelets
- Christmas socks
- Gloves
- Hair clips
- Jewellery
- Lip balm
- Nail polish
- Scrunchies
- Socks
Experiences
- Bake cookies
- Build a fort
- Decorate bedroom for Christmas
- Make Christmas ornaments
- Make paper snowflakes
- Play a Christmas quiz
- Put up the Christmas tree
- Pyjama days
- Read a festive bedtime story
- Visit a Christmas market
- Watch a Christmas movie
- Write a letter to Santa
Advent calendar fillers – a recap
Filling your kids’ advent calendars is one of the most enjoyable parts of preparing for Christmas, and is a great way to add fun, creative, and meaningful memories your children will remember for years.
Whether you choose to fill your advent calendar with edible treats, toys, bath toys, creative supplies, clothing and accessories, or Christmas experiences, your kids will be excited to open their advent calendars each day.
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Which of these advent calendar filler ideas are you most excited to try this year?
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