What kind of Advent Calendar are you getting this year?

Funny you should mention ...

I put together makeshift ones every year. Whenever I see something that reminds me of one of my kids, I buy throughout the year. Little and/or silly, inexpensive and often vintage/second hand. When it gets to 24 things... Advent! Oh, and it's become tradition to throw dollar coins among them. My feeling was that they always like $$$ but dollar coins and $2 bills make it more memorable when spent. (think of me, dammit😜)

I just organized and put together 2 for my eldest and one for my spare child (fiance). I have yet to do DS as I think I need a few more things.

But I was just thinking maybe next year it's be easier store bought. But who knows. When I keep finding little whatnots I'll probably change my mind back.

I have bought advent and 12 days things for birthday presents for adults. Since many don't really need anything particular, I found people find it fun to have days of little self celebrating.
My SisIL is a teacher with a November birthday. I gave her a 12 days of socks one year and every morning of those 12 days I'd get a picture of her feet with new socks on. Lol

Lego ones used to be the go to when kids were younger.

The Bonne Maman one I saw at my Costco isn't even an Advent calendar anyway, it's only 12 days. I bought the 24-day one from Amazon. 

I always want to like the Lego ones but the builds are mostly underwhelming so I don’t buy them. I usually get DD a basic chocolate one, plus we have a reusable wooden house one that I put things into myself. Now that I have a new awesome 3D printer, I kind of want to make a set of mini cookie cutters and put them into a cloth advent calendar I bought at Target a year or two ago and send it to my friend. She made something similar for me one year and it was awesome.

thank you for the link! I got it for my DH - and there is a coupon for 40% off making it $20!

I've done the Bonne Maman one for the past couple of years. This year I'm doing a Christmas cats/dogs jigsaw puzzle Advent calendar.

I got myself one this year for the first time. It’s the Spellbinders Advent calendar - www.simonsaysstamp.com/products/adv-002-spellbinders-2023-crafty-advent-calendar

If anyone finds on the cheaper side socks advent.... let me know... i found 2 that are $80 & $120.... nope.. out on that...


I get the grands the regular chocolate ones... they get them an Thanksgiving

I make my dd's a book advent calendar.  They rotate days and each end up with 12 books. They are both huge readers... All the books are used (they don't care.)

DS #1 is probably getting a snack a day calendar (buy a snack box from Amazon and put it in numbered paper bags.)

DS #2 usually gets a Lego calendar, although last year I bought a rubber duck one to break things up. This year, I'll probably go back to Lego, although I personally think the Lego calendars are boring (and repetitive) DS likes them...

Last year I got a puzzle one from Costco that ended up being more fun than I expected, so I may look for this year's version, or I might just get out last year's and do it over again.

I was just messing around in my studio this morning and thinking about repurposing a super cute David's Tea calendar from a few years ago--I think I'm going to make 24 little pottery ornaments in the next week or so and use them. If it works out well, I have just enough time before Christmas that I might be able to make an additional one to send to my parents

I, too, am thinking about getting one for the first time. Well, first time buying one for myself. I’ve been buying them for my grandchildren for many years. I’ll try and get a chocolate one from ALDIs. Their chocolate is the best and priced right. Thank you for the reminder to get one. They go fast. Ha.

I always get my son Lego ones and a chocolate one from Trader Joe’s then we have a wooden one I put other chocolates in for him. Last year I stumbled on sone liquor filled chocolate ones at Trader Joe’s for my husband and myself and they were good I even got them late in the season so they were half off. I hope I find then this year as I will buy them again.

I would love to try a cheese one. I saw a beer one at Costco but passed on it. I just don’t like to drink that much anymore. I had a Loccitane one one year and loved it but I’m too cheap to buy one. I’m tempted by the spellbinders one but I’m too picky on my supplies these days. It sounds really tempting though.

Target has sock advent calendars for $15.


www.target.com/s?searchTerm=socks+advent+calendar&category=0%7CAll%7Cmatchallpartial%7Call+categories&tref=typeahead%7Cterm%7C0%7Csocks+advent+calendar%7Csocks+advent+calendar%7C%7C%7Cservice%7C%7C%7C%7C%7Cnormalisation&searchTermRaw=socks+advent  

I had no idea... thank you so much!!!!