THIS YEAR'S BEST ADVENT CALENDARS
The Top Kid's, Food & Drink and Adult's Advent Calendars of 2024
Count down to Christmas with our guide to the most original and delicious advent calendars of 2024.
From musical Gruffalo calendars, to advent doll's houses, luxury beauty calendars housed within jewellery boxes, gardener's calendars and hot chocolate treats, it's all here.
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KIDS
The Gruffalo Musical Advent Calendar
This magical advent calendar plays three songs from The Gruffalo’s Child movie, while magnetic characters dance on its ice rink, in front of a wintry forest backdrop.
Open the doors to reveal pop-up scenery, stickers and three skating figures (Gruffalo, Gruffalo Child and snake) for the Music Box base as you count down to Christmas.
It’s also filled with 3D pop-up card models and a range of stickers to decorate the festive scene.
BUY FROM DANILO. £24.49
Polly Pocket Advent Calendar
This wonderfully original advent calendar is housed in a giant pink gingerbread house playset, with numbered doors opening up to 25 different Christmas rooms in the house, filled with festive surprises to play with.
The set houses 24 toys, from Christmas trees to cake rings, snowmen and furniture.
There are also two dolls to live in the calendar house and the best bit is that it can be played with all-year round.
BUY FROM JOHN LEWIS. £14.69
Pokemon Advent Calendar
This fabulous Pokemon Holiday Calendar by Jazwares is bulging with 16 Battle Figures and eight accessories, for a festive Pokemon toy for every day of the Christmas countdown.
All Battle Figures have a pearlescent finish that is exclusive to this calendar. It’s comes in a lovely, sturdy advent box and is the perfect way for little Pikachus to count down to the big day.
BUY FROM JOHN LEWIS. £24
Pinball Machine Advent Calendar
This planet-friendly, limited edition Pinball Machine Advent Calendar by Build Your Own has pieces and instructions behind each door on the countdown to Christmas.
Over December, you will gradually assemble the pieces to construct a fully functioning Pinball Machine that the whole family can enjoy on Christmas Eve and beyond.
Load your swirly glass marbles into the spring-loaded launcher and let the game begin. Will your marbles whizz along the top ramp or spin around the vortex cone? Use the elastic-band powered flippers to keep your marbles in play for as long as possible and get the highest score. There are five targets to aim for in this fast-paced action-packed game, which is easy to assemble using slot together techniques, with no glue, no mess and no fuss.
BUY FROM BUILDYOUROWN £19.99
GROWN-UPS
AYU Cosmetics Advent Calendar
This stunning advent calendar doubles as a beautiful, velvet lined jewellery box with mirror and pull out drawer, and houses 12 full-sized AYU Cosmetics products.
On each day in the twelve night countdown, you will discover numbered boxes containing full size luxury gifts like Illuminating Face Cream, Glamour Lengthening Mascara, Liquid Blush (Pink or Peach), Cream Shadow Stick, Concealer Brush, Buffer Foundation Brush, Lip Gloss, Lip Balm (New & Exclusive), Kajal Eye Pencil, Eye Shadow Palette, Individual Eyeshadow, Brush Soap (New & Exclusive). You also have peace of mind, knowing that make-up artist Suzie O’Neill’s award-winning brand is fully vegan, never tests on animals and only uses wood from regenerated forests for the handles of their brushes.
A truly stunning countdown to the big day.
BUY FROM AYU COSMETICS. £127.73
Bimble & Bolt Runners Advent Calendar
Perfect for passionate runners, park run joggers and fitness lovers of all kinds, this advent calendar sells out every year.
It's bulging with the team’s brand-new Soft Stepper running socks, along with a mix of running accessories, energy boosters, hydration essentials, and snacks.
With a total combined retail value of over £60, this calendar is packed with everything you need to elevate your runs.
BUY FROM BIMBLE & BOLT. £39.99
Yankee Candle Advent Book
This gorgeous calendar is packed with 24 days of festive fragrances, hidden behind each door. It includes: Silver Sage & Pine, Cinnamon Stick, Wild Orchid, Amber & Sandalwood, Bayside Cedar, Vanilla Bean Espresso, Vanilla Cupcake, Black Cherry, Red Raspberry, Clean Cotton®, Spiced Banana Bread, and Soft Wool and Amber Accessory as well as a Constellation sliver plated glass Tea Light Holder.
BUY FROM YANKEE CANDLE. £49.99
Border in a Box Advent Calendar
The perfect Christmas countdown for green fingers, this unique calendar has 24 packets of seeds behind each door, containing a mixture of flowers, vegetables, herbs and even a Christmas Tree.
The seeds have been selected to cultivate a diverse and vibrant garden, from fragrant herbs to colourful flowers, delicious vegetables and your own Norway Spruce tree.
The pack contains twine to hang the 24, numbered seed envelopes, which feature a pretty, hand drawn wreath design, and 24 mini pegs.
BUY FROM NOTONTHEHIGHSTREET £49.99
FOOD & DRINK
Popcorn Shed Gourmet Popcorn Advent Calendars
Popcorn Shed have two moreish advent calendars to pop open over December.
The Signature Gourmet calendar has the beautiful festive design of a snow-capped, Popcorn Shed shop, bulging with 24 flavours, including Salted Caramel, Pop N Choc, Peanut Butter Caramel, Pecan Pie, Berry-licious and Cookies & Cream.
The Vegan Gourmet calendar is equally delicious, in an emerald green box, festooned with trees, crackers and holly and containing 24 treats, in Butterscotch, Cocoa Caramel, Cherry Pie, Gingerbread, Chocolate Orange and Christmas Pudding flavours. The only tricky part is limiting yourself to one window...
Wonderland 12 Cocktails of Christmas
This gift pack of easy but impressive cocktails is guaranteed to put the merry into Christmas.
The 12 cocktails use Brewdog's spirits and are cunningly designed with extra space in the can, for the perfect shake and pour.
The fizzy offerings in the box simply need to be chilled and poured. The treats include perfectly made classics, like the Mojito, Cosmo and Margarita along with some inspired twists on bar favourites, like their wonderfully festive Chocolate Orange Espresso Martini, or the Watermelon Margarita.
No shaking, mixing, or messing up recipes, just perfect, bar-quality cocktails straight from the fridge - a lovely gift which will disappear worryingly quickly, if your recipient is anything like us...
BUY FROM BREWDOG. £40
Cocoba Hot Chocolate Advent calendar
An ingenious antidote to the traditional choccie calendar, this bad-boy contains an assortment of 24 hot chocolate bombes, spoons, and drinking chocolate flakes, all crafted from premium chocolate.
It’s excellent value, in a chunky and suitably merry box, with everything you need to make the perfect, velvety winter cocoa.
BUY FROM COCOBA. £62.95
TWG Tea’s The Twelfth Night Advent Calendar
This luxurious calendar is a unique take on the advent countdown, with 12 of the finest teas included.
The beautifully presented calendar is a gorgeous way to warm you through the countdown, with a dozen Christmas teas behind each door, including Christmas Jewel Tea; Magic Christmas Tea; Night in Paris Tea; Night in Shanghai Tea; and Night in New York Tea.
BUY FROM TWG TEA. £70.98
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