Good Boy Real Meat Dog Advent Calendar

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We were given this advent calendar by Lakeland Limited more than 12 years ago. We passed it along to a friend of the family and it’s still brought out every year in their house, and looks good as new. Do you have an artistic kiddo at home? Here are lots of fun crafty things you can put in their advent calendar to encourage their love of crafts—and a lot of them are available for cheap at the dollar store! At 18, my daughter is too old for those advent calendars, but still too young for the thousands of gin/wine/beer themed advents. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help her celebrate the countdown to Christmas with her own advent calendar! So what are the best advent calendars for teens in 2023? Or perhaps you simply feel like doing something special for your family, and you’d rather choose for yourself how to surprise those you love most.

Miniature hair brush (consider getting a Wet Brush Pro if your toddler’s hair is difficult to untangle) Puzzle pieces (choose a small puzzle or spread out the pieces of a larger one over several days or weeks and make the puzzle together once all the pieces have been collected) My daughter is obsessed with stationery so what could be better than a stationery-themed Harry Potter advent calendar for teenage boys or girls?

This handmade Christmas movie themed advent calendar is lots of fun for teens who love Christmas movies. And who doesn’t?

Perhaps you’re not a fan of the ingredients that go into the tiny chocolates in store-bought calendars (or your kids have food intolerances like ours do, and they can’t eat them anyway). Peppermints (for a bit of extra magic, place them in cute little bags and call them “candy cane seeds”) It’s that time of year again—the time to put up the Christmas lights, decorate the tree and blast Christmas carols on the radio because it’s finally considered “acceptable” (even though you actually play them year-round). Whether you’re looking for advent calendar fillers for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, older kids, teenagers or adults, this gigantic list of advent calendar gifts should give you lots of ideas about how to fill your advent calendar.

Closer's best pet advent calendars at a glance:

Containing a delicious selection of Pawsley real meat favourites behind every door, the Good Boy Pawsley Meaty Advent Calendar is the pawfect way to countdown to Christmas, sure to satisfy and get tails wagging! Travel game set (choose a small set or spread out the pieces of a larger one over several days or weeks and play the game together once all the pieces have been collected!) Magnetic letters (include a few different letter-shaped magnets and make your child decipher the secret message!) I love advent calendars that can be used year after year and I think teens can be quite sentimental about bringing out childhood favourites each year.

But there are so many more than these: From toddlers to tweens, there's sure to be one that satisfies their craving to open up something before Christmas morning. If you’ve made it this far, you’ve probably realized that a lot of the advent calendar fillers listed above are not only appropriate for kids… they are also appropriate for adults. It’s a lovely, substantial gift that could be shared between teens, and isn’t quite as eye wateringly expensive as some of the premium beauty calendars. Small plastic toys and figurines (our local dollar store has tiny dinosaur figures that would work really well for this) Keys (either decorative/themed, or one that opens something for added fun—perhaps it could be the start to a Christmas scavenger hunt!)

Puffy paint ( this set includes classic, metallic, glitter, neon and glow-in-the-dark—just split it up and give your child one or two bottles per day!) It’s not always easy to find something that’s different but aesthetic but also cool for teenagers. But I think this advent calendar hits the mark. What do you fill a DIY advent calendar with? Chocolates and candy, of course—or perhaps some healthy alternatives like nuts or herbal tea sachets! It includes items for every budget, ranging from handwritten notes to inexpensive dollar store ideas to cheap (and not-so-cheap) electronics for teenagers and adults.