Where can I find none chocolate advent calendar for my 19 month old

[RoseLillian]

I was looking for advent calendars for my two DD’s. My oldest (nearly 4) is really into Frozen. Found a great one for under £20 with kids hair clips etc which Know she will love. Looked for my 19 month old and everything seems to be 3 years plus. Even the Peppa Pig one! Really can’t see why they need to put small parts in a calendar aimed at small children. Certainly my oldest who is still 3 at the moment has pretty much outgrown Peppa Pig. Has anyone seen anything for little ones. I know she will feel left out if her big sister is getting things and she isn’t.

I got this for mine, after searching for a while for an under 3’s one

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01EKBD0DI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Could you raid the charity shops and do her a book one? but by their nature they are going to be small bits unless you go for a picture one

www.playmobil.co.uk/1.2.3-advent-calendar---christmas-in-the-forest-/9391.html

We’ve had these before and they’re good

At that age, we got a Happyland calendar. Still get the figures out now for Christmas!

Asda, and I believe Aldi, are selling a Disney one for £10 that has 24 Disney short stories inside.

I find things like this always say 3+ due to the choking risk of small parts and the manufacturers wanting to cover themselves and not get sued but if you know your child is past the mouthing stage you might find some are suitable for use under supervision. DD3 was 2 last year but had a 3+ play doh calendar as I knew she’d be supervised and was unlikely to try and eat it so was happy to ignore the age recommendation.

If you want one definitely suitable for toddlers though Vtech do one for age 1+ here which might be suitable.

How about buying a wooden one with 24 drawers, for now & for future Christmases?
Then you can fill it with whatever is best for DC's age & interests.
Plus it's more environmentally friendly than all those cardboard, foil & plastic ones (& potentially cheaper too)

Thanks for all of your advice. She is definitely still at the putting things in her mouth stage, so wouldn’t go for an older Calendar.

We have decided to go with the Happy Land one, mainly because it has a penguin and she loves penguins. So thanks Merrilymerrilymerrily.

Good call on the playmobile one though. My oldest had a lovely playmobile one last Christmas, for some reason I thought they only did plus ones. Vtech one also looks good.

RoseyOldCrow you are right about it being better to get a reusable wooden one. Will definitely look into for future years.