Does this sort of advent calendar exist?!

[Fred999]

I've been searching high and low (well... doing a bit of googling...) and I can't seem to find the type of advent calendar I want. I want one of the wooden re-usable ones BUT one that just has pictures in rather than having to put your own treats in for every day.

All the nice wooden ones need to be filled with 25 treats, but I don't really give my LO sweets and chocolate every day and don't want to go buying random little bits of tat just for the sake of it.

Can anyone recommend a re-usable picture only advent calendar or does such a thing not exist?!

I had an advent calendar which was the same concept, but handmade by my gran..
When i was too old for chocolate/figurines, i got some coins given per day! Nothing major to start with, but a little bit of loose change to put into savings!
Always an option..
Depending on how old your dc are, even 10p a day will seem like a lot to them!

I had one (it is probably in the loft) that was a fabric Christmas tree. There were 24 pockets underneath, each with a fabric Christmas decoration to hang on the tree.

is this sort of what you want?

We have a wooden one from Melissa and Doug. It is a Christmas tree that you add a different bauble to each day rather than a door to open, but it is nice quality.

You can still get cardboard calendars with pictures on Amazon.

There are some lovely ones in Bloom Boutique such as www.bloom-boutique.co.uk/personalised-railway-advent-calendar
Jolly Fine make some fabric ones which can be bought on Notonthehoghstreet. I like this one www.notonthehighstreet.com/jollyfine/product/christmas-tree-fabric-advent-calendar
You could always fill 24 envelopes each with a Christmassy wordsearch or colouring sheet.