DD advent calendar help!

[Queeniie]

I’ve decided to buy a refillable advent calendar for DD5 thinking it will be a lovely tradition but now I’m struggling to think what to put in it!

Ideas so far are; lip balms, sylvanian family set split up, mini bathbombs, chocolate..any other ideas? The boxes aren’t huge around 3x2inches!

Thankyou 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼

Mini nail polish
Character face mask
christmas pocket tissue pack
Christmas themed erasers, post it’s, stickers,
Christmas hand gel
hair bobbles, clips, scrunchies
mini slime pot
mini slinky
lego mini figure

Stickers
Bubbles
Hair accessories

As well as items you could also add some notes for days out / experiences. For example, watching a Christmas film.

Why not just a chocolate coin each day and a bigger thing at the weekend - then you only need a few bigger things and it sounds like you've already got them.

Oh yes experiences too, Hot chocolate sachet and a note saying let’s enjoy a hot chocolate after a walk around town to see the lights.
or a homemade ticket to a Christmas film/popcorn
little crafts are a good one too.
Christmas socks might fit?

Novelty rubber

I've broken down packs of nice hair clips, mini pens and notebooks, stickers, glow in the dark stars, broken down Lego packets. You can also put a note to a larger gift if you want, but in my experience of doing this for a few years you end up buying a lot of small party bag style fillers that aren't appreciated, and having a few gifts and bulking it out with sweets is just as appreciated!

I've put mini squishmallows in my DD's advent calendar. I got a multipack on Amazon, they're called Squishvilles I think.

Mini puzzle
Mini pkt colouring pencils
A car
Puzzle snake
Magnifying glass
Plastic insects
Small strip of paints
Fun notes of things she can do for others during advent
Bouncy ball
One of those wrist slap things a xmas one
A xmas wind up toy
A candy cane pen
A Mini notebook
A pack of cards or small card game
Some marbles
A wind up car
Playmobil figure
Plasticine
Tub of play dough Mini one
Play dough cutters

Don't over think it. Funsize chocolate in most days. Ifbyou start fancy stuff it will escalate every year. One day she will be 21 and still expecting a fancy calendar 😁

I also agree with this! Last year dd was given a picture calendar from granny so we went with that and she got to choose a quality street every day..it was enough and she enjoyed it.

Some lovely ideas thank yous! I want to avoid too much ‘tat’ so like the idea of little notes pointing her to things I’d be buying anyway like a new Xmas outfit and crafty bits to make Xmas cards!

Yes, my two are big now and still get their fancy advent calendar! It’s all part of it for us though, brings them and me a bit of joy and build up now that the “magic” side has gone!
it can still be done fairly cheaply, chocolates most days and few things that can be bought in multipacks- face masks, mini toiletries, Christmas socks etc🎄

Sainsbury's have the mini boxes of smarties I was pleased to see this week