Advent calendars

[CurlewKate]

Has anyone got a source for lovely traditional advent calendars-the ones with pictures? Not obviously for children!

Our church sells them after Church on a Sunday. You could try your local Church.

There’s a lovely choice on Paper Tiger

WH Smith.

Check https://www.rogerlaborde.com/ - they have flat and 3d ones.

Also just google ‘paper advent calendar’, there are loads of lovely results.

https://www.traditionaladventcalendars.co.uk/all-advent-calendars.html

Loads to choose from, great quality.

The Artfile do some lovely continuous ones ( where the picture behind adds to the initial picture rather than being random )

Wrendale are doing one.

try your local Post Office

We have one of these and it’s fab! The pieces can be put in a fabric or drawer calendar and then the kids match the number to the slot to build the scene. It creates a lot of excitement!

cardsandgiftwrap.co.uk/product-category/advent/advent-calendars/3d-advent-calendars/

I always use https://www.adventcalendarshop.co.uk/collections/paper-advent-calendars .

Why not for children? Not everything has to come with a chocolate treat. We were quite happy with a glittery door with a picture behind it. Far too much chocolate is eaten by kids.

If you want traditional themes in the pictures then most churches sell them at this time of year.

If you just want nice pictures but not particularly religious themes then search for “traditional advent calendar” on Amazon and you should find loads by modern and traditional artists. One of my DC still keeps the Norman Rockwells I found one year as an annual decoration (it was one of his New England Christmas themed).