10 Best Wooden Advent Calendars That You Can Use Year After Year

This Amazon advent calendar has a really modern and fun design that kids will love to use to search out the next date in December. Each of the 24 boxes looks like a lovely wrapped present and has space for a sweet or a very small toy, so is ideal for older kids as toddlers may have larger toys in their advent calendar. It's a modern take on a Christmas tree so best for families who like contemporary designs over the more traditional festive look.

This eye catching calendar will really go down a treat with younger kids thanks to its smart bus design and LED lights that create the Christmas magic. It can be personalised with your child's name too, so will become a treasured keepsake. The drawers can be rearranged in any way you like, so you can jumble them up or keep them in order once you've filled them with treats.

If you like your Christmas decor to match the Scandi chic interiors of your home then this is the choice for you. This wooden advent calendar looks like it's straight from a European Christmas market with its delightful wooden reindeer and tree scene lit up with a warm glow from behind. A lovely hygge way to bring December morning excitement into your home.

This kids' advent calendar is excellent value for such a sweet festive design. Consisting of 23 five inch square boxes all stakced together in a sleek and stylish design, it will delight kids with the pretty Christmas patterns on each box (particularly older children who are not as interested in Christmas characters anymore but still expect an advent calendar from their parents!). The boxes on this one are quite small, so you'll probably want to fill it with sweeties or some other small edible treat as it'll be tricky to find toys small enough to fit.

This traditional advent calendar is a really stylish option and is an alternative advent calendar to the ones with classic drawers that you fill with your own presents. It's fun to fill as it comes with 24 white discs that you insert each day like a blind or curtains and the house fills up from the bottom to the top as Christmas approaches. If you don't like the idea of buying 24 presents or your kids eating a sweet every morning then this is a fabulous choice, as it's still an exciting and fun way to countdown to the most anticipated day of the year.

This wooden advent calendar might be one of the priciest on the list, but when you consider that it doubles up as a Nativity scene too and is a really gorgeous design that will last for many years to come, then it really is worth the spend. Instead of filling it with presents, this religious calendar has a figure from the Nativity scene behind each door so children can build the full scene throughout December and reveal the finished Christmas story on the 24th. The scene also spins 360 degrees making it really easy to access each door. If you want to remind your children the meaning behind all the presents and festivities, this is a wonderful choice.  

This fillable advent calendar is a really different take on the classic wooden calendar. Instead of drawers it comes with cute little sacks that are pegged onto a line that you can fill with presents or sweets. The sacks come in a whole host of pretty colours, including glittery red and festive gold and copper, and it can also be personalised with your child's name or your family name at the top. It's a fairly expensive option, but is made from solid oak and is a lovely quality that will last for many years.

You won't want to put this lovely Christmas tree advent calendar away after the final drawer has been opened on the 24th, as it's a charming and festive addition to your seasonal decor. This wooden advent calendar is great value and has a lovely 360 degree Christmas tree design and little drawers with a different Christmas picture on each one, which will delight little kids as they see what festive character they get each day. It will fit much smaller presents though, so is probably best for older children who can eat sweets or play with small toys.

If you're looking to fill your own advent calendar, you can't go wrong with this classic gingerbread design. It almost looks good enough to eat with its 24 numbered drawers that cover the sides of this 3D house. With cute gingerbread characters on the side, kids will fall in love with the traditional charm of this gingerbread house advent calendar.

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