Advent calendar filler ideas for kids
Last Updated on November 6, 2024
Advent calendars are a really fun Christmas tradition, opening their little doors and discovering what’s behind them creates a lot of excitement for kids in the lead up to Christmas.
There are so many great advent calendars that you can buy that already have fillers in them. However, you can also make your own advent calendar, or buy an empty advent calendar and fill them with your own advent fillers that you know your kids will love.
If you like the sound of making your own advent calendar, or buying an empty one, here are some advent calendar filler ideas for kids that you can put in them, that will add some extra magic to your kid’s Christmas.
If you’re also looking for stocking filler ideas, here are some stocking filler ideas for babies, stocking filler ideas for toddlers, and stocking filler ideas for 4-5 year olds as well.
Toy advent calendar filler ideas
- Action figures
- Animal figures
- Aqua beads
- Balloons
- Bouncy ball
- Character figures
- Doll house accessories
- Finger puppets
- Glow in the dark stars
- Glow sticks
- Hot Wheels
- Keyrings
- Magnets
- Marbles
- Mineral rocks
- Mini kaleidoscope
- Mini microscope
- Mini puzzles
- Money
- Play food
- Plush toys
- Seed packets
- Slime
- Slinky
- Small Lego kit
- Sophie Giraffe teether
- Spinning top
- Temporary tattoos
- Tractors
- Trains
- Water beads
- Wrist bells
Accessory advent calendar filler ideas
- Clip on earrings
- Hair bows
- Hair clips
- Hair scrunchies
- Jewellery
- Lip balm
- Rings
Craft advent calendar filler ideas
- Chalk
- Colouring sheets
- Crayons
- Dot markers
- Modelling clay
- Novelty erasers
- Paint sticks
- Pencils
- Play-Doh
- Play-Doh accessories
- Putty
- Stamps
- Stickers
Bath fun advent calendar filler ideas
- Baby balm
- Bath bombs
- Bath crayons
- Bath markers
- Bath toys
- Bubbles
- Crayola Bath Dropz
- Foam numbers and letters
- Squirting toys
- Stackable toys
- Wind up toys
Food advent calendar filler ideas
- Candy canes
- Candy jewellery
- Chocolate coins
- Chocolate reindeers
- Gingerbread men
- Gummy candy
- Hot chocolate packets
- Hot chocolate spoon
- Jelly beans
- Kinder Surprise
- Lolly pops
- Marshmallow Santas
- Mini biscuit packet
- Mini chocolate bar
I hope you’ve found some advent calendar filler ideas for kids here that you think will excite your kids this Christmas.
What small toys do your kids love?
