Advent calendar filler ideas for kids
If you’re looking for stocking stuffers or ideas on what to fill your child’s advent calendar with, you’ve come to the right place! Whether you’re looking for advent calendar ideas for your baby, toddler, or child, I’ve grouped ideas below by age group for you!
As you may have seen from a previous post, we LOVE advent calendars in our house. When it was just my husband and I, I would create an advent calendar for him full of fun stuff every year. The list kept growing! Now that we have an active toddler on our hands, I thought I would start this list as a way for me to track some ideas I plan on putting in her stocking or advent calendar while also sharing them with you lovely strangers on the internet.
I’ve separated the ideas by age group with the top list including babies aged 0 to 18 months since there aren’t many toys in this age group that are only suitable for babies.
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Stocking stuffers/advent calendar fillers suitable for all ages (baby 0-18 months to just under a teen)
- Spinning Top
- Socks
- Christmas Ornament
- Flash Cards
- Bouncy Light Up Balls (large ones for babies, smaller ones for older kids)
- Finger Puppets
- Books
- New Mittens
- Christmas slippers
- Slinkie
- Yoto Cards
- Stuffed animal
- Sippy Cup/water bottle
- Toothbrushes and Toothpaste
- Diapers/Underwear
- Wooden toy animals
- Hairbrush
- Hairbows
- Baby balm or lip balm
- Play silks (Melodie silks are our fave)
- Teethers for baby
- Nightlight
- Bath toys
- Magic washcloths
- Bubbles
- Activity prompts
Fillers to put in your toddler’s advent calendar (1 year old – 3 year old)
*Please supervise your kids when they are playing with any of these! Though they will entertain a 1-3 year old, some toys contain pieces that can break off into small parts so supervision is always required!
- Stickers
- Pull back cars
- Goldfish cracker snacks
- Fruit
- Bath markers
- Character Bandaids
- Hot Wheel Cars
- Kinder Surprise
- Stamp Sets
- Crayons, Markers
- Bubble Bath (my favourite one for kids, which contains lavendar – hello sleep!)
- Gummy Candy
- Tea
- Dinosaur eggs that hatch
- Glow Sticks
- Slime
- Playdoh
- Bath bomb with sponge inside
- Play food
- Musical instruments (egg shaker, rattle, whistle, bell are great smaller fillers)
- Mini cooking utensils
Advent calendar filler ideas for a young child (3 years+)
Great fillers include everything above in the 1-3 year old category and the following:
- Barrel of Monkeys
- A necklace or bracelet
- Headphones
- Hair elastics
- Piggy Paint
- Temporary tattoos
- Crazy Aaron’s putty
- Mineral rocks
- Magic 8 ball
- Clip-on earrings or kids jewelry
- Schleich animals
- Loose parts (seashells, stones, or Grapat mandala pieces)
- Peg people
- Playing card holder for kids
Looking for Advent Calendar ideas to put these fillers in?
We love the Gathre advent calendar because of the quality and large pockets.
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