Advent calendar - what to do with it?
Autumn is here, the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting noticeably colder. With the end of the year approaching, it is also time to start thinking about the advent calendar , which is an integral part of the pre-Christmas season. Even as a child, I looked forward to the calendar and counted down the windows until the last one, when a small miracle happened.
The calendar shortens the countdown to Christmas for the little ones and the big ones. Stores are already full of pre-filled advent calendars, but their contents often contain too much sugar or too much plastic. If you want your little ones to enjoy great little things for a long time, try filling the advent calendar yourself.
You can design the calendar itself in a thousand and one ways or buy it ready-made. Bread bags with numbers and hung on jute string with clothespins is just one idea out of hundreds. But you can also put small packages with matching numbers in the box and let your children search for the right number. Homemade advent calendars can also be made from empty toilet paper rolls, paper cups, mason jars or socks. In this way, you will create a very individual calendar for your loved ones, which is also environmentally friendly and sustainable, and in many cases it can be used again and again. If you don't want something homemade, take a look at our organic cotton calendars from Fabelab and Liewood , which will decorate your home for many years.
For playing outside
Depending on the age and preferences of your children, the possibilities of filling individual pockets are perhaps endless. When it comes to winter outdoor fun, there's always something to give. Hats , gloves or socks or stockings will ensure warm hands and feet when playing in the snow. And so that children can warm up from the inside, a thermos is definitely great. The Liewood ones are really gorgeous.
When children come home from the cold and tired in the evening, they love to jump into the hot tub. OUATE washing cream is another gift idea from the advent calendar. And of course toys belong in water. Here are a few of them.
Tattoos are another great idea for your children's advent calendar. You will find many colorful motifs in our assortment. The tattoos are transferred to the skin and remain there for several days. They are non-toxic and dermatologically tested. If the tattoo is no longer desired, it can be easily removed and replaced with a new one if necessary. You can cut a large package and have several pockets full right away.
You can also divide the puzzles and put them in pockets one at a time. This, for example, with puzzles with 24 pieces . The children can then look forward to what kind of picture will be created under their hands. In addition to puzzles, we also have a magnetic animal alphabet or fruit and vegetable numbers . Divide them into pockets and you have several windows full and at the same time you can engage in non-violent learning with the children.
What about the cards? Card games or pexe . Djeco card games fit nicely in pockets.
Mini friends that children can hide in their pockets when they go somewhere without you. They will give them confidence and a sense of security. You can also add little tooth fairies to them.
Speaking of beautiful fairies, little fairies can definitely use something in their hair. Clips and rubber bands with different patterns are already waiting for them. They are truly magical.
And if you don't want to buy anything else, try our paper calendar with tasks that you cut out and put in pockets. I believe that you will spend a wonderful Advent time together.
Advent calendar - ideas with the future
You can fill the advent calendar yourself without plastic products from the Far East or sweets. Depending on your budget, it doesn't have to be expensive things, something homemade, homemade sweets or a voucher for an exhibition or a cinema ticket will do. Mix everything well and look forward to the bright eyes of the children. How they will secretly try to look into their pockets or take out what they don't have yet. It will be a joy, and you know that you have done something good not only for your children, but also for the environment, because the things you choose from us will, thanks to their quality, bring joy to other children as well.