Best Kids New Years Countdown (2024 Updated)

TranslateShow in original languageKovasti odotettu joulukalenteri ja innolla avataan joka päivä. Pieni pettymys lapselle, kun luukkujen aarteet eivät ole kovin leikittäviä. Aarrearkun saa auki, mutta sen sisällä on liimattu muovi joten arkkuun ei voi leikkijä laittaa itse mitään.

Sama juttu muidenkin luukun sisältöjen kanssa. Tässä on tuotekehitysvaiheessa tainnut testaus jäädä tekemättä tai muuten vaan ei ole piitattu mistä lapset tykkää.

TranslateShow in original languageTill min grabb som är 2,5 år va detta ingen höjdare. Han öppnade dom 5-6 första luckorna å man visste knappt va det var. Nu när vi öppnat dom sista luckorna börjar det bli lite bättre.

Men lite väl dyr tycker jag så här i efterhand.

TranslateShow in original languageTyvärr var innehållet i kalendern vänd åt fel håll. Varje lucka var krånglig att öppna. Annars mycket fin kalender och roliga presenter.

I bought this Christmas Tree for my two granddaughters to play with. One is 4 and one is 1 1/2 years old. They love it! The magnets are not too strong or too weak so they have no trouble taking the ornaments off or putting them on.

The storage box at the bottom is brilliant and each oranamet is decorated so beautifully that it’s impossible to pick a favorite. It was a great purchase and terrific value.

Wife is a major fan. Got the advent calendar, so had to get the car. Really, the set pretty much means you have to get the car since the cardboard setup is built for it. Lots of characters and accessories for them, so a good deal.

Playmobil seem to be going along the Lego lines of thought and indulgent adults. The figures are well made as always but the set is so fiddly to build that it almost drives you to distraction. Needs to be more durable and simpler to assemble.

Bought for 39 yr old husband and he absolutely loves it, pieces are a great size. A real throw back to a great movie. Super fast delivery and great pricing too. Carry on doing what you’re doing iwoot, brilliant company.

With a dinosaur obsessed 3 year old, a dinosaur themed advent calendar was always going to be a winner and this Jurassic World Dominion advent calendar doesn’t disappoint. With 24 days of dino fun, including 11 bigger dinosaurs, 8 mini dinosaur figures, 1 human figure and 10 pieces of fence and gate, this is a fabulous alternative to chocolate that will be played with long after Christmas is over.

The dinosaur figures are soft plastic and feel robust, and I love how the larger dinosaurs have realistic jointed features like jaws and tails. The fences and gate are chunky and solid and will withstand even the roughest dino attacks, and the iconic Jurassic Park doors really open and are satisfyingly realistic.

The box is a little flimsy and we found that the cardboard doors ripped really easily when opening them up but the snowy dinosaur graphics are great and it’s an impressive size as a package. It’s definitely for age 3+ though as with a baby brother in the house, we’ve had to hide some of the smaller figures to keep them out of his reach.

Another thing that I’d have loved would be the dinosaur names printed on the doors so we know what type they are! All in all, a lovely gift for your little dinosaur fan that will brighten their days throughout December.

My dinosaur loving kids were so excited to see this Jurassic World Advent Calendar! This is such a fun alternative to the traditional chocolate calendars that I am used to. My kids saw the package and were immediately ready to dive in.

The picture of the Jurassic World dinosaur really caught our attention. My boys loved that the numbers to open each day weren’t right next to each other. They loved searching for the next number each time.

This calendar comes with dinosaurs and accessories within the numbered doors. I love the quality of the pieces and we are looking forward to setting up some shelves to display them all. We all loved the excitement this calendar provides and how many different ages this could be for.

These pieces will be played with for a long time as well!.

I was initially SO excited to receive this because my son is obsessed with the whole Jurassic World Series and has been for years, so he would love this. Blue and beta are on the front and Roberta on the back, the packaging is so cool.

However, upon opening it up to inspect the contents so I could anticipate his excitement, neither blue nor beta were figures to receive on any of the days. He is going to be SO bummed, and it kind or ruins the set in general since they’re on the front of the packaging.

The accessories are super cool. The entrance to Jurassic world the cages, are so fun and this set is very different than other calendars we’ve gotten. The figure is super tiny and I’m sure will get lost.

This is our 2nd year purchasing a non-traditional Advent calendar. My 5 year old son is absolutely loving this Lego City one and, as a mom, I’m loving watching him wake up every morning excited to discover which piece is waiting behind that little cardboard door for him to build! This Lego Advent calendar will be a new tradition for years to come.

If you love Lego like my son, I don’t think you’ll ever outgrow this 24 days of fun each year no matter how small or simple the builds are!! I honestly didn’t expect him to play with the box as much as he has.

It’s just a cardboard flap that folds down to lay in front of the top of the box where each numbered door is to open. That flap becomes the ground (with roads, parking lots, snow, etc. ) that completes the entire Lego City scene for him to set up the pieces he’s built and let his imagination run wild.

If I had to come up with one negative thing, it would be that the only instruction provided is a tiny single picture on the inside of the door to each build. Yes, the builds are simple and don’t involve more than roughly 20 pieces, but if you’re the type of person who needs step-by-step instructions (like my 5 year old) then you’re left to search the internet.

One of the best things I like about him building regular Lego sets isthat he can sit down and independently follow the book and complete the build on his own. It boosts his confidence in himself and it’s rewarding for him to do it on his own and makes him beam with pride.

It’s not a deal breaker for this calendar, of course, but it would be awesome if Lego could find a way to include supplemental instructions. Other than that, I have nothing but positive things to say about this item.

Please be smart and buy early. They do sell out!! I was lucky enough to find a seller listing the item at a fair price, but I saw so many people marking them up crazy high to take advantage!! 🙁 Sad.

I LOVE Legos and have bought the advent calendars for years. My one son received the Star Wars and the other the City Advent. My son with the City Legos was not sure how a lego person holding dynamite was a Christmas thing and stopped especially after this year of violence.

Even though we are not Harry Potter fans, we bought the Harry Potter Advent calendar to replace which we are happier with – love the music themed. The City one sits alone and not used(will probably donate some packages).

We loved the ones in past with the Lego characters playing sports and Christmas themed Legos. After this year, would have been nice to see happier themes. Maybe add candy canes, ice skaters/hockey, the music instruments in HP, animal characters like puppies and kittens, gingerbread, food like cookies/hot chocolate market style, Mrs.

Claus, elves, ice castle toy, books, fireplace with stockings. Hope next year, it is a Christmas party! I will definitely pay more attention before I buy next time.

This is the 3rd year in a row that we have purchased the lego City Advent Calendar. The first year there were lots of fun Christmas themed items and builds. Last year a little less so (2019) This year we were unfortunately quite disappointed.

It was almost all cars. At one point my son literally groaned and said, “Not another car!” He didn’t even put it together he just dropped the bag and walked away. (Seemed a little extreme to me, but true.

) Also there are so many many minifigures but none of them have really interesting accessories. People just for people sake especially when not Christmas themed, just seem strange and again he was disappointed when there were people.

Our joke became, “Nothings says Christmas like a policewoman with a pineapple. ” I would love to see a lego Mario set next year or Minecraft. I would buy either of those in a heart beat. But I think we will look for something else other than the City Advent Calendar next year.

More builds, less people, more Christmas please.

cute figures, but very delicate. I have had to glue several back onto their base and its only the 12th, not a big deal for us but still seems too easy to break off. I also wish they were blind bags. when you open one door you can see whats next to it.

Otherwise nice box and would buy again.

There are so many great figures in this advent calendar. A couple of double ups with the same character in different poses and it contained four silver double ups. Two of the figures had their stands broken off and yes, they are all supposed to have stands, but apart from that, I’m really happy with the majority of this calendar.

This Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends MINIS Advent Calendar will be a holiday highlight to any young fan of Thomas & Friends. My nephew can hardly wait to open a door that will reveal a mini Thomas locomotive.

I actually let him preview the calendar by allowing him to open one window; he chose the 22nd day and we were pleasantly surprised to find Thomas disguised as Santa! (We returned him to his compartment and he will be allowed to unveil him on the 22nd day.

) These minis are the identical version of the mini Thomas & Friends we have purchased in the past. We love the surprise element of this advent calendar and look forward to the daily countdown during the holiday season.

I appreciate that this calendar contains 24 different locomotives featuring Thomas and his friends. My nephew is already predicting which engines he will find as he opens each compartment. The anticipation is palpable and the lessons of patience and delayed gratification are real! This is a wonderful advent calendar for any Thomas & Friends fan.

I plan on ordering one for my cousin’s toddler son who has received many of my nephews Thomas & Friends track sets. He will love this as much as my nephew loves it.

As a mom of 3 boys Thomas & Friends has been popular in my house the past 7 years in and out. So when I decided to surprise my middle son who is 4 years with this Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends mini advent calendar a 2022 he was over the moon excited.

He and his older brother would take turns opening each window to discover a unique mini train. Honestly, it was so much fun watching from the sidelines how surprised or excited they would get over each one.

There are 24 mini trains inside and each window can be used as a paper ornament on the tree. They saved all of them to hang on their tree at the end of the year for New Years. We simply added a string to each paper ornament and it makes it a fun decoration.

Each of the mini trains attaches behind each other, the kids can make a circle or different shapes with the trains. I also love the road printed and detaches from the box. Makes it a great on the go item.

This would be perfect if kids are visiting grandparents and they open each day before Christmas. At the end, they take their mini trains and road or leave it with the grandparents for their next visit as a special bonding experience or memory.

I highly recommend it.

This was a wonderful way to start the holidays. The packaging was Fun and interactive. Each door could be removed and turned into an ornament, and the package wrapping had tracks printed on the back To race your trains every day.

Each train was so cute! I was impressed by the detail on each train, The quality of the paint jobs was also very high. The wheels of all of the trains ran very well, and my children enjoyed making long trains by connecting all the minis together.

The holiday theme trains were absolutely adorable. The collection also included some classic trains and sea creature themed trains as well. Overall I can’t read this product highly enough. My kids were so excited to open a new door each day.

Let me just say, my little girl adored this and so did my little boys! My little girls birthday is a few weeks away, so I grabbed her one of these to help her count down! With covid 19 numbers higher in our city now than ever, it has taken away most of her birthday cheer.

I have been trying to find ways to spice it up, so I grabbed one of these to help her count it down. I will 100% be grabbing another for Dec 1st. She gets up everything morning with something to look forward too! Her brothers even think its a fun game.

I love all the adorable accessories and the cute doll! You get so many different oufits and accessories, it is amazing! She absoutley LOVES lol, and this would be perfect for any LOL lover in your life!!!.

I got this for my daughter and she absolutely loves it. As soon as I gave it to her she ripped it open! She loves lol suprise and this one is her favorite. She loves the doll and all the accessories.

She also loved the advent calendar. She has played with this every day since shes had it. She loves dressing the doll up in all of its outfits and accessories. I love that it comes with so many accessories! No more having to buy a doll and accessories separately! She also loved all the surprises.

Great value , cute doll and accessories. Will be buying this for my nieces as well!.

This Poly Pocket set is so cute and loved by my daughter. We didn’t use it as an advent countdown, but as a potty reward system. It worked great to have a small toy for her to open every time she was successful.

Even her big brother was excited to see what she would get each time. I really like the fact that it wasn’t overly hoilday themed, as we opened this in summer. The picture with the advent doors is a scene around a Chritmas tree, but the items you get inside aren’t a ton of Christmas specific things.

One of the pieces is a large Christmas tree, but that is the only thing really holiday specific. There is also a present included, which actually opens and you can fit some of the other small items inside, like the puppy.

But presents cant be for birthdays, or other occasions, so I don’t count that as just Christmas. The house itself is more holiday themed, looking a bit like a purple gingerbread house, with candy canes, and there are pictures of wreaths, a Christmas Tree, and other holiday decorations on the inside back wall of the house.

But my daughter didn’t seem to notice/care that is was holiday. I think the house being purple, with the pink wall/floor inserts helps. There are some more winter themed items, like a penguin and snowboard & ski accessories, but that didn’t stop my daughter from being excited and enjoying playing with it all.

And if we opened this for a Christmas advent, it definitely would have been fun then, but still plenty of things that a just like a regular dollhouse. Like beds, an oven, fridge, table, tea pot, and dog.

And even some fun outside items like a dog house, campfire, marshmallows on a stick, & hammock. My favorite aspect is the fact that once all opened, you assemble the walls and floors (which are included in the back and not part of the advent toys) making it look like a tiny dollhouse.

There are little pegs to stick the items into so they won’t get knocked over, but can still easily be moved around from room to room. Dolls and accessories from other Poly Pocket sets also work with this set.

I was excited to recieve this Polly Pocket advent calendar. My girls (6 & 8) are big fans of Polly Pocket just as I was at their age. I expected the typical advent calendar type toy where its a daily themed trinket in a big wasteful package that you end up throwing out at the end of the month.

Definitely *not* the case here which as a parent I am over the moon about! Of course some day’s surprises are more exciting than others, but each day was something new, useful to the final product and cute! At first my daughter didn’t notice and was ready to toss the package.

but behind the numbered surprise doors was an entire house playset!! She was so pleasantly surprised because with every other advent we’ve ever gotten. its just a thin cardboard box with plastic clamshell style packaging Inside holding all the days treasures.

Such a cool change to your typical advent and gives purpose and use to the little daily toys they get to collect. This was probably our favorite advent calendar to date!! Highly recommend.

My daughter was so excited about this toy! She is pretty new to Polly Pocket because of her age and the size of the items but she absolutely loves playing with them! She knows these are very small pieces and is careful about picking them all up after playtime so the dog/cats do not get to them.

When she saw this she flipped out! To know she gets to open a door each day to discover a new item or piece to create this Christmas scene had her giddy. The toys are fragile yet sturdy and well made.

This might be the neatest advent calendar out there! I enjoy it as much as her and we play for a good hour before her attention starts to waver…which, for a four year old is amazing. The colors are bright, vivid, and fun.

The pieces are small but perfect for small hands. The way they go together is easy for her to do on her own, too.

I bought this for my toddler so he could have an Advent calendar like his big brother. It is absolutely adorable. The pieces are so well made and cute. He has really loved opening it! The little doors open easily! I highly recommend this! It’s so much fun! And leaves them with great toys to play with.

Needed an advent calendar for my 15 month old and this seemed like the perfect solution. Some of the items are hard to get out of the plastic. Most of the items are really cute, but there are a few items that aren’t all that great.

Also don’t like that the numbers aren’t in order. Otherwise pretty decent, has some really cute characters.

I would give this a five star if this didn’t have some filler items (like plastic balls that I guess are supposed to look like ice?) since it’s a nice calendar for the younger kids. I would definitely gift this or be super happy if someone gave this to my children.

My little boy seems to enjoy the figures as well and it’s nice that he has something to open when my older kids are doing their advent calendars.

this visual timer works very well for children or adults with learning difficulty, giving them a visual countdown to the end of an activity, or the start of one, supporting individuals who struggle with transitioning.

the audible bleep at the end of the time, is not too loud or shrill for my son and prompts me if I am not in the room to know to move things on! the size makes it easy to carry around and the stand does work well as protection for the face whilst transporting, or to keep fingers off the dial.

worth the money, quite robust and sturdy.

Battery operated. The red showing the time selected is an excellent visual feature. The timer beeps when the time elapses. This particular product allows you to either hang it up or you could pull out the stand to stand it upright on a flat surface.

This unit is lightweight but not flimsy. Would recommend this to anyone who needs a timer. For cooking or timing children activities, or anything for that matter, this is what you want and need. Great product.

Would recommend to anyone.

Perfect for a classroom! Big enough that kids can see it from the back of the room and the timer sound is just loud enough and long enough for the kids to hear it and begin to tidy up. Magnets on the back plenty s trough enough to hang on the board.

Great gift for the teacher who has everything!.

Each day it comes with play-doh and sometimes a mold or a tool. He’s enjoying filling in the outlines on the scene of what he’s supposed to build and put there. I took off one star because some of the things are out of order.

We have a santa hat but no mold for santa and we received the map to make the reindeer but no antlers yet to make it. It’s fine for my 7 year old cause he can be patient but might be harder for a younger one who will be eager to make these things.

This was such a great advent calendar. My toddler was so excited to see which play doh she got that day! She got a TON of play doh cups and accessories with this too. We will definitely be buying it next year as well.

My daughter was 2 1/2 for age reference.

The little play doh tubs and Christmas moulds are lovely. But I actually thought something was missing from the box when I opened it! The “advent calendar” is actually the box that the play doh is packaged in.

I’m going to try and find something else to put them in. But then that’s more expensive?.

Ok so let me start by saying this is not as horrible as people say. I bought this for my son as soon as it went on sale. I do recommend buying at a lower price because i honestly dont think its worth full price.

I thought the accessories were kinda werid at first but cute and fun once you figure out what the heck they are used for LOL. The cars seemed different to me from the normal ones they usually sell. But not that bad, the designs were pretty cool.

My son Loved them!!!. Honestly my only real complaint is the packaging. Its completely Awful. Very hard to open for me and my 4 year old. Overall i recommend it. Its super fun and my child did enjoy opening it with me!!.

The item looks very cute, and I will be reordering this again. My complaint is not with the Hot Wheels Advent Calendar, but with the shipping package. Receiving the package (a plastic bag), there was no tears.

Upon opening the bag, 3 out of the 4 corners are bashed in and there is a big tear in the middle of the Hot Wheels Advent Calendar. Vender should of packed the Hot Wheels Advent Calendar in a sturdy box, not a bag! Very disappointed!.

My son’s 2nd favorite advent calendar (only the chocolate ones are better he says). This is our 5th year getting one and he loves them. The accessories tend to be the same year after year (or most of them are) but that just means he has multiple ramps for all the cars.

I think the only way the calendar could be better would be if they made a chocolate advent calendar with car shaped chocolates!.

I purchased 3 of these for the grandkids (ages:3,6,8). In all fairness, we have only done the first day’s activity. Here is my take: LOVE that they have a different activity with a different Crayola tool to work with each day.

However, this product could/should be made for different age groups. Day 1 activity (word search). Could/should be: pre-K– font 16 with simple single-syllable words (i. e. ‘bell’) Words presented left to right only; and NO mixing up letters.

K-3–font 14 includes single and double syllable words and no more than 7/8 words to find. Again, left to right only, no mixing up letters in the word. Upper elementary–font 12 with multi-syllabic words to find and upwards of 20 words.

Words left-right/right-left/diagonal/backwards. The way this is set up now it was even difficult for the 8-year-old; and just curious, why the cluster of words in the upper left corner?.

My daughter and I were so disappointed last year when Crayola did not put out a new calendar. That was lame. I got on Facebook two years ago, last year, and this year to let everyone know how great this kit is for kids.

It is filled with fun activities and quality Crayola products to get the activities done. The instructions are simple. I forgave Crayola for not producing a new one last year. I even ordered these for my friends’ kids.

Unfortunately, my 4 year old is already frustrated with his 1st experience because his tray of materials was backward in the box. So when he opened December 1st, he got a crayon instead of a marker to do his word search.

Today, he opened up December 2nd and got clay instead of paint to do his paint by number like my daughter. Thankfully, my daughter’s box is correct so I figured it out and turned the tray around. For families that don’t have a second tray, this would be a miss and a huge disappointment for kids who are so excited.

Our daughter and son-in-law made it very clear that our granddaughters do not need any more toys so we gave them these crafty countdown calendars! The children love them and use them. Our younger granddaughter is four and has autism but still wants to do what her big sister (7) does.

Both girls enjoy and use these art supplies and project cards at the same time but in different ways. The parents are thrilled. (We don’t post pictures of our granddaughters on the Internet).

We are very disappointed with that calendar. It has mostly tiny plastic pieces which are also again wrapped in plastic ( like a plate, a bone, a little piece of pie etc, not even animals). It gives the company Schleich a very bad name which produces usually quality products.

Absolutely not worth the money.

Awesome calendar for my 5 yr old daughter. She loves getting to open the little door, finding a surprise each day. The pieces can be played by themselves or together as a set. The toys themselves are small but sturdy, with excellent craftsmanship so I know thsse toys will last.

This year, I’m a first time advent calendar buyer, but it won’t be my last. I got three different ones, for three different kids. They loved waking up each day to a new surprise. They had fun guessing what might be next, too!.

I received product reimbursement in exchange for my honest review. We get one of these every year for my boys because they love their legos! These are awesome because every day is a new surprise and a great way to help them understand how close Christmas is.

I love that it has different figures for them so that they can play role play with the Lego sets they already put together. It also has a neat flip down lid with a winter scene for more imaginative play.

This is a great addition to any lego set or a great starter set for those that don’t have any yet.

I received product reimbursement in exchange for my honest review. I really love Lego products, and this one is super cool. I like the concept and the fact that each day comes with something small to build.

I love the mini-figures and all of the little Holiday-themed building items for the different days. Would definitely buy again!.

My grandson looks forward to the Lego City Advent Calendar every December. Each day has a new surprise and he builds them together with figures from previous years to create an exciting adventure. He uses the figures throughout the year with his other sets.

A great interactive and creative toy.

I bought this for my son and his wife’s 2 children. They loved it! The children enjoyed putting a surprise ornament on the big tree! My son changed the ribbon like hook to white yarn because it was a bit difficult to wrap the ribbon-like around the red buttons.

My son would buy this felt tree and felt ornaments again because it is beautiful, the kids loved it, and the price for was reasonable. My son’s request was to I give this countdown calendar a GREAT REVIEW!.

A friend recommended this a couple years ago and I was a little hesitant to buy – probably because of the cost. But I bought one this year and it is WORTH EVERY PENNY. I love doing an activity-based advent calendar, instead of candy – and my kids love running out to see what goodies they get today.

Some days, you just get a single crayon or marker and a coloring page (although the kids don’t mind “just” getting this one bit) – and other days you get something bigger, like a 6-pack of paints. Highly recommend!.

My kids LOVE this Minecraft advent calendar. I couldn’t find this anywhere. Thankfully I found it on eBay. I would definitely buy it again for next year!

It is for my grndson and I thought it was high but he likes mine craft. I am sure he will be thrilled. I will give it to him for halloween Thanks PK

It’s exactly what we expected it to be. Our grandson loves it.

Unlike other advent calendars where you only get 1 worthless piece of candy. with the hot wheels advent calendar you get a life time of fun. the cars you get a really awesome durable and can be played with years to come.

and when its time to retire them you just bring them onto a plane and give one to a crying kid and poofs the world is happy again. all from this calendar.

The product great, but the pricing is confusing. One price is clearance for about $15 something then next is $29. Then total is came out be $42 something dallor. BEWARE OF PRICE CHANGES.

my husband collects hot wheels and this is something he don’t have, i think he will love to add it to his collection, and if i win the $1000 sweepstakes i can buy alot more!!