The majority of advent calendars have 24 doors to open or pockets to explore and the fun starts on December 1st. We also love creative designs that can become keepsakes, whether it is first advent calendars to jot down precious memories you can reminisce on for years to come.

Unlike others we tested, this set comes with sturdy carboard drawers – 24 of them – housing adorable wooden figurines. You can choose to accept all cookies or manage them, with full details available in our cookie policy. The premium-quality accessories boost the imagination and offer new possibilities and stimuli for play. The FLA Lending Code can be found here or alternatively you can contact us directly and we can provide you with a copy of the Lending Code. The whimsical jewels are fun, fancy and great quality – featuring rainbows, lemons and strawberries, and smiley faces.Suitable for babies from ages 18 months and up, there are 24 festive Happyland figurines behind each door – from a snowman and elf to Father Christmas himself. Young children will love opening a window each day to reveal an animal to play with - from elephants and lions to penguins and more.

Every day of December brings with it a brand new mini storybook filled with tales about the energetic pig and her family. Featuring an exciting mix of holiday-themed figures and accessories, they’ll be in for a treat every day as they wait for Santa’s gifts.

The last page features a gift tag design with a Christmas message for the little one - making it a really special advent present for a baby's first Christmas. OK, we may be cheating here, as eating chocolate was involved when testing this advent calendar, but the chocolate is 100 per cent organic and dairy-, nut-, gluten- and soy-free, so we have bent the rules for the Play in Choc advent calendar. Christmas starts early for Thomas fans with this fantastic advent calendar, which is packed with 24 mini push-along engines. If you opt for a theme or character they like, they’ll jump out of bed to open a calendar window each day.

But it’s what’s behind the doors that bring these sheets to life – 24 different surprises with a variety of paint sticks to collect. Given the size of the bracelet – although you can make it tighter by using the links – we’d suggest this for eight years plus. The Harry Potter Musical Advent Calendar scene of this advent calendar will be something they enjoy exploring each day throughout December as new characters are unveiled. Featuring 24 different pieces of festive clothing and accessories, they will be delighted to reveal something new each day to dress and play with their Baby Annabell dolls.Both our testers are big fans of the micro toy, and took it in turns to reveal the 25 surprise gifts hiding behind the doors. Little Brian is a parent’s dream product – no more messy painting sessions with your mini artists, thanks to its paint sticks: water soluble, child-friendly solid paint that twists up and down just like a glue stick. Each toy is decently sized, too, so the complete set is a lovely gift to play with - and great value too. Girl’s accessory brand Stych’s fruit salad advent calendar is the perfect sparkly stimulant to control the Christmas countdown frenzy. Both our younger testers took to these products so well, and the activity sheets captured their attention and enabled them to showcase their talent.