Tis the season to be jolly! Christmas is coming! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la 🎶🎄And with it comes joy, kindness, love, … and gifts! Even though we need to wait a little longer for Santa to show up, we can already get into the Christmas spirit and start spreading the magic in our homes! To help your kids patiently wait until Santa’s visit, our little elves are happy to present their latest creation: A personalised Advent Calendar and its DIY kit to make your own homemade Advent calendar!
And because we know finding filler ideas can be, a bit, of hard work, we have listed our “tried and successfully tested” gift ideas to fill it with!

Make your own personalised Advent Calendar

Discover our personalised Advent calendar, 100% made in France! Created and designed in our workshop. It completes beautifully our Christmas collection of hessian santa sacks and personalized christmas stockings. Yes, Mine4sure does not only make clothes labels!

You will be wowed by this merry Christmas Village, made in poplar wood. Personalised with the text of your choice and up to 7 names, it has 24 holes so you can hang from it treat bags, handmade envelopes or boxes…
You can, also, complete it with our Advent calendar kit: 24 treat bags, 24 countdown round stickers (numbered from 1 to 24) as well as 24 little wooden pegs and a some hessian strings. Make this kit truly yours by choosing your favourite colour combination for the stickers. With so many festive colours, it will be hard work to choose your favourite one!

Gift ideas to fill up your homemade Advent calendar:

A homemade calendar is a lovely, beautiful idea and it’s reusable!
But let’s be honest, the most time-consuming part is to find gift ideas to fill it!

And to make sure it’s ready for December 1st, there is no time to waste. We recommend that you start thinking about what you want to add.

And because we’ve been there and done that, we thought we would share with you our small selection of small gifts to put in your pockets! You’re welcome 😊!

Of course, our list is far from being exhaustive, and you can find many other ideas on the net!

Sweet treats

It is well known that nearly all children (big and small) have a sweet tooth!

You could fill some of the little bags of your calendar with Christmas chocolates, sweets, candy canes or Christmas biscuit decorations that they would be happy to hang on the tree!

Knick-knacks and small toys

Little miniature figures of their favorite characters, Playmobil, legos, mini-puzzle pieces, ink stamps, a key chain, Christmas stickers or stickers of their favorite characters, small cars, princess or dressing up accessories…

Why not create a family Advent tradition?
One of our little elves had a lovely suggestion. Every year, include in your calendar a tree decoration. Your little ones can add it to the tree each Christmas and create a whole collection to cherish when they are older.

So many ideas to spoil your little ones without ruining yourself!

Create memories

“Good for” vouchers make great Advent calendar fillers! Great presents don’t need to cost much. Slip in “good for” vouchers and create special memories: whether it’s for an afternoon making Christmas cookies, playing a board game, a special outing to the ice rink or the cinema…

and give a good dose of love!

Finally, why not slipping in some of the treats a few loving or encouraging words, so they know how much you love them and are proud of them!

To stay in the spirit of Christmas, we suggest you have a little look at our special activity on the blog. An alternative to a traditional Advent calendar that suggests a list of 24 activities and good deeds to do in the countdown to Christmas.
Another idea to slip in your personalized Advent calendar!