This Step2 advent calendar is perfect for little hands! Children will love finding a treat each day as they pull out the tiny red and green bins!
Advent calendars have been a part of my holiday traditions for as long as I can remember. I was even able to find a picture of the calendar that we used when I was a child! Who else had this one?
It came with a tiny mouse that would move from pocket to pocket throughout December. I bet my mom still has this somewhere! I believe it was from Avon and seeing it again makes me smile. So many fun childhood memories are associated with this cute countdown to Christmas. Maybe this is why I went a bit crazy with making sure my kids had a fun advent calendar every year when I became a mom!
Advents are a fun way to countdown the days until Christmas and they also teach patience. Especially if you only put one treat in each bin and have 5 kids taking turns---meaning you only get a treat every 5 days! Sometimes I'm nice and put in enough for everyone. The little bins on this advent are large enough to be able to do that.
We've used a combination of both homemade advents and store bought ones with our children and I was thrilled to discover that Step2 has designed a kids advent calendar this year! In true Step2 fashion, this advent calendar was made to last and was manufactured in the United States.
Let's start out the holiday season with a kids advent calendar that the whole family will love!
The My First Advent Calendar from Step2 was designed for little hands, but it is a functional advent calendar for the whole family to use. Mac loves playing with the little bins and the front door opens revealing a gold bin for Christmas day!
He's had so much fun taking the bins in and out that I've used it to feed him lunch a couple of times. I hid crackers, fruit, and other bite-sized foods in the bins and it was a fun little scavenger hunt for lunch, ha!
The My First Advent Calendar from Step2 is an amazon.com exclusive.
What kind of advent calendar do you have in your home?
Feeling a bit crafty and want to make your own calendar?
Here are ideas for a kids advent calendar
Felt Christmas Advent Calendar That Kids Can Sew: A darling DIY Christmas tree advent calendar that kids can sew using a needle and thread, and a collection of other EASY holiday projects that kids can sew!
Paper Plate Snowman Christmas Countdown: This snowman Christmas countdown is made out of a paper plate! Countdown the days by turning the snowman’s nose. Simple for kids to make and so inexpensive. A great school craft idea to make after Thanksgiving break.
Paper Santa's Beard Christmas Countdown: This darling Santa Christmas Countdown is the perfect activity for kids! Trim Santa’s beard a little bit every day until Christmas Day!
Tissue Paper and Cups Advent: A simple DIY advent calendar made from paper cups and tissue paper. Kids can break open the tissue each day to find the surprise inside!
Darlene says
When i was a kid i had the carboard one with little chocolates in them. I would absolutely love this for my 3 year old and 1 year old! It would be a great new twist on our current christmas tradition!
April Paul says
I had (and still have!) the mouse Avon advent calendar! I also made my daughter one that we used for about four years straight 🙂
Kelly says
We still have that exact cloth advent calendar. It was my husband's and my best friend had the same one. We "fight" over daily if it's counting up or down. I do a countdown, he goes calendar style.
Brooke Carr says
I never had an advent calendar as cool as the ones that are available now. I only vaguely remember having one of the flimsy ones that you popped a piece of chocolate out of each day.
Janice Bartles says
We had the lifesaver one!
meghan says
I always had the chocolate advent calendars!
Lauren Hamilton says
Good old fashioned paper chain
Mary says
We had one similar to you mouse one only bears. We always had a chocolate in each little pouch. It was a race as to who would change the date first.
Brittany Wahlen says
We had one that was made out of felt (I’m pretty sure my Mom made it), and it hung on the wall. Each pocket had an ornament for the tree on it, and a candy in the pocket. So you got to put an ornament up (on the advent calendar), and get a candy.
Chanel Haag says
As a child my family did not celebrate Christmas. Which was so sad as a child. So I do my best to make my children Christmas as merry as possible. Please pick us Arabella and Able would love this. 🙏🏼🎅🏻🎄
Whitney says
A wall hanging of a Christmas tree with pockets that had hanging decorations. Ps my 2 year old twins would LOVe this!!
Marisa says
I want in! 😊 I don't really remember having an advent calendar as a kid. We usually would make the countdown chains with red and green construction paper. Kids these days have it made 😂
Alyssa Kiger says
We had the little chocolate advent calendars, but when I was little we lived in Italy and I remember the chocolate in them being so good. Now days I still give my kids the little chocolate calendars but my kids will never know that delicious chocolate. Maybe that's a good thing? They'll never be disappointed!
Susan says
We got the cardboard ones with chocolates! Although we couldn’t wait to just open once a day 🤪
Jennifer Pendley says
This is so cute! We never had one of these growing up. I'm sure we did paper chains once or twice, though. I was an adult before I realized what an advent calendar was.