The biggest difference is that none of these are candy-focused, so you can save all the sweets for trick-or-treating. Sweet treats, toys, DIY gifts, family activities… we’ve gathered up everything you may be looking for and placed it all in one article! The fun doesn't have to begin on December 1st – get ready for the big countdown with our range of DIY advent calendars, including traditional wooden advent calendar houses, fill-your-own advent calendars and advent calendar bunting. Here are lots more non-candy / non-chocolate advent calendar fillers that you can get for them for this year!

While there are lots of advent calendar gift ideas in this article that DON’T involve candy, we thought we’d start with the classics. Outside of the office, you can find her killing it on the karaoke machine or listening to true crime podcasts.

Puffy paint ( this set includes classic, metallic, glitter, neon and glow-in-the-dark—just split it up and give your child one or two bottles per day! For added fun, turn these craft-related advent calendar fillers into a family activity by using them to make Christmas ornaments together (or any other project your child wants to do) once they’ve been opened! If you’ve made it this far, you’ve probably realized that a lot of the advent calendar fillers listed above are not only appropriate for kids… they are also appropriate for adults.

Printable coupons for outings or activities (pick something you and/or your child enjoy, and turn it into a family activity!Each day of October, you'll get a delightful little fright as you make your way from the beginning of October to the most ghostly day of the year.