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Amazing Christmas Advent Calendars

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We have put together our top ten Christmas Advent calendars for this year. These calendars are for a mixed age range and the perfect non food alternative for kids.

The little trinkets and toys are more interactive than a small oily chocolate that tastes like blah. (My kids hate them). We all know about the amazing Lego Advent calendars but did you know there is are a lot more varieties out there when it comes to Christmas Countdown Calendars.

Tsum Tsum Disney Advent Calendar

 

Christmas Farm animals galore with this Schleich Advent Calendar

12 Days of Christmas Bath and Body Calendar. Mini samples of hand cream, lip balm and more.

Fisher Price Thomas the Tank Engine Advent Calendar with mini trains.

Bayala Whimsical advent calendar by Scleich.

Vtech go go Smart Wheels Calendar is the perfect Christmas countdown for toddlers.

 

Hot Wheels Advent Calendar

This Christmas Playdough Calendar will keep the little ones busy.

Little People Christmas Advent Calendar

This Religious Christian Sticker advent calendar count down is under $6.

 

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.