100+ Fun Advent Calendars for Young Adults

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Fun Advent Calendars for Teens and Adults

Advent Calendars are not just for kids. Did you know there are advent calendars for adults? These jolly Advent calendars for young adults are a fun way to kick off the holiday season! Some of these go fast, so it is a good idea to order early!

Send a fun advent calendar in a care package to your student away at college. Send one to your young professional working their heart out in a city far away from you. This will put a smile on their face, and let them know that you are thinking about them.

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The Best Jolly Advent Calendars for Young Adults

Looking back to favorite holiday memories for myself as a child and as a mom, Advent calendars is one of my top picks.

I loved them growing up, and my boys loved them too. No one is too old for these anymore with all the options available for purchase.

Here are a few I found and put into categories for you. (Hint: If you want to see all the options of the category, click on the header for a bunch. Otherwise, there are many listed singly.)

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Baking Advent Calendars

This might be a little much, but here are 24 cookie recipes to try for the Advent season. I don’t think that I’ll be baking for 24 days, but if you like that -let us know which you like the best!

And if you do like making cookies, how about this Mini Cookie Cutters Advent Calendar? Or a Cookie Embossers Advent Calendar to add fondant or sugar paste flourishes to your cookies.

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Fishing Advent Calendars

Fishing advent calendars are hot right now. Lures and other fishing equipments are fun treats for your favorite fisherman. Here are some ideas.

Fun for your favorite fisherman! -24 days of lures🐟

12 Days of Fishmas – Catch Co Mystery Tacklebox

Mystery Tackle Box– High-quality baits and lures

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Fan Favorites Advent Calendars

Do you have a collector? An enthusiast? These Advent calendars with themes fit the bill!

Squishmallows are huge right now! Get the Squishmallows Holiday Plush Advent Calendar.

Funko Pop! Harry Potter Advent Calendar – 24 unique Funko Pocket Pops! featuring Harry and his friends.

Funko Pop! has advent calendars for all of your favorite shows and movies like this Star Wars Funko Pop! Advent Calendar.

Other Funko Pop! Advent Calendars include The Office, Marvel, Stranger Things, Disney, and More.

Remember the Gilmore Girls? Well, there is a Gilmore Girls: The Official Advent Calendar to help you reminisce.

Pokemon! -can’t forget Pikachu!

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Craft Advent Calendars

Leather Crafting Advent Calendar – 24 days of leather crafting supplies and tools perfect for beginners.

Cross Stitch Advent Calendar – create a cross stitch project over 24 days

Embroidery Advent Calendar – Beautifully packaged embroidery projects

Needle Felting Advent Calendar – 24 days of needle felting projects

This gorgeous Watercolor Advent Calendar includes 24 envelopes with 24 seasonal watercolor projects.

Here’s a fun one – The My World Arts & Crafts Advent Calendar includes 24 crafts representing 24 countries

Sewing and Needlework Advent Calendar – 12 days of premium mini-kit crafting adventures

Create 25 felt ornaments with a Felt Ornament Advent Calendar.

Countdown to Christmas with this Stitch a Day Embroidery Advent Calendar

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: LEGO Advent Calendars and Other Building Sets

Besides chocolate, Legos are synonymous with holidays and my boys home for me.

There are too many LEGO Advent Calendars and Building Set Advent Calendars to mention below. You can see many of them here.

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar – They never outgrow LEGOs or Star Wars.

LEGO Harry Potter Advent Calendar – We love Harry in our house full of muggles!

Christmas Tree Building Set Advent Calendar – Use these daily building block sets to create an adorable Christmas tree.

More Advent Calendar Ideas

For the sock lover – Mens Holiday Sock Advent Calendar or the TeeHee Christmas Holiday Socks.

Here’s one for us midlife mamas! 25 Bookish Gifts for Women Book Lovers- Reading Advent Calendar

Enjoy 24 Days of Scents with this Votive Candle Advent Calendar.

Even More Advent Calendar Ideas

Best Advent Calendar Filler Ideas

Best Advent Calendar Filler Ideas for Everyone On Your List

As I researched for this post, I tried to find the most unique, funny, and original products for each item. I also tried to find very small gifts to fit into an Advent calendar or stocking if that were the case. I found great items for the Best Advent Calendar Filler Ideas for Everyone!

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Puzzle and Game Advent Calendars

Have a super fun time counting down to Christmas with these Puzzle and Game Advent Calendars.

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10+ Tasty Beverage Advent Calendars

Tasty beverage advent calendars for adults, young adults, and teens. Coffee advent calendar ideas. Tea Advent Calendar ideas. Adult beverage advent calendars.

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Fun Advent Calendars for Pets

These jolly Advent calendars for young adults are a fun way to kick off the holiday season! Send one in a care package to your student away at college. Send one to your young professional working their heart out in a city far away from you. This will put a smile on their face, and let them know that you are thinking about them!

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15+ Unique Food Advent Calendar Ideas

These jolly Advent calendars for young adults are a fun way to kick off the holiday season! Send one in a care package to your student away at college. Send one to your young professional working their heart out in a city far away from you. This will put a smile on their face, and let them know that you are thinking about them!

Bath and Body Advent Calendars

10+ Best Bath and Body Advent Calendars

Bath and Body Advent Calendars Bath and Body advent calendars make wonderful gifts for everyone. They are not just for teen girls and women. We have found Bath and Body Advent Calendars for teen boys and men. Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Etsy are good places to search for a bath and body advent calendars, wellness

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Beauty Advent Calendars

Beauty Advent Calendars for Teen Girls and Women Beauty Advent Calendars and Self Care Advent Calendars are the best. They are full of skincare and other beauty products perfect for teen girls, college students, and all women. There are even a few skin care and self care advent calendars that will work for men. And,

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10 Best Chocolate Advent Calendar Ideas

Nothing says Christmas like chocolate and these chocolate advent calendar ideas are the best available! Surprise your college student, teen, young adult, or yourself with one of these amazing Chocolate Christmas Countdowns.

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Reusable Advent Calendars

These are fun to DIY each year if that is your jam! Select your own treats for the countdown to Christmas.

These are cute little refillable cardboard boxes!

An unfinished set of 25 tiny wooden drawers to paint and then fill each year.

There were a few cool Advent calendars that didn’t fit into these categories. Take a peek.

Advent Calendars for Young Adults: Countdown

There aren’t many of these, but these truly are just countdown calendars -no treats!

Santa Countdown Calendar -no treats, but really cute for keeping track of the big day!

I hope these have generated some thought towards the upcoming holidays!

And, if you have younger children -or grandchildren, here are some fun ideas. This is very similar to the one my boys loved as children, and I still put up each year -now that I have a grandson, it will be so fun when he is around!

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