The pre-Christmas period is the most wonderful time of year. Not just because of the Christmas markets, baking cookies and the scent of candles, but also because of the Advent calendars. In recent years I have shown you lots of ideas for little things and gifts that you can fill your Advent calendar with. It doesn’t matter whether you put 24 identical gifts or 24 completely different ones. They are homemade and therefore come from the heart. So it’s time to start preparing 24 little surprises that you can fill your Advent calendar with. That means you should get creative and take care of 24 homemade little things that you want to use to make a loved one happy for 24 days from December 1st. I have already started and prepared 24 homemade ideas for filling your Advent calendar that you are welcome to copy. Let’s go!

Have fun browsing and copying!

24 homemade ideas for filling the Advent calendar

The first idea for the Advent calendar, which is easy to implement, is lucky stones. You can paint them with patterns or shapes to your heart’s content and put them in a door of your choice. Here are the instructions.

Make your own cold porcelain

Pendants or figures made of cold porcelain are suitable as decorations for the Christmas tree and of course they also fit as a surprise in a door of the Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.

Christmas lantern

A lantern with Christmas motifs creates a wonderfully festive atmosphere and is a perfect little something for this year’s Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.

Coffee soap with peeling effect

A coffee soap with a peeling effect is not only a particularly nice idea, it is also easy to make and is suitable as a souvenir or for filling. Here are the instructions.

DIY wooden light houses

Christmas lights houses made of wood are ideal as Christmas decorations and as a gift for the calendar. Here are the instructions.

1 dough – 7 cookies

What should not be missing from any Advent calendar? That’s right – Christmas cookies and you can bake 7 delicious cookies from a single dough. Click here for the recipe.

DIY Christmas card easy to make yourself

If you want to write something to a loved one for Christmas that makes them happy or expresses how you feel about them, you can make a DIY card yourself. Here are the instructions.

Apple-orange jam with marzipan

This apple-orange jam with marzipan is perfect for a cozy Advent breakfast. It tastes and smells wonderfully of Christmas and goes well with the Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.

Fröbelsterne

For all those who like folding, Froebel stars are a great idea for the Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.

Christmas pendants

These reindeer pendants are a cute little thing to fill. Here are the instructions.

Christmas wreath with Ferrero Rocher

These little Christmas wreaths are perfect for those with a sweet tooth and they also make a great little treat for an Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.

Christmas crackling candle with wooden wick

If it’s stormy and snowing outside, you should light crackling candles with wooden wicks, because they are a nice contrast to the bad weather – and a wonderful idea for a door. Here are the instructions.

Filling the Advent calendar: Make your own DIY orange soap

Orange soap not only smells wonderful, it also looks wonderful. Here are the instructions.

Christmas pots of sweets

Paint small clay pots as you wish, fill them with sweets and put them in a door of the calendar. Here are the instructions.

Filling the Advent calendar: Golden decorative acorns with bells

Golden decorative acorns look wonderfully Christmassy, ​​are easy to make and fit perfectly into an Advent calendar door. Here are the instructions.

Baked apple liqueur with glitter

Now it gets delicious, because baked apple liqueur not only tastes delicious, it is also easy to make and filled into a decorative bottle, it is ideal as a filling for the Advent calendar. Click here for the recipe.

Fill your Advent calendar: Pearl flower bracelet

A homemade pearl flower bracelet is a great gift for a friend and fits perfectly into an Advent calendar door. Here are the instructions.

DIY flower soap

Flower soaps are a creative DIY and a lovely gift. Here are the instructions.

DIY Bubble Vase

These bubble vases are a great upcycling and maybe also a nice filling idea? Here are the instructions.

Fill your Advent calendar: crackling candle with label

A crackling candle is a nice contrast when it’s cold outside and you’re sitting in a warm room. Candles always work in the Christmas calendar! Here are the instructions.

Filling the Advent calendar: painting and decorating candles

Candles are as much a part of Christmas as the Christmas tree and hand-painted candles make a wonderful little gift. Here are the instructions.

Karamell-Fudge

Now it’s going to be mega-tasty again, because all those with a sweet tooth will be happy about homemade caramel fudge. Click here for the recipe.

Filling the Advent calendar: DIY honeycomb balls

These honeycomb balls are quick and easy to make and can be used as Christmas tree decorations, gift tags or even in a calendar. Here are the instructions.

Filling the Advent calendar: Origami star

Christmas and stars belong together perfectly and of course origami stars go well together. They are easy to fold and also fit perfectly into a door in an Advent calendar. Here are the instructions.


Do you also like giving away self-filled Advent calendars?

See you then. Your Laura

Over Laura

I’m Laura from Berlin & Hamburg. TRYTRYTRY stands for trying new things, pushing yourself to your limits and not giving up, even if you fall down once. Here we blog about food, DIY and the good life.

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