It’s that time of year again—the time to put up the Christmas lights, decorate the tree and blast Christmas carols on the radio because it’s finally considered “acceptable” (even though you actually play them year-round). Whether you’re looking for advent calendar fillers for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, older kids, teenagers or adults, this gigantic list of advent calendar gifts should give you lots of ideas about how to fill your advent calendar.

Washable paint (split up the set and give your child one bottle per day—you can even plan a specific craft to make with each one!) It’s also time to dust off the wooden advent calendar that’s been taking up room in your basement all year… or create your own DIY version using materials you have lying around the house. Board game pieces (spread out the pieces and play the game together once all of them have been collected)What do you fill a DIY advent calendar with? Chocolates and candy, of course—or perhaps some healthy alternatives like nuts or herbal tea sachets!

But if you’re looking to surprise your preteen, teenager, college-aged son or daughter, or romantic partner (whether they’re a new girlfriend/boyfriend or a longtime wife or husband), here are some gifts ideas that are a little more “grown up”! Food & Drinks Travel game set (choose a small set or spread out the pieces of a larger one over several days or weeks and play the game together once all the pieces have been collected!) Peppermints (for a bit of extra magic, place them in cute little bags and call them “candy cane seeds”) Or perhaps you simply feel like doing something special for your family, and you’d rather choose for yourself how to surprise those you love most.Bookmarks (for added fun, buy a set of scratch art bookmarks that your kids can decorate themselves!) Do you have an artistic kiddo at home? Here are lots of fun crafty things you can put in their advent calendar to encourage their love of crafts—and a lot of them are available for cheap at the dollar store! 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. And if ever you don’t have any young kids at home and you’d rather look at gift ideas for pre-teens, teens or grown-ups… keep on reading! Not only can many of these ideas be used for teenagers and adults as well, but we’ve also got lots of suggestions that are specifically aimed at those age groups further down in the article. Food & Drinks