Choosing an advent calendar for the teen in your life may prove more challenging than getting them to look up from their phone at dinner. Teens can be tricky to buy for, their interests change in the blink of an eye and often it’s hard to even know what they’re interested in. This list of teen Advent calendar ideas should help you find something they’ll enjoy opening during the 25 days of Christmas.
Fun Fashion Teen Advent Calendar Ideas
To truly make your teen's Christmas, consider an advent calendar that incorporates merch from their favorite universe. If fun and quirky (usually mismatched) socks are your teen's thing, a sock advent calendar should be on your list.
Teen Wizards and Muggles alike will love the Harry Potter 12 Days of Socks Advent Calendar. The calendar is available in both men's and women's sizes.
12 Days of Socks Advent Calendar Women's Star Wars Princess Leia Casual Socks (Size 4-10)
Teen fans of Star Wars will love both the Star Wars 12 Days of Socks Advent Calendar.
Disney Princess and Villians 12 Days of Socks Advent Calendar Gift Set (Womens)
There are also Disney themed 12 Days of Socks Advent Calendars representing your teen's favorite characters.
For the VSCO teen girl in your life, and you know there's always one, consider a throw-back Scrunchie Advent Calendar. This handmade Etsy item includes 12 scrunchies and cardboard pillow boxes for you to create the perfect preppy fashion advent calendar.
Toys and Collectibles Advent Calendar Ideas for Teens
Fan merchandise isn't just for clothing, your teen likely still loves toys. They just may not call them toys anymore. These Advent calendars feature collectibles your teen will love opening in the days leading up to Christmas.
The Marvel 80th Anniversary Advent Calendar contains pocket Pops of your teen's favorite Marvel characters.
Similarly, the Harry Potter Funko Advent Calendar is a great option for your favorite wizarding teen.
If you have a teen LEGO builder in your family, this is a perfect teen advent calendar - it's HP themed!
Can you ever really outgrow Star Wars? Perhaps you'll be buying this one for more than just the teen in the house!
For something a little different, let your teen test their problem-solving skills with the Metal Wire Puzzle Toys Advent Calendar. This set of 24 metal puzzles gets more challenging the closer it gets to Christmas.
Beauty and Makeup Advent Calendars for Teens
If your teen spends their free time watching YouTube makeup tutorials, consider a fun makeup or beauty-themed advent calendar.
Ulta's 12 Days of Beauty countdown is the perfect gift for you or anyone makeup-obsessed. Inside each box is a limited-edition beauty surprise, try not to peak!
Filled with 12 fun bath and body products perfect for your teen body product lover.
The Body Shop offers an advent calendar your beauty-obsessed teen would be thrilled to receive. From bath gloves to bath bombs and shea soap, it'll be a gift that keeps on giving!
This advent calendar features a combination of beauty, skincare, body, and accessories products; 11 of which are limited-edition beauty surprises.
Featuring twelve premium samples - including favorites from Londontown, Patchology, and Lapcos - this limited-edition, festive set holds over $100 of party prep essentials.
Best Candy and Chocolate Advent Calendars 2019
Teens with a sweet-tooth will love these tasty advent calendars.
This calendar includes a mix of fruit-flavored gummies as well as marshmallows, licorice, and gum.
Hershey Miniatures and Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Pieces Filled 2019 Christmas Advent Calendar
A perfect Advent calendar for teens who love Hershey's.
If your teen is more of a fan of Mars candy, this calendar will have them jumping for joy.
If the teen in your life is vegetarian, vegan, or has allergies, the No Whey Foods is a great dairy-free, nut-free, and allergen-friendly treat option.
Nostalgic Advent Calendars
Does your teen have a soft-heart and a love of tradition? One of these classic, nostalgic Advent calendars can be used for years to come and be handed down to the next generation.
This is perfect if you're looking for a traditional Nativity Advent calendar. Each day a new piece of the Christmas Story will be opened and added to the storyboard.
For a more whimsical wooden calendar, this snowman box calendar has a wooden ornament that gets unveiled each day and added to the tree.
Check out my post with 100+ Christmas gift ideas for teens if you’re still shopping!
DIY Advent Calendar Ideas for Teens
If you’re more of a DIY person and prefer to add a personal touch to your gift-giving, a handmade advent calendar for the teen in your life may be just the ticket. A DIY doesn’t have to be difficult.
A simple DIY advent calendar idea would be to combine 24 of your teen’s favorite things into numbered cloth bags. Add 24 smaller items like a package of jerky, some lip balm, and a favorite movie theater candy to the collection for an advent calendar customized to your teen’s specific interests.
Another idea that you can incorporate with teens and tweens is a Giving Back Advent Calendar. Create your own bucket list of random acts of kindness. You can choose to perform RAKs for people in your family or community. Doing one good deed each day truly encompasses the spirit of Christmas. Consider one of the random acts of kindness that includes lunch at your teen’s favorite restaurant for some one-on-one quality time during the busy Christmas season. The memories will live on beyond the holiday season.
Choosing an advent calendar for your teen can be difficult; you just never know what is going to resonate with them. When all is said and done, maybe not this year or even next year, the teen in your life will come to appreciate all the ways you worked to make the holiday season magical.
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