With Christmas just around the corner, now is a great time to start getting prepared. An advent calendar is a great gift for children, but the days of plain chocolate advent calendars are gone!
There is now a world full of fun, interactive, and different-themed gaming calendars. Do you know an avid gamer? Is your child a Minecraft super fan?
Here are the best gaming advent calendars for kids available now.
The Minecraft Mini Figures Advent Calendar is the perfect pre-Christmas gift for any Minecraft lover. The calendar includes 24 days in a row of surprises; a mini gift a day right up until Christmas eve.
The set includes 12 adorable mini-figures based on fan-favorite characters and 12 holiday-themed stickers.
This calendar allows you to keep, collect and play with all the fun mini figures, keeping the magic of Christmas alive throughout December, with a surprise a day!
- Set includes 12 mini figures
- 8 exclusive figures
- Includes 12 holiday-themed stickers
- Brand: Mattel
- Color: Multicolor
- Material: Plastic
- Weight: 1.06oz
- Dimensions: 0.98 x 0.98 x 0.98 inches
- Fun and exciting
- Colorful
- Christmas-themed
Minecraft Mini Figures Advent Calendar
The Roblox advent calendar is an exciting 24-door, countdown to Christmas advent calendar. Each day you’ll be surprised by fun characters and accessories; perfect for Roblox fans.
You will be able to mix and match all the parts to build your own unique Roblox characters, and deck out your figures with the fun accessories included. From a reindeer scooter to a dolphin with a Santa hat!
But, the fun doesn’t stop there. Inside the calendar are two exclusive redeemable codes to unlock a virtual item on Roblox online.
- 24 doors to open
- 2 codes to unlock virtual items on Roblox
- Build your own Roblox character
- Brand: Roblox
- Color: Multicolor
- Material: Plastic
- Weight: 1.8lbs
- Dimensions: 6.76 x 2 x 9.17 inches
- Combine different parts to make your own character
- Fun design
- Decent quality figures
Roblox Action Collection Advent Calendar
Among Us is a popular game for both children and adults. So, now you can bring that love to Christmas with this fabulous advent calendar!
You’ll get 24 days’ worth of surprises, including crewmate figures, stampers, stickers, and a mystery impostor!
The packaging turns into an extensive map from the Among Us game, where you can use your surprises each day to solve the mystery of the imposter.
This is a great pre-Christmas gift for any Among Us fans; a real treat for the build-up to Christmas.
- 24 gifts and surprises
- 9 exclusive stickers
- The box opens up into a game board
- Brand: P.M.I.
- Color: Multicolor
- Weight: 15.3oz
- Dimensions: 11.26 x 8.39 x 3.46 inches
- Wide range of surprises
- Bright and colorful
- Fun and interactive
Among Us Airship Advent Calendar
The classic, well-loved Super Mario game has made its way into the form of an advent calendar to help your big or little gamer celebrate the lead-up to Christmas.
The calendar has 24 great Super Mario characters and accessories; one for each day of advent. This includes exclusive Santa Mario, Snowman Mario, Snowman Luigi, and more!
Want to play and set up your figures in a pop-up environment to create your own gaming scene? With this advent calendar, you can fold it out into a pop-up playing board to display and interact with your figures, each day, as you build up your collection.
- Includes 24 popular Super Mario characters
- Package opens up into a play pad
- Special Santa Mario, Snowman Mario, and Snowman Luigi
- Brand: SUPER MARIO
- Color: Multicolor
- Weight: 1.95lbs
- Dimensions: 16 x 2 x 12 inches
- Fun and colorful
- Exclusive Christmas characters
- Great for younger and older kids
- Toys can be hard to get out
Super Mario Advent Calendar
This Funko Pop! advent calendar is absolutely perfect for any Five Nights at Freddy’s fans out there! While the age recommendation for this advent calendar is 3+, it might be better suited to slightly older children due to the scary characters.
Each of the 24 doors has pint-size heroes ready to jump into your collection each day, including holiday twist and black light versions of some of your favorite Five Nights at Freddy’s characters.
- Collectible characters
- Some festive characters included
- Each door has a character
- Brand: Funko
- Color: Multicolor
- Weight: 0.035oz
- Dimensions: 15.3 x 11.2 x 3.4 inches
- Fan-favorite Five Nights at Freddy’s characters
- A great gift for collectors
- Affordable
Funko Pop! Advent Calendar: Five Nights at Freddy’s
The Funko Pop! Advent Calendar: Pokemon is a cute and fun gift for Pokemon lovers. Count down each day from December 1st and you can open a new door each day to find a surprise.
You can expect to find your favorite characters inside the Funko Pop! Advent Calendar: Pokemon, including Pikachu, Squirtle, Mew, Mr. Mime, and lots more. There’s also a fold-out flap on the side to display each figure.
The advent calendar includes all the best Pokemon you would expect, including some special all-silver ones too!
- Collectible figures
- 24 mini Funko Pop! Pokemon characters
- Fold-out display
- Brand: Funko
- Color: Multicolor
- Weight: 1.87lbs
- Dimensions: 15 x 10 x 3 inches
- Cute and colourful
- Great gift for Pokemon or Funko Pop! lovers
- Fun for younger and older kids
Funko Pop! Advent Calendar: Pokemon
FAQ
Q: Do You Start at 1 or 24 on the Advent Calendar?
Traditionally you always start at door one on an advent calendar, due to starting on the 1st of December, but there are no rules written in stone!
Q: On What Date Do You Open the First Door of Your Advent Calendar?
December 1st is traditionally the first day and often takes you through to the 24th of December (Christmas Eve) or the 25th, on Christmas Day.