Best teenage advent calendars to buy in 2025
Looking to impress your teen this December? Here's the best advent calendars filled with sweet treats, stationery, make-up and more.
Pleasing a teenager isn't always easy, so to help wow them this Christmas, we've selected what we think are the very best advent calendars for teens.
In recent years advent calendars have moved far beyond simply offering a small chocolate behind each window. Now, you can get everything from beauty and fragrances to stationery and collectibles over the 24 days.
No matter what your teen is interested in, we've rounded up the best teen advent calendars to suit them in a wide array of prices. Whether they're big Pokémon fans, big lovers of stationary or just fancy a pamper session, we've tried to find a range of advent calendars for a variety of interests and price points.
We've also got the best advent calendars for kids if these feel a little too grown-up to you.
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Best teen advent calendars at a glance
Best under £50
- Candy Kittens Advent Calendar, £12
- Leaper Labubu-themed Advent Calendar,
£23.99£19.99 - Eight Innovation Electronic Games Advent Calendar, £24
- Joe & Seph's Gourmet Popcorn Advent Calendar, £25
- Disney Stitch Deck the Palms Cosmetic Advent Calendar, £25
- LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2025, £29.99
- LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar 2025, £29.99
- NeeDoh Fidget Toys Advent Calendar, £30
- Boots 17. Advent Calendar, £32.50
- Soap & Glory The House Of Glory! Advent Calendar, £48
Best over £50
- Pokemon TCG: Advent Calendar, £50
- Book Lovers Advent Calendar, £55
- Lynx Ultimate Advent Calendar Gift Set, £60
- Official Harry Potter Potions Advent Calendar, £77.99
- McLaren 24 Days Model Advent Calendar, £79
- Radley Advent Calendar, £90
- Lush 29½ High Street Advent Calendar, £125
- Papier stationery advent calendar, £140
- PLouise Cruising Home For Christmas Advent Calendar, £250
Best teen advent calendars for Christmas 2025
We've split up this list by price as some advent calendars have a very high price point. You can find advent calendars under £50 and over £50.
Best teen advent calendars for under £50
1. NeeDoh Fidget Toys Advent Calendar, £19.99
Available from: MenKind, Urban Outfitters and Kid Collective
Fidget toys are massively popular at the moment and they're especially helpful if your teen has sensory needs or uses them to help focussing. This calendar features 24 different fidget toys including squishy animals, pop-its, spinners, and more.
2. Leaper Advent Calendar, £19.99
Available at: Debenhams
Straight up, this advent calendar does NOT have officially licensed Labubu's. However, if you don't mind a just-as-cute alternative, this Leaper Advent Calendar has 24 adorable mini-figures including rare characters and festive variants.
3. Eight Innovation Electronic Games Advent Calendar, £24
Available at: Amazon, Robert Dyas and MenKind
This is quite a different advent calendar but it's educational and fun. Behind each window you will find an electric component and eventually, once the Christmas countdown is over you will have all the pieces you need to build electronic games. You can create 24 games such as, Code Breaker, Memory, Wire Maze, Whack a Mole and many more.
4. Disney's Stitch Deck the Palms Cosmetic Calendar, £25
Available at: MenKind, Truffle Shuffle and Boots
If you have a teen or tween who still loves Disney, but also wants to start expanding into make-up, this calendar brings them both together in perfect Ohana. Based around fan-favourite character Stitch, you'll find many different make-up kits inside, such as nail files, face masks and bath bombs in his iconic blue.
5. LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, £29.99
Star Wars fans can spend their December assembling a cosy scene set in a Droid-building factory, featuring all your favourite LEGO Star Wars props and mini-figures. Inside, you'll find the blocks to build 14 Droids, including C-3PO and BB-8 as a snowman.
6. LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar, £29.99
Minecraft LEGO is huge right now, especially if your teen is a fan of the game or the movie. Inside, you'll find the blocks to create monumental figures: Alex, Steve, a Creeper, zombie, Santa villager and more.
7. Joe & Seph's Gourmet Popcorn Advent Calendar, £25
Available at: Joe & Seph's and Ocado
This popcorn advent calendar is very popular and is a brilliant alternative to chocolate. Every day you will get a 7g bag of gourmet popcorn in different flavours. The popcorn is made by hand with all natural ingredients and is gluten free and suitable for vegetarians. Some of the flavours inside include White Chocolate, Banoffee Pie, Speculoos and Orange Chocolate.
8. Candy Kittens Advent Calendar, £12
Available at: Candy Kittens
Candy Kittens are insanely popular with teens, probably due to their adorable pink design. Inside this calendar are 24 of these plant-based sweets, in all flavours.
9. Boots 17. Advent Calendar, £32.50
Available at: Boots
This beautiful 17 advent calendar is perfect for make-up and beauty fans, with everything from a Limited Edition Bronze & Highlight Palette and Limited Edition Jelly Blush Stick to Eyelashes and scrunchies inside.
10. Soap & Glory The House Of Glory! Advent Calendar, £48
Available at: Boots and Amazon
Looking for something to fill the days leading up to Christmas with self care? Then this advent calendar from Soap & Glory is a great option. There are so many wonderful gifts inside including face masks, body lotion, fragrances and so much more.
Best teen advent calendars for over £50
11. Lynx Advent Calendar, £60
Available at: Boots and Amazon
It's the staple of teenage boys: the Lynx Advent Calendar. Scents include Cherry Spritz, Sunset Fresh and Africa, and will mean no need to buy your teen body spray until at least February.
12. Pokémon TCG Holiday Calendar, £50
Available at: MenKind, Selfridges and Amazon
Looking for something for the Pokémon fan in your house? This Pokémon TCG holiday calendar is a great way to get something fun to open every day. You get a range of items including booster packs, foil cards with special Christmas designs and even accessories like stickers and Pokémon themed coins.
13. Book Lovers Advent Calendar, £55
Available at: Not on the High Street
The perfect advent calendar for book lovers! Behind each window is a secret blurb from a famous novel – guess the book and then, at the end of the month, you choose your favourite four and get them for free using your own secret code.
14. Harry Potter Hogwarts Trunk Advent calendar, £79.99
Available at: Amazon
The ultimate – dare we say magical? – advent calendar for Harry Potter fans, which you may have spotted going viral on Instagram. Inside each of the 24 boxes is a beautifully designed piece of Harry Potter merchandise, whether that's pens, keyrings, badges, or jewellery. Plus, you can keep the trunk later.
15. Lush Advent Calendar, £125
Available at: Lush
The Lush advent calendar smells amazing before you even start opening it. Highlights include the Sleepy Beaver bath bomb, the Snowman Dreaming bath bomb and the classic Snow Fairy bubble bar.
16. Papier 24 Doors of Desk Delights, £140
Available at: Papier
Who doesn't love stationery? This Papier calendar features two dozen high-end desk essentials, including: A6 softback notebook, highlighters, fineliners and pens. Best of all, the entire contents of this calendar are worth £200, so you're saving £60.
17. McLaren 24 Days Model Advent Calendar, £79
Available at: MenKind and The Range
McLaren has had an incredible F1 season, so if your teen wants to celebrate that, this calendar contains 24 pieces of official merchandise, including a 1:43 scale model care, part of a race track, and a bilingual companion book filled with riveting racing stories.
18. Radley Advent Calendar, £90
Available at: Sports Direct and F.Hinds
This Radley Advent calendar is the ultimate gift – which might mean a bit less on Christmas day! – inside are 12 pieces of 18ct gold and silver plated jewellery, including earrings, bracelet and necklace chains.
19. P.Louise Cruising Home For Christmas Advent Calendar, £250
Available at: P.Louise
P.Louise is a viral TikTok brand teens love! Inside this premium advent calendar is 25 skincare, make-up and self-care items all wrapped up in beautiful branded packaging.
How did we choose our 19 of the Best?
When testing and selecting the advent calendars for teens we considered, opening experience, what's inside and value.
Our 10 of the Best lists are compiled by qualified and experienced parenting journalists. They rely on a number of sources, including our independent reviews, testing undertaken during the MadeForMums Awards, and feedback from our home testing panel and Top Testers Club. Each year thousands of products are put through their paces by hundreds of parents across the country on behalf of MadeForMums, to ensure we’re bringing you honest and true reviews and recommendations.
Our list is not an ordered ranking from 1-10, instead it is a carefully selected group of tried-and-tested products, each of which we believe is best for a different situation or requirement. We don't just tell you what is best, we help you discover what is best for your family.
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