18 best craft advent calendars 2024

If you’re looking for creative Christmas activities to do with older children, this craft advent calendar contains kits to make a DIY Christmas decoration every day on the run-up to Christmas. The included instruction booklet will give you step-by-step guides for each craft.

Just be sure to have some crafting tools to hand for your makes.

This fabulous crafting advent calendar from art brand Arteza is full of supplies to make 11 unique projects ranging from embroidery cards to air dry clay gift tags.

Each project comes with a card that guides you through it step by step and offers inspiration and tips.

Have you ever heard of a digital advent calendar? It’s a concept we hadn’t come across before, but it’s easy to see why this spin on the traditional advent calendar is an Etsy bestseller.

This Amigurumi Digital Advent calendar from 1dogwoof consists of 25 mini crochet patterns that will easily keep you busy for the whole of December. With patterns that are simple enough to finish in a day, it’s great for both beginners and experienced crocheters.

If you want to get into needle felting but don’t know where to start, this advent calendar is a great idea. Six mini projects and all the tools you need are included – plus much more!

Hemline’s advent calendar is back for 2024 with 24 gifts that are perfect for sewers. This attractive advent calendar is fronted with a festive haberdashery shop and contains a whole range of individual sewing accessories, such as a tape measure and cushion. This craft advent calendar is the perfect way for any budding sewist to build themselves a handy kit of must-have pieces.

Every cross stitch kit from Historic Sampler is lovely – including this advent calendar kit. Work up a square each day, so by Christmas you have a complete image ready to be framed!

Give young kids a creative Christmas countdown with this 24-door Play-Doh advent calendar, containing mini tubs of Play-Doh, accessories and tools to make festive shapes.

For fans of papercraft and minatures, this paper Christmas village scene is a festive dream come true. The kit contains 25 beautifully illustrated bright buildings, ready to be cut out and stuck together, as well a paper trees and even a little frozen lake to complete your village.

We like the idea of building a house each day as a Christmas countdown activity, but you can also make in advance, display on a mantlepiece or table and put a surprise in each numbered house as a unique advent calendar.

For those who love many crafts, this craft advent calendar includes tools and accessories that will be great for knitting, crochet and sewing. A great gift for someone who’d love to add to their craft stash!

Looking for a truly unique advent calendar? You can’t go far wrong with the Diamine Ink-vent calendar available from Cult Pens.

This ink-testing calendar is ideal for any budding calligraphers or multi-media crafters.

It comes with 25 bottles of ink in a range of colours and finishes, including standard, shimmer, chameleon and even scented inks.

Available to pre-order now for delivery once available – expected in October.

If papercraft is your thing, you’ll want to get your hands on this amazing advent calendar from Spellbinders.

With crafty surprises including thin metal cutting dies, clear stamp sets, embossing folders and stencils you’ll have everything you need for some creative card making in the new year!

Ok, so it might not be a fully craft-centric advent calendar, but what crafter doesn’t also love a bit of stationery?

This year Cult Pens have gone down the frosty route and have taken inspiration from starlit skies and snowy mountains so there are sure to be some spectacular colours of pens, pencils and speciality stationery items included.

This 12-day Christmas craft advent calendar from Trimits includes 12 individually boxed felt kits for making a fun, festive tree decoration.

Each kit includes the pre-cut felt shapes needed for that design, stuffing, threads, ribbon or twine, sewing needle and any other accessories you may need to make the design.