With December drawing closer and with new products selling out earlier than ever, we thought we would do a quick round-up of interesting alternative Advent Calendars that might be of interest to our readers (before they all sell-out):

• 2021 Stationery Advent Calendar: Paperchase. The Stationery Advent Calendar from Paperchase contains £85 worth of stationery, including a £5 Paperchase voucher. There is also a kids version of the calendar.

• A Mindful Advent Calendar Set. These handmade natural beeswax candles, with a burn time of 20 minutes, are the perfect way to escape the chaos. Burn one a day for advent and make some time for yourself to sit back and relax.

• 24 Days Of Stationery Advent Calendar: Martha Brook. This personalised 24 Days of Stationery Advent Calendar is every stationery lover’s dream! 24 beautiful items of stationery are waiting to be to be discovered inside the 24 luxe foil embossed boxes that have been designed to look like a row of colourful books on a shelf. If you have missed out on the 24 Days of Stationery Advent Calendar there is also the Chart Of Advent Surprises or the Daily Messages Advent Calendar.

• 12 Days of Stationery Calendar from Leaf Lane Studio. Each calendar includes 12 days of cute stationery, all wrapped up in a hand-stamped, festive box, delivered to your door ready for opening in December.

• Tinc Gifts, Gadgets & Stationery Advent Calendar 2021 – back again for 2021 Tinc’s Stationery Advent Calendar is an award-winning staple for any child’s countdown to Christmas, with 24 fun-filled boxes offering stationery, gadgets and goodies that’ll put a smile on everyone’s faces!

• Smiggle Advent Calendar 2021. To celebrate 10 years of Advent, this year they have stocked our Advent Calendar with 25 days worth of limited edition, fan favourites.

• 12 Days of Penmas Stationery Box – Each box will contain 24 pens, mechanical pencils and refills and a beautiful case to carry them all.

• Mindful Advent Calendar – Paint Your Own Decorations Kit – creative and imaginative mindful box set contains 24 wooden advent decorations to colour & paint.

• Pencil Advent 2021 – Present and Correct have teamed up with NYC’s finest pencil parlour, CW Pencils, to bring you 24 days of graphite as you count down to Christmas. Inside these boxes you will find a global mix of old and new implements.

• Eraser Advent 2021 – The perfect countdown to Christmas, 24 days of new & vintage erasers! A box of grey and kraft envelopes, each one housing a different design. It’s an instant collection, perfect for all future mistakes. Contents may vary, but all of the erasers are pretty.

• Stamp Advent Calendar – A fun & original take on the Advent Calendar. Each day you can tear off a stamp to collect them or use as decoration on cards etc. Designed by Scout Editions it’s a lovely way to count down to Christmas. 200 x 297mm. 

• I’d Rather Stay At Hogwarts This Christmas Advent Calendar – Make every day leading up to Christmas even more magical with this wonderful 24-day Harry Potter Advent Calendar!

• Mac & Gray Designs Advent Calendar 2021 – Planner Sticker & Stationery Advent Calendar.

• 2021 Advent Calendar – 25 Days of Stickers.

• BIC Stationery Advent Calendar – This curated writing and colouring set is packed with everything your kids need to count down the days to Christmas.

• Yarn Story – 2021 Knitting & Stationary Advent Calendar – You will receive 25 individually wrapped items with about a third dedicated to stationery, a third dedicated to yarn and another third are true collaborations. Total retail value of all items in the advent is over £375.

There are also lots of themed stationery advent calendars from Amazon which included merchandise like Friends (TV Show), Harry Potter, DC Comics Batman, Marvel etc – there is something for everyone.