But if you’re looking to surprise your preteen, teenager, college-aged son or daughter, or romantic partner (whether they’re a new girlfriend/boyfriend or a longtime wife or husband), here are some gifts ideas that are a little more “grown up”! Food & Drinks It includes items for every budget, ranging from handwritten notes to inexpensive dollar store ideas to cheap (and not-so-cheap) electronics for teenagers and adults.

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Keys (either decorative/themed, or one that opens something for added fun—perhaps it could be the start to a Christmas scavenger hunt!) Small plastic toys and figurines (our local dollar store has tiny dinosaur figures that would work really well for this) Magnetic letters (include a few different letter-shaped magnets and make your child decipher the secret message!) Perhaps you’re not a fan of the ingredients that go into the tiny chocolates in store-bought calendars (or your kids have food intolerances like ours do, and they can’t eat them anyway). Board game pieces (spread out the pieces and play the game together once all of them have been collected)

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Washable paint (split up the set and give your child one bottle per day—you can even plan a specific craft to make with each one!) Bookmarks (for added fun, buy a set of scratch art bookmarks that your kids can decorate themselves!)

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Makeup remover pads (you can buy regular disposable ones, or even reusable ones if you’re looking for a more eco-friendly alternative!) Do you have a baby, toddler, preschool-aged or elementary school-aged boy or girl living at home? Whether you’re looking for baby advent calendar fillers or advent calendar ideas for older kids, you’ll definitely find what you’re looking for in this list!Whatever the reasoning, if you’re sitting there wondering, “What can I put in my homemade advent calendar?” and no ideas spring to mind, we’ve got you covered. Puzzle pieces (choose a small puzzle or spread out the pieces of a larger one over several days or weeks and make the puzzle together once all the pieces have been collected)

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Or perhaps you simply feel like doing something special for your family, and you’d rather choose for yourself how to surprise those you love most.

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