Planning Ahead | Advent Calendars
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One of our favorite holiday traditions the last few years have been advent calendars from Lego and Playmobile.
I know it's early.
I know we haven't hit Halloween or Thanksgiving yet.
But man I like having these things in house and ready to go. The truth is that I think I like these just as much as the kids do.
For 2011 I went with the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar for Simon. If they didn't have the Star Wars version we'd be getting this one: Lego city edition (7553).
Anna will have the Playmobile Christmas Post Office Advent Calendar.
Last year we had Playmobile Christmas in the Forest (awesome set of animals) and the Lego City Advent Calendar (2824) - both are still available and were great. The pieces were packed away with the holiday decor last year and will come out again in December (not as Advent calendars but as holiday toys).
We also love to bring out the Playmobile Nativity Set each year.
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Have two sitting in my closet already for this year as I missed out last year!!
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Ali, I love the Woodland Advent from last year. I think I will do that one! I am planning a Christmas party playdate and this will go with our theme. The theme for our party is Christmas for the Animals. We have just under 7 acres and are going to fill the feeders, hang suet, put out oranges, apples and a salt lick, and of course make pinecone feeders and string popcorn. Thanks for the advent idea to tie in with our theme.
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That one will be perfect for your theme!
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I'm so happy I snagged one on Amazon the day someone on one of the forums mentioned it. We've never done the lego calendars before, but I have a boy with a Star Wars room who LOVES legos, and needs some motivation to finish homework quickly in the evenings. I think this may be just the ticket, we'll open the calendar each evening AFTER the assignment is complete.
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Love that idea Jen - awesome motivation.
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I've always been late to the party when it comes to these awesome advent calendars. By the time I'm ready to purchase one...they are all sold out. But...not today! My daughter loves Lego City and this one is perfect to ring in the season. Thanks for the links!
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I'm like you: Love planning ahead and love Lego & Playmobil! :)
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We love Advent calendars in our house too - I think this will be a fun new way to celebrate the season!
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I was just looking at those the other day, I plan on buying mine early as well. My son picked the same Star Wars one you bought for Simon and my daughter (she's 5 now) picked the Playmobil Unicorn Paradise. I'm so excited. I had a bad experience last year when I decided to buy them little trinkets I saw here and there for their advent and when time ran out, some days they didn't receive anything! It was crazy and hectic last year so this year, I'm buying these!
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Thanks for the Lego Advent reminder!!! We love those!
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I had no idea Lego made such a thing! This is definitely bookmarked and will discuss with my DH. My Simon and Ben would love this! Although, that probably means 2 calendars so they don't fight each and every day until Christmas! :)
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Wow, you've already bought Advent Calendars. Wr collect Playmobil and we also love the Advent Calendars and the Nativity.
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So funny! We just got our advent calendars too and we got this forest version (matching the one you mentioned which we also got this year on sale)
http://www.amazon.de/PLAYMOBIL%C2%AE-4166-Adventskalender-Edition-24/dp/B004P5O8IQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1318177308&sr=8-3
and my husband got the Lego calendar that Simon had last year because it was sold out last year but they restocked them this year.
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