Home Bazaar Woodlands Cabin Advent Calendar

You can enter a winter wonderland every day with the Home Bazaar Woodlands Cabin Advent Calendar. This wooden advent calendar is a miniature log cabin, complete with a green shingled roof, a stone chimney, dormer windows, and a front porch trimmed with tiny wreaths and garland. The doors, windows, and drawers are numbered 1 through 24, and each one hides a little woodland surprise, which makes it one of the most charming picks in our roundup of fun advent calendars.

Instead of candy, the cabin comes with 24 little painted figurines to tuck behind its doors: bears, deer, raccoons, a skunk, squirrels, a goose, cardinals and other songbirds, and even a tiny Santa. Kids can add a new critter to the scene every morning until the whole forest has gathered around the cabin by Christmas. It’s made of wood, measures about 13 by 9.75 inches, and weighs more than 8 pounds, so it feels like a real keepsake. Reviewers call it well made and a future family heirloom, and one even suggests leaving it out as decor all year.

Good to know: A few reviewers felt some of the tiny figurines were roughly painted, and one received a cabin with a damaged roof and missing animals, so unpack it right away and check that all 24 are there. It’s currently sold and shipped by a third-party seller on Amazon rather than by Amazon itself.

Styling tip: Set the cabin on a bed of faux snow with a few bottle-brush trees and a string of fairy lights to create a mini woodland village on your mantel or console. It’s the kind of cozy detail that makes your holiday hosting setup feel special, and it makes a heartfelt pick from our Christmas gifts for kids list. Find more festive ideas on our Christmas page.