Best dinosaur advent calendars

By Paul McGuinness

Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 at 12:00 am

Have you noticed how dinosaurs have been increasingly encroaching onto the Christmas market? From The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas to prehistoric baubles, dinosaur lovers can now get everything they need for the festive season.

Here, we’ve selected our favourite dinosaur themed advent calendars for dino fans young and old!

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SCHLEICH Dinosaurs Advent Calendar

As a brand, Schleich are known for their high-quality animal figures, and this fabulous calendar is packed with everything your little ones need to gradually build their own dinosaur research centre in the build-up to the big day. Included in the box are dinosaurs such as archaeopteryx, spinosaurus, velociraptor, and a baby T-rex, as well as various pieces of vegetation, cage and net, stickers, plus a researcher with phone, binoculars and fish to feed to his prehistoric subjects. The box says 3-8 years, but we found it met favour with older children too – after all, who doesn’t love a good dinosaur at Christmas?

Jurassic World Dominion Advent Calendar

Taking its inspiration from the recent Jurassic World Dominion movie, this calendar delivers a new toy every day of advent. And it’s a generous set – there are 30 pieces to collect in total, including a whopping 19 dinosaurs, as well as all the parts you need to build a dramatic play arena enclosure. As you might expect from any product in the Jurassic World franchise, there’s great variety in the selection of dinosaurs, and the finished playset will be a gift they’ll be able to play with all year round.

The Epoch Before Christmas Advent Calendar

For those of us who love the more traditional advent calendar, this beautifully illustrated card calendar from Roger La Borde ticks all the boxes. We always play a game with these types of calendar, where everyone gets a guess as to what picture will be revealed behind the window each day – guess it right and you win yourself a magical Christmas wish!

24 Days of Dino Surprises Advent Calendar

Is it an advent calendar? Is it a board game? Is it a set of dinosaur toys? Good news – it’s all three. But that’s not all. As well as a fully grown dinosaurs, you’ll find a couple of special dino eggs, which, if you add them to water, will hatch for your little ones to see a baby dinosaur grow. This set really has got everything bar the kitchen sink!

St@llion Wooden Advent Calendar

For something that little bit glitzier this Christmas, you could do a lot worse than than this wooden dinosaur, which has spaces for you to fill it with Terry’s Chocolate Orange and Ferrero Rocher or Lindt chocolates. Be warned, though, you have to provide the chocs!

Dinosaur Toys Advent Calendar

If you’re looking for a simple calendar that does what it says on the tin, look no further. Every day, your budding palaeontologist will receive a new, brightly coloured dinosaur to play with. And who doesn’t love a pic of a T-rex in a Santa hat?