36 Best Advent Calendars for Teens That Are Trending on TikTok

Charm bracelets are having a moment (again). This calendar is full of enamel charms and tassels that let your teen build their own bracelet as December progresses. The box itself is polished enough to turn any desk into a vanity, once the month wraps.

Days: 24 | Includes: Enamel charms, metal hardware, tassels | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

This chocolate Advent calendar is a foolproof Christmas gift for teenagers of all ages, with its 24 days of delicious milk chocolate Lindt balls and teddy bears.

Days: 24 | Includes: Milk chocolate balls, Neapolitan milk chocolate bars, hazelnut-cream milk chocolate balls, chocolate teddy bears | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

K-beauty brands are huge with teen girls right now—and Glow Recipe is one of the biggest names for its fun, fruity packaging and plumping products. Its skincare Advent calendar gives them a taste of the company's bestsellers, including its viral Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops and Watermelon Glow PHA + BHA Pore-Tight Toner.

Days: 12 | Includes: Cleanser, toners, serums, moisturizers, lip treatment | Value: $200 | Limited edition: Yes

Anthropologie's 24-day and 12-day beauty Advent calendars are already sold out, but its popular home fragrance calendar is still up for grabs. Its illustrated doors hide candles and room sprays that bring festive scents like juniper and cedar, vanilla bean and balsam, and peppermint stick into your teen's bedroom or dorm room.

Days: 12 | Includes: Candle, room sprays, snuffer set | Value: $200+ | Limited edition: Yes

Chances are high you have a sweet-toothed teen on your hands. Instead of your standard KitKats or Sour Patch Kids (not that we're knocking those), opt for a calendar packed with luxury candy. Each drawer contains samplings of artisan sweets, including chocolate balls and a variety of sweet and sour gummies shaped like butterflies, Christmas trees, lips, and snowmen.

Days: 24 | Includes: Chocolate ball, gummies | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Benefit is a popular brand with teens, as is its Advent calendar—not least because of how cool it looks. The twistable Rubiks cube showcases a wide range of different makeup products, including its bronzer, blush tint, brow setter, and mascara. Claim it quickly before it runs out.

Days: 24 | Includes: Full- and mini-size Benefit makeup products, makeup remover pads, scrunchie | Value: $292 | Limited edition: Yes

TikTok-obsessed teens and tweens will lose it over this limited-edition collaboration. Behind each flap are Squishmallow-inspired, K-beauty treats—lip balms, sheet masks, a skin care headband, pimple patches, a mystery key chain, and more—making it the cutest way to start a self care routine.

Days: 7 | Includes: Skin care, makeup, key chain | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

Any teen clued into TikTok knows about Nee Doh’s squishy fidget toys. This countdown delivers 24 days of seasonal, sensory delights behind every flap.

Days: 24 | Includes: Stress toys | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Like Sephora, beauty retailer Ulta puts out its own calendar with 24 days of sought-after luxury skin and hair care products, including the viral Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream (a teen favorite), Tatcha Water Cream, Anastasia Beverly Hills lip liner, Fresh cleanser, and Olaplex leave-in conditioner. At a value of $264, it's a steal for under $100, especially for the teen who wants to try buzzy skincare in mini sizes.

Days: 24 | Includes: Skin care, makeup, hair care | Value: $264 | Limited edition: Yes

NYX’s Butter Gloss is a fan-favorite among teens (and Glamour beauty editors, too) because each gloss delivers just the right balance of pigment and shine—without stickiness. This Advent calendar sets them up with enough shades to last well into next year.

Days: 12 | Includes: Lip gloss | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

The teen who follows nail trends like velvet nails will get the best winter polish colors in one calendar, with holiday shades like Spread the Cherry, Ginger Snapped, and OPI's cult-favorite Lincoln Park After Dark.

Days: 12 | Includes: 12 mini polishes, top coat, base coat | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

Here's a charm bracelet Advent calendar appropriate for younger teen girls and tweens. Inside the patterned doors of the doll house-esque box are splashy charms to build out their own bracelet, including a colorful heart, cherries, bow, Christmas tree, and candy cane.

Days: 24 | Includes: Gold tone chain bracelet, charms with clasps | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

If the teen in your life wants to dip their toes into beauty, e.l.f.’s Advent calendar is a great place to start. It’s packed with affordable but versatile essentials—primers, blender sponges, eye shadows, berry lipstick, liquid liner, even face jewels. The 24-day version offers the biggest haul, but the 12-day option is under $50 and an equally solid pick.

Days: 24 | Includes: Makeup products and tools | Value: $165 | Limited edition: Yes

This cozy, budget-friendly countdown is packed with daily sachets of rich hot chocolate in surprising flavors (salted caramel donut, pistachio macaron, and cookie butter among them). What teen could resist the sugar rush?

Days: 12 | Includes: Powdered cocoa mixes | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Add ambiance to their space with 12 seasonal scents from Voluspa. Each candle lasts for 25 hours and comes in unique fragrances like French cade lavender, baltic amber (one of the brand's most beloved scents), santal vanilla, and sparkling cuvée.

Days: 12 | Includes: 12 candles, gold-plated wick trimer | Value: $200+ | Limited edition: No

This cult-favorite French preserve calendar is packed with 24 mini jars of yummy jams—strawberry and passion fruit, wild blueberry with maple syrup, caramel with vanilla. The calendar sells out fast, but it’s well worth it for any aspiring foodie or breakfast connoisseur.

Days: 24 | Includes: Mini bottles of jam | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

Here’s the cutest Advent calendar on this list by far—ideal for the teen who collects Squishmallows and Jellycats. Stuffed inside this Advent calendar is a small village’s worth of kawaii plush animals—tiny Christmas owls, reindeer, a little cartoon boba tea, and more.

Days: 24 | Includes: 3" seasonally themed stuffed animals | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Body mists are big with teens right now—and we're not talking subtle scents but splashy, attention-grabbing fragrances that cling to the skin and hair. This bombshell of a Victoria's Secret calendar delivers with all manner of bold, peony-infused perfumes, shimmery glosses, and mists.

Days: 12 | Includes: Perfumes, shimmer gloss, keychain, ornament, mists | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Lego’s Star Wars Advent calendar gives your teen all the parts they need to build a month’s worth of figurines and props from the galaxy. If this universe isn’t their passion, there are Lego Advent calendars for Marvel, Minecraft, and Harry Potter fans too.

Days: 24 | Includes: 263 pieces for 24 mini figures and builds | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

In a clever twist, Sephora’s post-Christmas calendar keeps the fun going after the big day. The numbered doors start at 25 and end at 31, extending the holiday magic with a week’s worth of surprises—like moisturizing sheet masks, mascara, nail polish, and more from the brand’s in-house line.

Days: 7 | Includes: Skincare, makeup, nail polish | Value: $79 | Limited edition: Yes

The magic of Le Mini Macaron is all in the adorable packaging—its UV lamp looks like a tiny French pastry. If your teen has already mastered a standard mani (or hates waiting for polish to dry), this kit gives them everything they need to start doing chip-proof gel nails at home.

Days: 12 | Includes: Mini LED lamp, gel polishes, top coat, nail care and removal accessories, holiday stickers | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

The tween (or teen) girl who chooses lip balm over gloss every time will get plenty of use this winter with a set of soothing, holiday-themed ChapStick tubes.

Days: 12 | Includes: Lip balms | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

If Star Wars isn't their thing, the LEGO Friends Advent calendar is trending with girls this year (usually younger ones). They'll get to build a little world of characters, including their pets and props from their homes like a coffee pot and fireplace.

Days: TK | Includes: TK | Value: N/A | Limited edition:

Teens who deck out their shelves with fandom figurines may be into into collectible countdown—if Disney's their universe of choice, that is. The Funko Pop! calendar nets them 24 classic Disney characters—including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy—in the brand's signature, wide-eyed style.

Days: TK | Includes: TK | Value: N/A | Limited edition:

Take your sweet-toothed teen on a trip with a month’s worth of candies from around the world. The calendar includes a booklet that explains the background of each candy and a scoreboard so they can track which is their favorite.

Days: 24 | Includes: 96 pieces of candy, scoreboard | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Lovery's calendar gives them an assortment of products that turns their bathroom into a cozy spa, including rose bubble bath, lavender bath salt, eucalyptus bath oil, and fuzzy red socks they can slip on post-wash. There's even a beautiful solitaire crystal necklace in the mix.

Days: 12 | Includes: Bath products, hand lotion, socks, necklace, candle | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

If your teen guy or girl rocks Crocs all day, everyday, they likely already know about (or have) Jibbitz. Add more to their collection with this calendar, which features seasonal shoe charms (like a penguin, knit mitten, and gingerbread man).

Days: 24 | Includes: Shoe charms | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

In the lead up to Christmas, your teen who’s into board games, puzzles, and escape rooms will have 24 days of riddles to solve. Each involves ripping and decoding which door to open next in an interplanetary race.

Days: 24 | Includes: Riddle cards, handkerchief, other items | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

The teen who color-codes everything will get plenty of use out of this lovely set of surprises like notebooks, thank-you cards, a pencil bag, and a brass cherry bookmark from stationary brand Papier. The box is pretty enough to use as an organizer once the holidays are over.

Days: 12 | Includes: Sticky-note set, brass bookmark, envelope, stamps, photo frame, pen pouch, pen, thank-you card, pen clip, notebooks, stickers | Value: $200+ | Limited edition: Yes

Keep your kid’s curiosity peaked all December long with this STEM Advent calendar, which includes kits for glowing test tubes, growing crystal trees, and a collection of cool gemstones like tigereye and chevron amethyst.

Days: 24 | Includes: Products for 13 experiments, gemstones | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

This prettily-packaged calendar includes 12 must-have accessories for the teen who fusses over their hair care, like claw clips and a Glamour-editor-loved silk pillowcase.

Days: 12 | Includes: Hair accessories and self-care minis | Value: N/A | Limited edition: Yes

Each “building” in this pop-up cityscape houses fun art supplies or crafts—sparkly gel pens, a travel-size watercolor set, stationary pens, and more—as well as instructions for completing six projects. It’s the perfect gift for any creative teen, whether they’re experienced artistes or beginners.

Days: 24 | Includes: acrylic paint markers, watercolors, glitter gel pens, and specialty stationery pens | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Gift the tween or teen who can’t be separated from their Stanley cup with 24 days’ worth of seasonal straw toppers.

Days: 24 | Includes: Silicone straw toppers | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No

Stickers never lose their popularity (speaking as an adult here) and are a great choice for teens of all ages, especially those who journal, scrapbook, or love customizing every available surface. This calendar is packed with 24 full sticker sheets with different themes—Christmas, fall, animals, statues, flowers, astrology, you name it.

Days: 24 | Includes: 464 stickers | Value: N/A | Limited edition: No