Yes, these LEGO advent calendars are a bit more pricey than your average chocolate advent calendar, but the beauty of them is that they will encourage your child to build and create and as they open every day they can do more and more LEGO building with the complete set.

Start the festive season with an Advent calendar packed with daily treats from Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy. Behind each of the calendar’s 24 doors is a daily gift for kids to discover throughout the December buildup to Christmas.

There are 6 minifigures, including Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot and Mantis, plus mini builds and accessories that kids will recognize as inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Disney+ original TV series. There’s a drone, a blaster, the Guardians’ spaceship, a snowman in Thanos’s armor and more. As the big day approaches, kids can mix up the gifts to create endless imaginative adventures.

Features:

• 6 LEGO Minifigures: Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot, Mantis and more
• Includes iconic items and mini builds from the movies and TV series
• The toys integrate with other LEGO Marvel sets to give children endless play possibilities to enjoy all year long
• The 24 gifts combine to inspire kids to recreate scenes and invent magical stories of their own

Available on Amazon.co.uk, the LEGO store, as well as other retailers

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Kids can count down to the big day with fun mini builds, popular LEGO City Adventures TV series characters and cool accessories. Just fold down the snowy winter wonderland playmat to set the scene for endless imaginative adventures.

Features:

• 5 LEGO City Adventures TV series characters – Billy, Maddy, Mr Produce, Tippy and Raze, plus a Santa minifigure
• Kids can fold down the back of the calendar to set the scene for imaginative adventures in a winter wonderland
• LEGO City toys help kids learn about the real world through imaginative play that depicts life in a fun and exciting way
• An easy-to-follow construction guide is printed inside each calendar door, ensuring a fun building experience

Available on Amazon.co.uk, the LEGO store, as well as other retailers

Celebrate Christmas in the Wizarding World with this magical LEGO Harry Potter Advent Calendar. Give a Harry Potter fan a magical buildup to Christmas with 24 surprise daily gifts from the Harry Potter films. The first 3 toys make a scene from the first film, the next 3 days make a scene from the second film – and so on.

Features:

• 7 LEGO Minifigures: Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Moaning Myrtle, Lord Voldemort, Horace Slughorn, Nymphadora Tonks, and Neville Longbottom
• Includes iconic items from the Harry Potter movies
• Once all the toys are revealed, there’s a game included to play
• The toys integrate with other LEGO Harry Potter sets to give children endless play possibilities to enjoy all year long
• The 24 gifts combine to inspire kids to recreate scenes from the Harry Potter movies and invent magical stories of their own

Available on Amazon.co.uk, the LEGO store, as well as other retailers

A super Christmas gift idea for Star Wars fans, the calendar contains 16 mini builds, such as an ARC-170 Starfighter, Bad Batch Shuttle, V-35 Landspeeder and moisture vaporator. Kids will find assorted builds and accessories to play out Battle of Hoth stories, a Wampa cave in which the Luke Skywalker LEGO minifigure can be hung upside down, and a beach scene for Darth Vader on holiday.

Features:

• 8 LEGO Star Wars characters, including C-3PO and R2-D2 in Christmas jumpers decorated with each other’s portraits, a Gonk Droid dressed as Santa, and Darth Vader in a summer outfit from LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation on Disney+
• 10 mini-build vehicles – Republic Gunship, Droid Trifighter, ARC-170 Starfighter, Bad Batch Shuttle, Luke’s Landspeeder, T-16 Skyhopper, V-35 Landspeeder, B-wing, TIE Interceptor and Hoth AT-ST
• 6 other mini builds – A moisture vaporator, beach scene, ammo rack, Hoth defence turret, Hoth laser cannon and Wampa cave

Available on Amazon.co.uk, the LEGO Store, as well as other retailers

This year, LEGO Friends fans celebrate the holidays in the company of Olivia and her family as they visit a festive market. Behind every door is a mini-doll, micro-doll or mini build to deliver a daily gift of holiday magic.

Each day, discover a new gift that all combine to create a delightful Christmas scene in which Olivia is visiting a Christmas market with her family. There are lots of fun activities, such as building a snowman, ice-skating and karaoke. There are also stalls selling tasty holiday food and one where Olivia can build a rocket toy to give as a Christmas gift. Before getting their pictures taken with Santa, the characters feed his reindeer some hay.

Features:

• Comes with 3 LEGO Friends characters, Santa and a reindeer, a sleigh piled with Christmas presents, plus fun Christmas activities
• 24 mini builds let kids role-play building a snowman, ice-skating and karaoke, making a toy rocket and eating tasty holiday treats from the food stalls
• Combines with other Heartlake City toys to let kids extend their LEGO® Friends world as far as their imaginations can take them