Wooden Advent Calendar

Moomin

Can anyone recommend a nice sturdy wooden advent calendar? I've seen a few online but they have mixed reviews - doors don't shut, drawers bit flimsy, boxes too small to fit anything larger than a button etc.
I have checked most of the websites of the high street chains but not seen one I liked. The one in homebase looks nice online, but when I looked at it in the shop it looked so small and the doors didn't look like they were going to stay shut for long.

Any suggestions most appreciated as this will be my first ever non-chocbox advent calendar purchase!

McKneff

Ive seen a couple of bright wooden ones in Sue Ryder shops, new of course.

Moomin

McKneff wrote: »

Ive seen a couple of bright wooden ones in Sue Ryder shops, new of course.

I'd never have thought to try them - got one down our local high street,so I'll check them out. Thank you!

IrishRose12

I've just ordered this http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/gingerbread-house-advent-calendar/6?wmpsorigin=search and this http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/led-christmas-tree-advent-calendar/4?wmpsorigin=search

Mummy has just ordered this one for her house http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/parcel-advent-calendar/7?wmpsorigin=search

Murphybear

I got a great one in TKMaxx for £9.99. It seems fairly sturdy

lizalexander

I have this one -

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/Christmas/decorations/advent?intcmp=INTSRCH:advent

Its not cheap - but its absolutely gorgeous !

The characters take up most of the space but would be room for a choc coin or something small as well as the character

Moomin

IrishRose12 wrote: »

I've just ordered this http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/gingerbread-house-advent-calendar/6?wmpsorigin=search and this http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/led-christmas-tree-advent-calendar/4?wmpsorigin=search

Mummy has just ordered this one for her house http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas-book/christmas-time/21/parcel-advent-calendar/7?wmpsorigin=search

Love the gingerbread one. But is it sturdy? Are the drawers fairly solid.

TKMaxx.....another one I didn't think to check out

The Lakeland one is quite extravagant! Don't think the figures would last long in our house

Thank you all!

IrishRose12

Moomin wrote: »

Love the gingerbread one. But is it sturdy? Are the drawers fairly solid.

TKMaxx.....another one I didn't think to check out

The Lakeland one is quite extravagant! Don't think the figures would last long in our house

Thank you all!

Can't comment on the Sturdiness of it yet as it hasn't arrived:( But I got A Snowman wooden one from here last year also and it's sturdy and solid enough for me.

But what's good enough for me might not be good enough for other people TBH. As I'm not as fussy about certain things as others can be.

lulubella89

Hobbycraft have these ones in:

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/christmas/advent-calendars

I don't know how sturdy they are but i've seen them in store before and they looked a good size and to be quite well made. They're undecorated ones which means they're not as expensive as some ive seen and you decorate them to your own taste and they would be totally unique, but obviously it does mean more work, certainty not as easy as buying an already decorated one!