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DIY Advent Calendar: Surprise Pouches
By The Aroma-Zone editorial team
Published on: Friday, September 16, 2022, Updated on: Thursday, November 05, 2026
Create your Advent calendar in the form of surprise pouches! Pop the products and recipes inside and give it to a loved one to celebrate the festive season in style.
Contents
A Closer Look at Our 2026 Advent Calendar
Discover our Advent calendar
For this tutorial, you’ll need:
25 kraft paper pouches, envelopes or fabric bags
A box (shoebox, storage box or Aroma-Zone gift set)
Decorations : stickers, glitter, calligraphy… Let your imagination run wild!
Time taken: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
6 reasons to give someone an Advent calendar – or treat yourself to one
Celebrating the festive tradition: Giving or treating yourself to an Advent calendar is a fun way to keep the festive tradition of the Christmas season alive. Opening the Advent calendar from 1st to 24th December has been a tradition for decades, adding a touch of magic to this time of year.
Discovering a daily surprise: Every day, you discover a new surprise behind a little door. A toy, a chocolate, a beauty product – whatever it is – it brings daily joy and keeps the excitement of Christmas going throughout the month right up to the big day.
A treat for everyone: In recent years, Advent calendars have not been just for children. Today, there’s a wide variety of calendars to suit everyone, whatever their age or tastes. Whether you’re a fan of chocolate, tea, cosmetics or candles, there really is something for everyone!
A moment to share: Giving an advent calendar is a lovely way to show someone special that you’re thinking of them during this festive season. It’s a gift that creates a bond and can be shared with family, friends or as a couple.
Discovering new products: Having an Advent calendar can also allow you to discover new products or a new brand, or simply treat yourself to beauty products that are quite expensive and which you wouldn’t usually buy for yourself.
Reducing stress: The Advent period can be stressful with all the Christmas preparations, gift-buying and social obligations. An Advent calendar allows you to take a moment each day to relax, savour a little treat and remind yourself to enjoy the present moment.
Steps to create your own Advent calendar
Step 1
Making the envelopes
Divide the products between the different envelopes according to their size: use envelopes you’ve collected from your letterbox or at work, or even little fabric pouches!
Step 2
Number the envelopes
Write the number corresponding to each product on the envelopes.
Step 3
Decorate the envelopes
Add decorations to the envelopes: use stickers, glitter, ribbons...
Step 4
Decorate the box
Decorate the box, letting your imagination run wild. It’s ready – you can now give it to whoever you like!
Gift ideas to pop into your homemade Advent calendar
Gifts for under 7 euros
AH & Avocado Organic Christmas Tea Hand Cream 20mL
With its limited-edition Christmas Tea fragrance, this hand cream envelops dry and delicate skin in a comforting, fragrant veil. Inspired by the warm, spiced drinks of the festive season, its blend of black tea, bergamot and vanilla notes emerges from a rich, creamy texture with protective and soothing properties. Organic shea butter, oat oil, organic avocado oil and hyaluronic acid leave hands feeling soft and revitalised.
Theine & Hyaluronic Acid Eye Contour Cream
A new iconic product, this comprehensive anti-ageing treatment provides 360° action around the entire eye area, with a 100% immediate firming effect. Its organic formula has proven effectiveness: it reduces the size of puffiness, lifts drooping eyelids, and minimises dark circles, wrinkles and fine lines.
Transparent ‘ice cube effect’ lip oil
A nourishing formula that coats the lips with a mirror-like shine, moisturises and provides an immediate plumping and refreshing effect. A lip oil enriched with hyaluronic acid, camellia oil and pomegranate extract, for nourished, plumped and visibly smoother lips.
Organic Peaceful Night Pillow Mist 100 mL
Drift off into a restful sleep, enveloped by this pillow mist infused with the calming and soothing essential oils of neroli, lemon balm, chamomile and marjoram. Infused with a delicate scent of orange blossom, the fragrance of this star-studded mist invites you to let go and relax. Its gentle, floral and comforting scent helps you drift off to sleep and envelops you in a cloud of tenderness for a peaceful and serene night’s sleep.
Gingerbread Duo
This duo, inspired by Christmas gingerbread, evokes the fondest memories of winter treats. The Hand Cream is passed from hand to hand like a comforting beauty secret. The Home Fragrance adds a festive touch to family celebrations with its warm notes of cinnamon and spices. This easy-to-give gift idea brings all generations together with its evocative, indulgent scent.
Box 24: the big surprise in your Advent calendar
Iconic Skincare Collection
Five cult Aroma-Zone skincare products, brought together in a limited-edition set in an elegant Christmas-themed box. Endorsed by our community, this exclusive selection celebrates the excellence of beauty through formulas that are as effective as they are sensorial. All of Aroma-Zone’s expertise, ready to give as a gift, share or (re)discover, for a radiant complexion, glowing skin, nourished lips, soft hands and a soothing shower.
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