Santa's Railroad Advent Calendar
Count down to Christmas with 24 days of presents! Each day in December, open up the matching envelope to reveal the project inside. Follow the instructions and decorate your creation before adding it to the snowy scene to build your very own winter railroad just in time for Santa to arrive. Check out our other Advent Calendars
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Why it’s awesome
Adorable envelopes
Create a festive garland or display the envelopes in a stand to double as bonus decor.
Festive railroad
Build a North Pole–style train set complete with elves, lampposts, creatures, and more!
Make it your own
Included art supplies let kids get creative with customizing their railroad.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Art + design
Pretend play
Holiday fun
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“You can’t have a cozy Christmas scene without some holiday glow! That’s why we included a pair of lampposts and a light-up furnace with the build — to add a little warmth to your wintry wonderland. ”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
200+
Total wood pieces laser cut during development
8
Railroad tracks created during prototyping
25
Number of tiny light bulbs tested
Reviews
4.8
30 reviews
Jennifer
06/15/2023
This was a really fun twist on the traditional advent calendar. I got two different ones, and my kids enjoyed each having their own little box to open each morning, and a craft to complete to add something to their village. We set up a countertop in the living room to display their creations, and that was a fun decoration the whole family could enjoy. The only feedback I have is that some of the boxes were too heavy to hang on the provided string, so I had to get creative to include them in the lineup.
Pam
06/15/2023
It was so much fun! We need to build the other one next year! I even bought kits for my niece and nephew's families! Everyone looked forward finding out what they were going to build and then building it!
Janice
12/28/2022
This was great. My 3 kids loved doing it (ages 3-9). My 7 and 9 year old were able to do their days alone and my 3 year old needed only a little help. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. This may have been a shipping issue more than your packaging but when the box arrived and we opened it some of the pieces had fallen out of their individual packaging so we didn’t know what the pieces went with. Great December activity to lead up to Christmas.
Beth K
12/27/2022
My daughter loved this kit, she said there were a few missing pieces- but she was resourceful and made it work.
Ksath
12/27/2022
My 9 yo loved putting this together! My only suggestion would be to put the axels for the train wheels in their own container as they slipped out of the envelopes and we had some missing. We used pipe cleaner for a make-shift axel and the train worked fine. Would definitely recommend and look forward to what KiwiCo comes up with next!
Amelly
12/27/2022
My son loved it. We are definitely going to get it again next year.
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