I feel like doing advent calendar reviews save a lot of people from spending their own money because of their curiosity!! So thank you Jackie for spending your own money on these for us grains 😊
You know, if the packaging had just been honest, I feel like this kit would be great! The colors are lovely, and the inserts work so well together! But yeah, the lying and the order is definitely an issue-
Advent calendars are a thing where I live. Each year, there's an 'official' online one for my city that you can open every day throughout December. The prizes are vouchers you can claim from different businesses: discounted cinema tickets, 2 for 1 ice creams, drinks, tickets to the zoo, free dessert at a restaurant, % discount at a beauty salon...
I grew up brown and Jewish in a very white, very Christian suburb, so I was very jealous of Christmas as a kid. I had a friend with a very well meaning family who tried to convert me all the time. I was so excited one year when they bought me an advent calendar and invited my over for Christmas! I mean, I still turned out an Atheistic lesbian, but it was fun.
I' m from Germany. Advent calendars were invented here. So I have morgen than one. Even my cat Maja has one. She loves opening the little boxes in December and eating what ' s inside.
I have one for my dog, since my cat is picky, he doesn't get one. 🤣 My dog helps me open it, and whenever I reach for it, he gets so excited. 🥰 I used to have alot of them, when I was younger, and last year, me and my bf bought them just for fun, and then another three for the kids in his family, but they didn't want it since one kid has munchausen by proxy, and WaS AlLeRgIc, and the other two already had a few. So we had 5 calendars for ourselves. 🤣
When I was a young one (1995) advent was only a flat cardboard rectangle, with push windows 1-25 with a really mediocre chocolate and now I’m happy that they have all sorts of advents! I’ve got an office one coming this year!
when i was a child (1950's) there was only a picture behind each door, and it was totally flat like a greeting card...but we were so excited to open each day! Simpler times, and we were happier.
Mmmm and the chocolate either tastes like plastic or cardboard xD I never had an advent calendar as a kid, but I've had them in young adulthood. I always liked making paper chains as a kid and ripping off a loop every day until the last loop, Christmas day
"It does have a four star review." A four star review of only thirteen people. The fewer people who review something, the less trust I have for it online. People tend to have a lot to say when its either something really loved or really hated. I bet the 13 reviews are all "Arrived quickly! Gift for my grandchild."
@@JackalopeBunny also some of the reviews are for a completely different product 😩 and you don’t realise until you start reading through them all 🙈 ugh
My siblings are obsessed with advent calendars so my parents have just started buying random toys from the dollar store and putting them in a homemade reusable advent calendar
@@jessiedunham9746 The prices are many times the value of the items. While I get some increase due to packaging and curating prices are regularly 3,4,5 times the value. Absolutely ludicrous.
that was what i figured! even when she was opening the clear slime, i thought maybe they had put the stuff to Make it fluffy in the smaller things. [le sigh]
I have a wooden one that I put little candies in. I’m in south Texas so we get a lot of Mexican products, and my son’s favorite candy that I put in the advent calendar is Duvalín.
Honestly, unless they’re super obsessed with something specific (ie lego, Harry Potter, Star Wars, slime, etc) the home made ones are so much more fun and a much better value. Plus most of the store bought chocolate ones are overpriced for what you get. You can get either a fabric one with little pockets or a wooden one with little drawers and fill it yourself every year. Either little toys, games, gifts, or chocolate and candy. I’d look for a refillable one online and get some things to fill it locally or from online separately.
My mum made my brother and I really cool advent calendars last year. She got little boxes and wrapped up 24 small sweets and numbered them. It was so fun to unwrap a tiny gift every morning till Christmas eve :)
I just downloaded those first 71 pages of the heros journal. Just flipping through it, I absolutely LOVE the illustrations that go with the story. I aspire to become better in my illustration skills, and I hope this can be a motivation to get me there! Thanks for the recommendation, Jackie!
I noticed that, on several items on Amazon, the 4 star reviews are actually from people reviewing COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ITEMS! The reviews seem to be added randomly to raise the reviews of items that are really not good. Thankfully it appears Amazon will fix the issue as soon as they are aware of it. At least they did with an item I was looking at. So it is most likely the third parties that are falsifying stars.
or another possibility is that the seller sells more than one thing on one page. so people aren't even aware they reviewed for product x when they needed to scroll down to product z, the product they Actually bought. i almost made that mistake a couple of times... purchased something from a page one day, wasn't aware that more products had been added, went to review and didn't know about the change until i'd almost hit the submit button.
My mom made an advent calendar that she would hang on the livingroom door. Each day was a pocket, and she put three (later four) mini candy canes in each. Each of us children would get a cane a day... definitely put me in the Christmas spirit.
At work, I've seen advent calendars that have makeup and coffee pods. I'm interested in the makeup one. When we were kids, we used to get chocolate calendars, and we would start at 24 and go backwards (to help us count down the days until Christmas). So quite often, our first chocolate would be the special Santa, and our last would be a sock or a squirrel lol. Also your tiny microphone is adorable.
The only thing I will say in it's favor is that I'm impressed none of them shifted in the box or spilled or dried up. That seems to be a fairly common issue with slimes so a small kudos to them. Other than that though this seems like a total rip off.
I feel like this would have been a lot more fun if this was just like a general “winter” or Christmas one. With like whites, blues, clear, green and red. And then with glitters, snowflakes, stars, those little balls as ornaments, etc etc that were all wintery and christmassy. The colours and inclusions just felt really random. I mean either way it wasn’t what was advertised but I almost could have given it a pass if it was more festive. This could have been so good with literally no extra effort, just better choices⭐️🎄🌲❄️☃️🎁✨
Here in England, Advent calendars are incredibly popular, even in mid November. The most popular that I see in shops are dairy milk ones, and my family often picks up generic chocolate ones in a panic because it's Nov 29th and we leave it until the last minute normally (Which is what we do with most things) To any UK grains not in England, Are they as popular in other parts of the UK as in England?
You wouldve "loved" Zoella's advent calendar (which wasnt even a real advent calendar since it only had doors for 12 days.) If that tells you anything about how terrible it was
I live and grew up in Germany and we just love our advent calendars! They just go til the 24th December as it's Christmas day then evenrho we celebrate the 25th and 26th too!
I come from California and Advent calendars are DEFINITELY a thing! I can’t live without advent calendars. The only downside is, My brother gets to keep all the toys or chocolates and I get to open the doors.
At this point I feel like the "advent calender" I made for my sister kicks this one outta the park. That one had stuff for all sorts of creative activities that kept her busy for the whole day - everything from complex colouring pages, making her own slime, puzzles, crochet, cooking simple things, making handmade paper (that was the last day - to use up all the paper used to make it and then make a card with that. Also had seeds in it. We still have the plant) and whatnot. I would just put the stuff in paper bowls, stick them to the base of a big box and then put different coloured crepe paper on top with the date. We had so much fun. She would have never learnt half these things had it not been for the advent calender.(she was in 7th grade at the time) I loved teaching her. Both of us would be busy all day having so much fun. Guess I should start making a new one again. These ones are garbage.
This is amazing! Love the idea of having all kinds of creative and fun activities in it, that are more than a "oh this is nice for 5 mins" thing and actually take up a whole day of having fun!
@@tezzanoia Thanks :) I know. With the pandemic and everything we couldnt go on a family vacation last year. My sister was really feeling down because of that. I had nothing very productive to do so I decided to do something to make us spend time together. So I tried to make stuff that was simple but would keep both of us occupied and happy for the whole day. Was awesome for the both of us
I'm from Austria, advent calendars are very much a thing here. When I was a kid, we even made our own once in art class; with small pictures behind each door (or, in my case, window). My SO and I get them for ourselves to this day, and we're in our mid-30s. Also, I wonder what would happen if you added salt to slime. Like, those bigger rock salt crystals you can get in a mill sometimes? Would that change the slime? If not, it might be slightly more environmentally friendly than glitter.
I love how thoughtful you are-you never assume that people know what something is. You always make sure everyone is on the same page even if it takes a few extra minutes. I love this channel 😍
I was born and spent my first 15 years in Eastern Europe, advent calendars weren't really a thing where I come from. But then I moved to the UK and was really surprised about this tradition and found it really fun! I really enjoy buying them around Christmas, either just the traditional chocolate ones or fancier ones with different gifts.
I grew up in Japan and it wasn’t until I was well into my adulthood that I really understood what advent calendars are. I even designed one (I’m a graphic designer) and was told by my boss that the numbers shouldn’t be in order. It really bothers me that the numbers are all out of order, and I still don’t understand why the numbers are in chaos. Also they are HELLA expensive.
Part of the "game" is to find the correct door each day. Would be too easy if they were in order. Back when i was a child you either got chocolates or just pictures and those kind are affordable. All the fancy calendars with food, crafts, beauty products etc are quite new and can be pricey yeah.
Nah, I disagree with your boss who said that searching for the next date is part of the game. I bought things like these for our daughter when she was little. I've never bought one that wasn't in order. I suppose they can be different but all the ones we've had used the same size compartments. They were actually laid out like a calendar and in proper order. Since it's called a calendar ( that matches the Christian season of Advent)
I just wanted to say that I absolutely adore you (and Sika). I feel like I'm watching a friend. I sit here and giggle with you and talk back to you as I watch. Thank you for all the joy and happiness you bring ❤
I'm from Spain, and yeah, we have advent calendars. Ours usually come with tiny pieces of chocolate. In fact, I already have mine ready to start December.
From the southern U.S. and I have heard of advent calendars but they aren't a huge deal here. I really appreciate all the recs you give, I had no idea after crafting for my whole life there was environmentally safe glitter. And the journal is on my xmas list for the honey.
Would've been awesome if it had different kinds of slime, too! The variety of inserts were cute, even if the glitter was not environmentally friendly. I always enjoy you trying out various kits and advent calendars! Happy Holidays!
This made me realize that I would totally buy an advent calendar that was just little containers of random inclusions. I love inclusions. I always say I’m going to use them in crafts, but instead I mostly just put them in my drawer of organized inclusions and admire them. I’m like a magpie, lol.
Tatiana K I’m always looking online for new clay inclusions and fine glitters. I just *love* them! I would lose my mind over a 24-day advent calendar of inclusions. Especially since it works for so many crafters! Resin, polymer clay, air dry clay, decoden, miniatures, slime, scrapbooking! Sofie & Toffee or Craft Kitsune or Miniature Sweets needs to get on this idea.
Every year my son & daughter have Lego & makeup Advent calendars, although they are pricey...they also know it will count as one of their gifts for Christmas. My Pooch also has a treat calendar.😂
So just so this is clear, you asked “will it be the fluffy slime or will it break my heart? I think it will break your heart. Nooooooo when she first opened it it looked fluffy
I love advent calendars. As a child it was just a picture behind the tab but now I have a chocolate one every year. This year I’ve bought my wife a coffee one. She is a bit of a Scrooge with Christmas but this year I am pulling out all the stops to get her into the Christmas spirit 😈
Jackie- "please be fluffy, please be fluffy, please." Advent calander- *giving more clear slime* *"MUAHAHAHAHA"* 😈 Me- *watching the struggle* "oh, no, hunnyyyyy!" 😟
A bit of trivia: Advent is actually tied to the Christian church. It is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. I've heard of specifically Catholics that will not put their Xmas tree up until the end of Advent (typically Xmas Eve). This year, Advent begins on 28 Nov (and ends on 24 Dec).
Pre-dating most of today's Christian holidays, early pagan practices are actually at the root of many of today's Christian traditions, including the season of Advent. Long before the time of Christ, pagan communities, worldwide, set aside the weeks before the Winter Solstice as a time to honor the coming of the light.
In Germany we have a "adventskranz" ( its a cicle with fir or simular and decoration with 4 candles on it) 4 sondays before christmas we light a candle. In our family we made sometimes a family happening out of it, we came together, one of us were aloud to light the candle (only on christmas) and my mom read a christmas story for us or a poem.
Growing up my grandma would always get me and my siblings those chocolate advent calenders. Those calenders were always one part of the magic of Christmas for me. My younger sister bought a pet one for my dog. I can't wait to do it with her.
I bought a knock-off Sailor Moon advent calendar last year, and it was hilarious! Anyone else would probably have been disappointed, but for some reason I love adding bizarre little knock offs to my Sailor Moon collection. The only problem is there were too many duplicates, but I gave the extras to my nieces, so it worked out. P.S. I’m from the US, but I’m fine with Christmas and Thanksgiving overlapping. 😊
I live and i was born in italy , and advent calendars are really popular here , mostly ones that are filled up with chocolates or candy. But my family is from Macedonia, and there aren't advent callendars there . But instead there are some type of packs or gift looking type of boxes , and they're filled with snacks, chocolate, toys and other stuff like that. You're supposed to open them on the dayof Christmas. It's really fun!! I enjoy eating the snacks hehehe
Jackie: " I know it's too early for christmas stuff" Me: *laughs in filipino* "oh jackie we already decked out our house with christmas decor since september 1" 😂😂😂
I feel like all we do is comment and say all our opinions and feelings about the videos but dose anyone ever notice how much effort Jackie dose for us grains to make videos, get enough money to buy all these things so we don't send ours, keep up with the days to make different videos and just I feel like most people don't focus on that and they just watch these videos to watch them and to not appreciate the effort and hard work youtubers put in there videos that just people don't notice so this comment came to this video with kindness to appreciate Jackie and all the other youtubers that put hard work and effort in there vids, also Jackie keep up your hard work i love all your content and love watching your videos for fun and I love that you spend so us grains only have to watch your vids to understand what is fake and what is real so I really appreciate your hard work and effort you put in these videos for us even tho I keep saying the same things over and over again I still appreciate it 😅🥰😁 Thanks for all the vids you make every day! ❤💕💓💖💝😁😁😊 [Also! This comment was to spread kindness and awareness of her hard work not to make anyone feel bad so please don't take any mean type of words, again this is just to spread awareness and kindness]
I've never had an advent calendar before. They are a fairly new thing in South Africa. I'd really like to get one though, then I just have to control myself so I don't open them all at once.
Children tend to be generous in reviews. I have seen many younger people agonize that they are going to hurt the people who are creating kits and products if they are too aggressive with their reviews. Its actually quite sweet and empathetic. They seem genuinely concerned that they are going to hurt feelings or put a stop to a creative process
Hey, I’m in American and yes, we do have Thanksgiving in November but we celebrate Christmas well least decorate for Christmas on the first day of November
Our advent calanders always had little pictures in them, every day we'd guess what the image was going to be and at the end of the 24 days see how many we got right, the winner got chocolates or something 😂
These slimes remind me of the horrible keyboard cleaning slime I tried to use yesterday. Needless to say, I ended up putting that keyboard into the dishwasher. It worked wonders. 😁
In Germany we do have Advent Calendars and if I can, I still get one every year :D I do like the small containers that the clay inserts come in, they're cute and reusable! However, it's a bit of false advertisement with the Fluffy. Seems to be decent quality, though
Small me with OCD would have waited till the end, wouldn't mix anything and then spend hours deciding which slime goes with which inclusion. The price though.. overpriced for too much plastic and not environmental friendly inclusions. :/ This year I have an advent calender with different kinds of tea. Looking forward to it :)
I live in germany and everyone loves their advent calender! My parents got me a sock one this and last year. Also a regular at work sends every one of us an advent calender each year :) I‘m an adult and I still get all happy when I can open a door hahahaha
Yep, from Germany too and I can absolutely second that Advent calendars are a big thing here. I used to always get at least 2 or 3 for my birthday, that is mid-november xD and at December 1st there would always just be an advent calendar for me and my dad that appeared out of nowhere. It had 48 little packages hanging on it, 24 with red string, 24 with green string, so we knew who got which set of packages. Two times my dad and I also made a huge 2x1m one for my mom's birthday (hers is at the end of November) with vouchers for shops she likes, sweets, and selfmade vouchers. I remember that in the first one my dad even included one for a new wedding ring, because the original ring got lost
@@tezzanoia That‘s so cute! I also used to get 2 or 3 advent calenders too from my whole family ^-^ It‘s so cute he got her a new wedding ring and that your family makes their own advent calenders. I think I might steal that idea and make one for my parents and grandma as well. I love sharing stories like that and christmas is always such a nice time in the year
@@Sasa-jx6uz have fun making your own calendars then and I hope your loved ones will love them, just as much as my family does! Even tho I gotta say I'm generally not even that much of a Christmas fan, but just these tiny gestures of making small things even in the time before.. That's really nice. But my absolute favorite about Christmas is selling trees. We do it as a family business for about double as long as I'm even on this planet, so I've done it all my life. Having all these sweet people come by, have a talk and search for their perfect tree is just a lot of fun
@@tezzanoia Thank you :) Yeah the tiny gestures and general all the nice people you meet while doing christmas shopping, tree shopping etc., that‘s why I like christmas. And the fact I get to spend a few days with family :) The christmas tree selling sounds so nice! Makes me want to go search for a tree even tho it‘s just november xD And I totally get it, it sounds like a great experience and it‘s nice you were able to experience it since you were born :3
@@Sasa-jx6uz absolutely! And yes, it absolutely is! My favorite part must be that there's people who are coming to us in the 2nd/3rd generation now. There's a family that came to us when my parents and grandpa first started it. Their children are obviously adults now with their own families and both living a 45 min and a 1h drive away, but they still get their trees from us every year with the whole family
Denmark here, and we definitely have advent calendars! We also have tv-advent-calenders where you get a new chapter of a christmas story for every day until Christmas. I don't feel like that's as common in the world?
I make my kids an advent calender, like this year they are getting fidget toys and chocolates, so on the first they get a fidget toy, one the second they get some chocolate
I did that last year, buying them various fidgets, little toys, slimes, squishies, art and craft stuff, cool stationary items, puzzles, games, and sweet treats etc. The only problem was that I got way too excited and carried away with it (I'm really bad at doing things in moderation) and ended up spending a few hundred dollars on daily advent surprises for my 2 sons 😬
I didn't know you could buy advent calendars when I was little - my mom made ours, including giant trees she would pin the candy bundles wrapped in christmas fabrics. She owns a Christmas craft business so we got so extra. I was super disappointed the first year I bought one of those nasty cardboard tasting chocolate ones. Almost as disappointed as Jackie in this video!
In Philippines, once "-ber" months starts, it's technically already Christmas 😂 You'll start seeing Christmas decorations almost everywhere; even on Halloween. And advent calendars aren't that popular here I think, but it is possible to get some at stores.
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You should go to a thrift store and buy a second hand craft kit 😃😋💞
@@pandalover468 good idea
I went to buy one and it’s so expensive 😭
Duno if it’s the shipping to Canada or USD to CAD but It went from $60 to $110
Maybe for Christmas
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@@xfacade_productions How did I forget dat??
@Hanna Deutsch 😆😆😆 yes
Sounds legit
why the pointy thing at the last place?!
I feel like doing advent calendar reviews save a lot of people from spending their own money because of their curiosity!! So thank you Jackie for spending your own money on these for us grains 😊
And YASSSSSSS
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@@Igrewup23 report them. That stuffs against community guidelines
@@shelbiecain9289 ummmm no :)
@@Cebo11a_bc it’s a waste of time time and its not a big deal
I love how she explained what a advent calendar is for the grain’s that don’t know 😊❤
You know, if the packaging had just been honest, I feel like this kit would be great! The colors are lovely, and the inserts work so well together! But yeah, the lying and the order is definitely an issue-
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Advent calendars are a thing where I live. Each year, there's an 'official' online one for my city that you can open every day throughout December. The prizes are vouchers you can claim from different businesses: discounted cinema tickets, 2 for 1 ice creams, drinks, tickets to the zoo, free dessert at a restaurant, % discount at a beauty salon...
That’s such a cool idea!
Is it germany? Cuz it's the same here
That's a super cool idea!! Plus, it brings customers to businesses!
Wow, that’s way more useful than chocolates and candy
Same for Wellington, NZ
I grew up brown and Jewish in a very white, very Christian suburb, so I was very jealous of Christmas as a kid.
I had a friend with a very well meaning family who tried to convert me all the time. I was so excited one year when they bought me an advent calendar and invited my over for Christmas!
I mean, I still turned out an Atheistic lesbian, but it was fun.
Your life your choice
I agree @@emilystudzinski6964
Your life, your choice
@@nooneinparticular469 I'm an Atheist lesbian too, but my family aren't religious at all
I' m from Germany. Advent calendars were invented here.
So I have morgen than one. Even my cat Maja has one. She loves opening the little boxes in December and eating what ' s inside.
Im from Germany too and my cats have an Advent calender too
Ja, mein Kater hat auch einen. Ich hab mir dieses Jahr sogar zwei gegönnt 😸
I have one for my dog, since my cat is picky, he doesn't get one. 🤣 My dog helps me open it, and whenever I reach for it, he gets so excited. 🥰
I used to have alot of them, when I was younger, and last year, me and my bf bought them just for fun, and then another three for the kids in his family, but they didn't want it since one kid has munchausen by proxy, and WaS AlLeRgIc, and the other two already had a few. So we had 5 calendars for ourselves. 🤣
German as well. My cats had one last year, but they didn't like it. I think I was even more disappointed than my cats 😅
If I was a cat i would totaly love that calendar.. It's like a little toy with food
When I was a young one (1995) advent was only a flat cardboard rectangle, with push windows 1-25 with a really mediocre chocolate and now I’m happy that they have all sorts of advents! I’ve got an office one coming this year!
The Netherlands is stuck in '95 I guess hahaha
when i was a child (1950's) there was only a picture behind each door, and it was totally flat like a greeting card...but we were so excited to open each day! Simpler times, and we were happier.
Mmmm and the chocolate either tastes like plastic or cardboard xD I never had an advent calendar as a kid, but I've had them in young adulthood. I always liked making paper chains as a kid and ripping off a loop every day until the last loop, Christmas day
@@C.K.Productions paper chains!!! I forgot all about those
Jacki:oh pink is alright
Jacki after the video:*kills every single pink thing in her whole house*
"It does have a four star review."
A four star review of only thirteen people. The fewer people who review something, the less trust I have for it online. People tend to have a lot to say when its either something really loved or really hated. I bet the 13 reviews are all "Arrived quickly! Gift for my grandchild."
I only saw 3 written reviews on it and 2 were saving it for their kids.
@@JackalopeBunny also some of the reviews are for a completely different product 😩 and you don’t realise until you start reading through them all 🙈 ugh
Yes, They don't see the slime yet and they put a review because they Think it arrived quickly so it will be good
People are doing reviews before they even open it, so those reviews are totally meaningless!
You know the holidays are one the horizon when Jackie busts out the advent calander.
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My siblings are obsessed with advent calendars so my parents have just started buying random toys from the dollar store and putting them in a homemade reusable advent calendar
I love this idea!
@@janisenv5087 it honestly is a really good idea instead of Spending a whole bunch of money on crap from the boxed advent calendars
So clever! Advent calendars are incredibly overpriced.
@@amara560 yes they have gotten ridiculous
@@jessiedunham9746 The prices are many times the value of the items. While I get some increase due to packaging and curating prices are regularly 3,4,5 times the value. Absolutely ludicrous.
They missed a huge opportunity to do cute fluffy snow or whipped fluffy icing style slime to go with holiday and winter things!
Its the same where I live 🤣🤣 like I'm in september, looking for halloween stuff, AND ALL I SEE ARE CHRISTMAS NICK KNACKS!
You would think that even if the slime itself wasn't fluffy that some of inclusions would be things to turn the slime INTO fluffy slime.
that was what i figured! even when she was opening the clear slime, i thought maybe they had put the stuff to Make it fluffy in the smaller things. [le sigh]
Same. I thought so too.
That was my thought too in the beginning; that the inclusion are fake snow or whatever you need to make slime fluffy.
@@miaikonteras4006 fluffy slime is shaving foam and slime it would be cloud slime if you added fake snow.
@@PercydeRoloFangirl thank you :)
Oh great, my sister has been asking for an advent caledar this year, they're not a thing here in Mexico so I've been looking for them in Amazon xD
I'm also from Mexico!
I am german, but I Love those Do it your self ones. Easier To find there something nice than those ready.
Mines just a lollipop one 🤣
I have a wooden one that I put little candies in.
I’m in south Texas so we get a lot of Mexican products, and my son’s favorite candy that I put in the advent calendar is Duvalín.
Honestly, unless they’re super obsessed with something specific (ie lego, Harry Potter, Star Wars, slime, etc) the home made ones are so much more fun and a much better value. Plus most of the store bought chocolate ones are overpriced for what you get. You can get either a fabric one with little pockets or a wooden one with little drawers and fill it yourself every year. Either little toys, games, gifts, or chocolate and candy. I’d look for a refillable one online and get some things to fill it locally or from online separately.
Me after you did the smoosing with the mic YAAAA
My mum made my brother and I really cool advent calendars last year. She got little boxes and wrapped up 24 small sweets and numbered them. It was so fun to unwrap a tiny gift every morning till Christmas eve :)
I never wven thought about making your own! You and your mom mightve just made my child's life lol!
I just downloaded those first 71 pages of the heros journal. Just flipping through it, I absolutely LOVE the illustrations that go with the story. I aspire to become better in my illustration skills, and I hope this can be a motivation to get me there! Thanks for the recommendation, Jackie!
Ikr!?? The journal pages are absolutely magical
I just imagine the child being like "yay femo slices"
I noticed that, on several items on Amazon, the 4 star reviews are actually from people reviewing COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ITEMS! The reviews seem to be added randomly to raise the reviews of items that are really not good.
Thankfully it appears Amazon will fix the issue as soon as they are aware of it. At least they did with an item I was looking at. So it is most likely the third parties that are falsifying stars.
or another possibility is that the seller sells more than one thing on one page. so people aren't even aware they reviewed for product x when they needed to scroll down to product z, the product they Actually bought.
i almost made that mistake a couple of times... purchased something from a page one day, wasn't aware that more products had been added, went to review and didn't know about the change until i'd almost hit the submit button.
@@kstormgeistgem461 I didn't know about that. That is very likely.
My mom made an advent calendar that she would hang on the livingroom door. Each day was a pocket, and she put three (later four) mini candy canes in each. Each of us children would get a cane a day... definitely put me in the Christmas spirit.
“Balls?” IM ON THE FLOOR HELP 😭💀
At work, I've seen advent calendars that have makeup and coffee pods. I'm interested in the makeup one. When we were kids, we used to get chocolate calendars, and we would start at 24 and go backwards (to help us count down the days until Christmas). So quite often, our first chocolate would be the special Santa, and our last would be a sock or a squirrel lol.
Also your tiny microphone is adorable.
i got one with nail polish once
I'm positive the high ratings were all:
"My kid liked it."
5/5
"gave me a 15 min nap while my kid got to trash the house, 5/5"
Yes
@@amelia-mayhowarth5667 🤣
Love your name #Ameila may Hogwarts
@@CrazedGoblin its Amelia May Howarth- but hogwarts would be cool ت︎
The fruit fly just wanna play with the slime! 😂😂😂
The only thing I will say in it's favor is that I'm impressed none of them shifted in the box or spilled or dried up. That seems to be a fairly common issue with slimes so a small kudos to them. Other than that though this seems like a total rip off.
I feel like this would have been a lot more fun if this was just like a general “winter” or Christmas one. With like whites, blues, clear, green and red. And then with glitters, snowflakes, stars, those little balls as ornaments, etc etc that were all wintery and christmassy. The colours and inclusions just felt really random. I mean either way it wasn’t what was advertised but I almost could have given it a pass if it was more festive. This could have been so good with literally no extra effort, just better choices⭐️🎄🌲❄️☃️🎁✨
Here in England, Advent calendars are incredibly popular, even in mid November. The most popular that I see in shops are dairy milk ones, and my family often picks up generic chocolate ones in a panic because it's Nov 29th and we leave it until the last minute normally (Which is what we do with most things) To any UK grains not in England, Are they as popular in other parts of the UK as in England?
You wouldve "loved" Zoella's advent calendar (which wasnt even a real advent calendar since it only had doors for 12 days.) If that tells you anything about how terrible it was
There 2 types. 24 day one for before Christmas and a 12 day one for after Christmas . They are two separate things
I live and grew up in Germany and we just love our advent calendars! They just go til the 24th December as it's Christmas day then evenrho we celebrate the 25th and 26th too!
I come from California and Advent calendars are DEFINITELY a thing! I can’t live without advent calendars. The only downside is, My brother gets to keep all the toys or chocolates and I get to open the doors.
Germany, yes we all love advent calendar. I can not find the right one for me. Every year I craft a calendar for my boyfriend with lego in it.
At this point I feel like the "advent calender" I made for my sister kicks this one outta the park. That one had stuff for all sorts of creative activities that kept her busy for the whole day - everything from complex colouring pages, making her own slime, puzzles, crochet, cooking simple things, making handmade paper (that was the last day - to use up all the paper used to make it and then make a card with that. Also had seeds in it. We still have the plant) and whatnot. I would just put the stuff in paper bowls, stick them to the base of a big box and then put different coloured crepe paper on top with the date. We had so much fun. She would have never learnt half these things had it not been for the advent calender.(she was in 7th grade at the time) I loved teaching her. Both of us would be busy all day having so much fun. Guess I should start making a new one again. These ones are garbage.
This is amazing! Love the idea of having all kinds of creative and fun activities in it, that are more than a "oh this is nice for 5 mins" thing and actually take up a whole day of having fun!
@@tezzanoia Thanks :) I know. With the pandemic and everything we couldnt go on a family vacation last year. My sister was really feeling down because of that. I had nothing very productive to do so I decided to do something to make us spend time together. So I tried to make stuff that was simple but would keep both of us occupied and happy for the whole day. Was awesome for the both of us
@@wrongturnVfor that's such a sweet idea!
@@tezzanoia Thank you
That’s the most wholesome thing ever!
Jacket you are so funny my mouth hurts but you are able to make me giggle any way
I'm from Austria, advent calendars are very much a thing here. When I was a kid, we even made our own once in art class; with small pictures behind each door (or, in my case, window). My SO and I get them for ourselves to this day, and we're in our mid-30s.
Also, I wonder what would happen if you added salt to slime. Like, those bigger rock salt crystals you can get in a mill sometimes? Would that change the slime? If not, it might be slightly more environmentally friendly than glitter.
There's a biodegradable glitter made out of seaweed!
I'm assuming adding salt would dry the heck out your hands lol.
I'm from Sweden and it's really normal to have an advent calendar. But we only get 24 suprises because we celebrate on the 24th not on the 25th...
Same here in Germany.
I love how when she waves the sharp pointy thing and it shows her account it says 6.9 BILLION ❤😂😂😂😂
I love how thoughtful you are-you never assume that people know what something is. You always make sure everyone is on the same page even if it takes a few extra minutes. I love this channel 😍
I was born and spent my first 15 years in Eastern Europe, advent calendars weren't really a thing where I come from. But then I moved to the UK and was really surprised about this tradition and found it really fun! I really enjoy buying them around Christmas, either just the traditional chocolate ones or fancier ones with different gifts.
you made posted this 1 day before my brothers birthday and 10 days before mine and amazing videos!
I'm from Brazil and I've never seen an advent calendar! It seems like a fun gift. Maybe I'll create a crafty one for my brothers ☺️
The one “pink” was actually a yellow one that turned pink from the glitter, so it’s just 5 pinks 🙈
No it didn't
Her “ warning headphone users loud smoosh.”
Me “ turns up volume.”
I grew up in Japan and it wasn’t until I was well into my adulthood that I really understood what advent calendars are. I even designed one (I’m a graphic designer) and was told by my boss that the numbers shouldn’t be in order. It really bothers me that the numbers are all out of order, and I still don’t understand why the numbers are in chaos.
Also they are HELLA expensive.
your boss is weird!
Part of the "game" is to find the correct door each day. Would be too easy if they were in order. Back when i was a child you either got chocolates or just pictures and those kind are affordable. All the fancy calendars with food, crafts, beauty products etc are quite new and can be pricey yeah.
@@AbusiveExclusive Oh, I see! Thank you for the explanation :)
Nah, I disagree with your boss who said that searching for the next date is part of the game. I bought things like these for our daughter when she was little. I've never bought one that wasn't in order. I suppose they can be different but all the ones we've had used the same size compartments. They were actually laid out like a calendar and in proper order. Since it's called a calendar ( that matches the Christian season of Advent)
I just wanted to say that I absolutely adore you (and Sika). I feel like I'm watching a friend. I sit here and giggle with you and talk back to you as I watch. Thank you for all the joy and happiness you bring ❤
Even though this was 3 years ago, I fully enjoyed this! ❤
The last few years, i really enjoyed the DavidsTea one. A new tea everyday is really conforting to me.
We need a salt calendar, there are so many different 🧂 salts out there.
I'm from Spain, and yeah, we have advent calendars. Ours usually come with tiny pieces of chocolate.
In fact, I already have mine ready to start December.
From the southern U.S. and I have heard of advent calendars but they aren't a huge deal here. I really appreciate all the recs you give, I had no idea after crafting for my whole life there was environmentally safe glitter. And the journal is on my xmas list for the honey.
Would've been awesome if it had different kinds of slime, too! The variety of inserts were cute, even if the glitter was not environmentally friendly. I always enjoy you trying out various kits and advent calendars! Happy Holidays!
I'm so sad that they weren't fluffy
Me to :(
This made me realize that I would totally buy an advent calendar that was just little containers of random inclusions.
I love inclusions. I always say I’m going to use them in crafts, but instead I mostly just put them in my drawer of organized inclusions and admire them.
I’m like a magpie, lol.
Same here! Had to buy a new drawer organizer because I have so many. But they’re so shiny and pretty. 😅😂
Tatiana K I’m always looking online for new clay inclusions and fine glitters. I just *love* them!
I would lose my mind over a 24-day advent calendar of inclusions. Especially since it works for so many crafters! Resin, polymer clay, air dry clay, decoden, miniatures, slime, scrapbooking!
Sofie & Toffee or Craft Kitsune or Miniature Sweets needs to get on this idea.
Oh yep, you speak the secret desires of my heart ..... my inner niffler heart that is. 😁
Every year my son & daughter have Lego & makeup Advent calendars, although they are pricey...they also know it will count as one of their gifts for Christmas. My Pooch also has a treat calendar.😂
So just so this is clear, you asked “will it be the fluffy slime or will it break my heart? I think it will break your heart.
Nooooooo when she first opened it it looked fluffy
I love advent calendars. As a child it was just a picture behind the tab but now I have a chocolate one every year. This year I’ve bought my wife a coffee one. She is a bit of a Scrooge with Christmas but this year I am pulling out all the stops to get her into the Christmas spirit 😈
It's a tragedy that Jackie didn't mix all the slime together at the end
So true
I like it when you do slime stuff or satisfying stuff because I like watching those kind of stuff
Jackie- "please be fluffy, please be fluffy, please."
Advent calander- *giving more clear slime* *"MUAHAHAHAHA"* 😈
Me- *watching the struggle* "oh, no, hunnyyyyy!" 😟
I’m also Canadian and watching her talk about Canada warms my heart😊❤️
I LOVE IT WHEN JACKIE SAYS "THEY ALWAYS BRAKA MA HART🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A bit of trivia: Advent is actually tied to the Christian church. It is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. I've heard of specifically Catholics that will not put their Xmas tree up until the end of Advent (typically Xmas Eve). This year, Advent begins on 28 Nov (and ends on 24 Dec).
Pre-dating most of today's Christian holidays, early pagan practices are actually at the root of many of today's Christian traditions, including the season of Advent. Long before the time of Christ, pagan communities, worldwide, set aside the weeks before the Winter Solstice as a time to honor the coming of the light.
As someone who was raised Catholic in Canada, we had advent candles at school that they lit day by day. That was back in the 70's though...
Were I live its celebrated by eating like vegans for three weeks. 🤢
In Germany we have a "adventskranz" ( its a cicle with fir or simular and decoration with 4 candles on it) 4 sondays before christmas we light a candle. In our family we made sometimes a family happening out of it, we came together, one of us were aloud to light the candle (only on christmas) and my mom read a christmas story for us or a poem.
@@talyn7448 oh my...that sounds...painful. 😬
Jackie: and we are at number 13...
My genuinereaction: it's piss!
I got hurt and cried but you put the hearts on the cap and I started laughing loll😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Growing up my grandma would always get me and my siblings those chocolate advent calenders. Those calenders were always one part of the magic of Christmas for me. My younger sister bought a pet one for my dog. I can't wait to do it with her.
I bought a knock-off Sailor Moon advent calendar last year, and it was hilarious! Anyone else would probably have been disappointed, but for some reason I love adding bizarre little knock offs to my Sailor Moon collection. The only problem is there were too many duplicates, but I gave the extras to my nieces, so it worked out. P.S. I’m from the US, but I’m fine with Christmas and Thanksgiving overlapping. 😊
I live and i was born in italy , and advent calendars are really popular here , mostly ones that are filled up with chocolates or candy. But my family is from Macedonia, and there aren't advent callendars there . But instead there are some type of packs or gift looking type of boxes , and they're filled with snacks, chocolate, toys and other stuff like that. You're supposed to open them on the dayof Christmas. It's really fun!! I enjoy eating the snacks hehehe
I’m born and raised in the UK, I’ve always had a advent calendar, a chocolate one, even now as an adult my mom still buys me one 😂
Same, moved away from my family, when they came to visit a week or so ago they brought up advent calenders for my partner and I, haha.
Jackie: " I know it's too early for christmas stuff"
Me: *laughs in filipino* "oh jackie we already decked out our house with christmas decor since september 1"
😂😂😂
Yaaa, christmas countdown on the Philippines starts on The very first day of Ber Months🤣
Ah yes, a pinay companion
I feel like all we do is comment and say all our opinions and feelings about the videos but dose anyone ever notice how much effort Jackie dose for us grains to make videos, get enough money to buy all these things so we don't send ours, keep up with the days to make different videos and just I feel like most people don't focus on that and they just watch these videos to watch them and to not appreciate the effort and hard work youtubers put in there videos that just people don't notice so this comment came to this video with kindness to appreciate Jackie and all the other youtubers that put hard work and effort in there vids, also Jackie keep up your hard work i love all your content and love watching your videos for fun and I love that you spend so us grains only have to watch your vids to understand what is fake and what is real so I really appreciate your hard work and effort you put in these videos for us even tho I keep saying the same things over and over again I still appreciate it 😅🥰😁 Thanks for all the vids you make every day! ❤💕💓💖💝😁😁😊
[Also! This comment was to spread kindness and awareness of her hard work not to make anyone feel bad so please don't take any mean type of words, again this is just to spread awareness and kindness]
I've never had an advent calendar before. They are a fairly new thing in South Africa. I'd really like to get one though, then I just have to control myself so I don't open them all at once.
They're not new in South Africa I remember having one when I was like 6...that's 12 years ago
Pretty sure we have always had advent calendars here, remember always seeing the chocolate ones in Woolies and Pnp and such
@@haletheberzerker same here, they're everywhere
@@haletheberzerker yeah I meant th craft and toy ones
Children tend to be generous in reviews. I have seen many younger people agonize that they are going to hurt the people who are creating kits and products if they are too aggressive with their reviews. Its actually quite sweet and empathetic. They seem genuinely concerned that they are going to hurt feelings or put a stop to a creative process
Hey, I’m in American and yes, we do have Thanksgiving in November but we celebrate Christmas well least decorate for Christmas on the first day of November
*As a resin maker with a glitter hoarding problem: watches as Jackie pours the entire glitter into slime.* Noooooooo.... Not all of it!
Our advent calanders always had little pictures in them, every day we'd guess what the image was going to be and at the end of the 24 days see how many we got right, the winner got chocolates or something 😂
Pink is so cute. I would wear it every day if I could I love it.
This year went by so quick, I feel like I just watched that Crayola advent calendar unboxing a month ago 🥴
These slimes remind me of the horrible keyboard cleaning slime I tried to use yesterday. Needless to say, I ended up putting that keyboard into the dishwasher. It worked wonders. 😁
I... what... I can't tell if you're joking or not.
Wouldn't that kind of break it? Or is it a decorative keyboard? 🤐
What? Everyone knows you should put them on the microwave. With a lemon.
I was playing with fluffy slime while watching this video 😂
In Germany we do have Advent Calendars and if I can, I still get one every year :D
I do like the small containers that the clay inserts come in, they're cute and reusable! However, it's a bit of false advertisement with the Fluffy. Seems to be decent quality, though
Born in Ireland, grew up with advent calendars my whole life. Some were even homemade by my family!
Hi! Uhh..
when you said”balls!” Uhhhhh A bursted out of. Laughter-
Small me with OCD would have waited till the end, wouldn't mix anything and then spend hours deciding which slime goes with which inclusion. The price though.. overpriced for too much plastic and not environmental friendly inclusions. :/
This year I have an advent calender with different kinds of tea. Looking forward to it :)
I would love to see you open more Advent calendars! This video was so much fun and I laughed quite a bit. Love you Jackie!!!
I love it when U were like let's open number 18 and then struggled and was like BaLlS ....👀😂
Jackie: “we’re in Canada here”
*proceeds to do a British accent”
I can’t help it
@@nerdecrafter it’s ok jackie we all do it 🤣
@@sansundertalereal-p6p very much so
I live in germany and everyone loves their advent calender! My parents got me a sock one this and last year. Also a regular at work sends every one of us an advent calender each year :) I‘m an adult and I still get all happy when I can open a door hahahaha
Yep, from Germany too and I can absolutely second that Advent calendars are a big thing here. I used to always get at least 2 or 3 for my birthday, that is mid-november xD and at December 1st there would always just be an advent calendar for me and my dad that appeared out of nowhere. It had 48 little packages hanging on it, 24 with red string, 24 with green string, so we knew who got which set of packages. Two times my dad and I also made a huge 2x1m one for my mom's birthday (hers is at the end of November) with vouchers for shops she likes, sweets, and selfmade vouchers. I remember that in the first one my dad even included one for a new wedding ring, because the original ring got lost
@@tezzanoia That‘s so cute! I also used to get 2 or 3 advent calenders too from my whole family ^-^
It‘s so cute he got her a new wedding ring and that your family makes their own advent calenders. I think I might steal that idea and make one for my parents and grandma as well. I love sharing stories like that and christmas is always such a nice time in the year
@@Sasa-jx6uz have fun making your own calendars then and I hope your loved ones will love them, just as much as my family does! Even tho I gotta say I'm generally not even that much of a Christmas fan, but just these tiny gestures of making small things even in the time before.. That's really nice. But my absolute favorite about Christmas is selling trees. We do it as a family business for about double as long as I'm even on this planet, so I've done it all my life. Having all these sweet people come by, have a talk and search for their perfect tree is just a lot of fun
@@tezzanoia Thank you :)
Yeah the tiny gestures and general all the nice people you meet while doing christmas shopping, tree shopping etc., that‘s why I like christmas. And the fact I get to spend a few days with family :)
The christmas tree selling sounds so nice! Makes me want to go search for a tree even tho it‘s just november xD And I totally get it, it sounds like a great experience and it‘s nice you were able to experience it since you were born :3
@@Sasa-jx6uz absolutely! And yes, it absolutely is! My favorite part must be that there's people who are coming to us in the 2nd/3rd generation now. There's a family that came to us when my parents and grandpa first started it. Their children are obviously adults now with their own families and both living a 45 min and a 1h drive away, but they still get their trees from us every year with the whole family
Hey nerdecrafter I have been a fan of your channel since I discovered it last year keep the videos coming
I love it when she waves her sharp pointy thing…so nice to watch a fellow grain who has the same amount of quirk 😆
Denmark here, and we definitely have advent calendars! We also have tv-advent-calenders where you get a new chapter of a christmas story for every day until Christmas. I don't feel like that's as common in the world?
we have the same in sweden and you can even buy picture advent calenders that goes with the tv calender
@@blob4272 Yeah, I. would think Norway is in on it too! Don't know who came up with the idea! 😁
@@flagerdevil yeah i feel like maybe all the nordic countries have it
@@flagerdeviloh and last year i know a lot of swedish kids actually watch the norwegian one instead of the swedish
@@blob4272 'Snefald'? I don't know how it's written/called outside of Denmark, but it's from Norway and has been shown here in Denmark. I liked it.
Love the sculpting scoop tool 😂
I make my kids an advent calender, like this year they are getting fidget toys and chocolates, so on the first they get a fidget toy, one the second they get some chocolate
I did that last year, buying them various fidgets, little toys, slimes, squishies, art and craft stuff, cool stationary items, puzzles, games, and sweet treats etc. The only problem was that I got way too excited and carried away with it (I'm really bad at doing things in moderation) and ended up spending a few hundred dollars on daily advent surprises for my 2 sons 😬
I didn't know you could buy advent calendars when I was little - my mom made ours, including giant trees she would pin the candy bundles wrapped in christmas fabrics. She owns a Christmas craft business so we got so extra. I was super disappointed the first year I bought one of those nasty cardboard tasting chocolate ones. Almost as disappointed as Jackie in this video!
25 percent of me is like you shouldn't spend your money but 75 percent of me is like I LOVE TO SEE YOU SUFFER! Sorry Jackie
I'm from Scotland, Britain, and yes, we have advent calendars everywhere!
In Philippines, once "-ber" months starts, it's technically already Christmas 😂 You'll start seeing Christmas decorations almost everywhere; even on Halloween.
And advent calendars aren't that popular here I think, but it is possible to get some at stores.
Same in Germany, they really sell Santa shaped chocolate and Christmas cookies starting from September, I actually hate it 😅
“Balls” 18:03 😂😂😂😂😂😂