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You choose what's behind every door.
No filler, ever.

The Build Your Advent box is a sturdy, reusable drawer box that you fill yourself, year after year. Fill it with candy, jerky or LEGO minifigs, the lures you actually fish with, or notes for someone coming home.

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Build Your Advent refillable wooden box with numbered drawers and a red bow, surrounded by small wrapped gifts and blank gift tags

Why build your own?

Store-bought calendars decide for you, and too often they decide on filler.

No filler, ever

Every door holds something you picked. No keychains, coupons or mystery dust.

Fill it for anyone

For the angler, fill it with the lures they actually want, the $5 to $10 ones and not bargain-bin filler. Or use jerky, cologne samples, LEGO minifigs, coins, love notes, or a Civil War relic a day.

Reuse it every year

Built to last. Refill it next December, or for the next birthday or trip.

Pick your size

Mixed small and large drawers, so bigger gifts fit too. Pricing is coming soon.

12days
12 Days of Christmas, or a short countdown
24days
Classic Advent, Dec 1 to 24
25days
Advent plus Christmas Day
31days
A full month: birthday, vacation, homecoming
Customany count, 1 to 31
Tell us your number. We're planning custom counts.

Use it for any countdown: Advent (Dec 1 to 24), the 12 days to Christmas Eve, a birthday, a vacation, a wedding, a baby's due date, or a deployment homecoming, one drawer for each day until they're home.

Design your box

Choose a theme, then add a name, a short message or a photo, like "Jake's Fishing Countdown." Personalization pricing is coming soon.

Classic Christmas advent box design: natural wood drawers under a garland of pine, red bows and gold ornaments

Classic ChristmasRed, green and gold

Winter Woods advent box design: snowy pine forest with deer and cabins across the numbered doors

Winter WoodsPines, snow and cabins

Gone Fishing advent box design: dark wood drawers with a carved fish, fishing rod and lakeside pines

Gone FishingLakes, boats and lures

Game Day advent box design: red, green and cream drawers under a panel with a baseball, basketball, football and soccer ball

Game DayBalls, jerseys and team colors

Red, White and Blue homecoming advent box design: wooden drawers with garland, a red ribbon bow and a hanging dog tag

Red, White & BluePatriotic, for homecomings

Happy Birthday advent box design: cream numbered doors with gold balloons, a red balloon and a birthday cake

Happy BirthdayConfetti countdown

Vacation Countdown advent box design: mountain lake scene with a sun hat, a vintage suitcase and a postcard

Vacation CountdownSun, sand and suitcases

Furry Friends advent box design: red, green and cream numbered doors decorated with paw prints and dog bones

Furry FriendsPaws, bones and treats

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