Squish-a-longs Advent Calendar

Squish-a-longs Advent Calendar 2026: 24 collectible Mini-Squish

The Squish-a-longs Advent Calendar, this collectible advent calendar from the Squishmallows world, puts 24 holiday Mini-Squish behind 24 doors, one per day from 1 to 24 December. Be clear on what these are before you buy: they are 1-inch (2.5cm) plastic collectible figures, not the soft plush Squishmallows. Three are named on the box, Ricardo the Peppermint Bat, Hedda the Christmas Milk and Fleur the Chocolate Yule Log, and the rest stay a surprise until each door opens.

At £27.99 for 24 figures, the calendar sits in mid-range territory for a toy advent calendar for kids. It comes with a ring accessory to clip the Mini-Squish on and carry them about, plus a numbered Collector’s Guide. The maker, Jazwares, puts the recommended age at 6 and over, with adult supervision because of the small parts.

What is inside the Squish-a-longs advent calendar?

Behind the 24 doors sit 24 Mini-Squish and nothing that pads the count: no sweets, no stickers, no fillers. Each figure is a hard plastic version of a festive Squishmallows character, about one inch tall, so they are small by design, not shrunk from something bigger.

Two extras travel with them. The first is the ring accessory, which lets a child attach a Mini-Squish and wear or carry it. The second is the numbered Collector’s Guide for Wave 5, which maps the full run of 140+ Mini-Squish you can collect, trade or wear, and tells you which of them you have just unboxed.

No official content value is published for this set, and the figures are not sold one by one, so any pound figure would be invented. The honest measure is per door: the launch price spread across 24 figures works out at roughly £1.17 per Mini-Squish.

=> The full door-by-door breakdown sits in the SPOILER tab.

Where a collectible calendar beats a chocolate one

This is the first Squish-a-longs advent calendar we have logged, so there is no previous edition to measure it against. Judged inside its own family, it does the one thing a chocolate calendar cannot: the contents outlast December. A child who opens door 24 still has 24 figures on 25 December, at £1.17 per figure, and a ring to carry a favourite around.

Against the plush Squishmallows calendars, the trade-off is plain. Plush gives you fewer, bigger, huggable toys; Squish-a-longs gives you more, smaller, pocketable ones. If your child is already deep in the plush line, these mini figures scratch a different itch, the collect-and-complete one, without replacing the cuddle factor.

My view on the Squish-a-longs Advent Calendar 2026

What wins me over is that every door holds a keepable figure, and the maths is kind: at about £1.17 a Mini-Squish, you are paying genuine toy money for a keepable collection. The named three, a peppermint bat, a bottle of Christmas milk, a chocolate yule log, are the kind of daft festive characters that land well with this age group.

Where I would pause is expectation. These are hard one-inch plastic figures, and a child hoping for a squishy toy a day will be let down. The Wave 5 hook of 140+ to collect is also a polite way of saying the fun continues at the shops, well beyond this box. My short version for undecided parents: it is a brilliant countdown if your child already collects Squish-a-longs, and an expensive guess if they don’t yet.

For the right child this is an easy recommendation. The figures are durable, there is a toy behind every door, and the ring turns the collection into something you take to school. Just buy it knowing it is a collectible, not a cuddle.

Versions of this calendar:

• Squish-a-longs Holiday 2026 Advent Calendar (24 Mini-Squish, £27.99)

Squishmallows, the collect-them-all habit in miniature

Squishmallows launched in 2017 under Jazwares and built its name on soft, round plush toys with named characters and ‘squads’ that children learn by heart. The pull has always been the collection, the drive to find the next character, not to own one perfect toy.

Squish-a-longs takes that same habit and shrinks it into 1-inch collectible figures you can carry, which is exactly what this advent calendar delivers: 24 of them in a single box, with a guide that points at the 140+ waiting in Wave 5.

Where to buy the Squish-a-longs Advent Calendar 2026

This calendar is sold on Amazon, in stock and dispatched by Amazon. No discount code is live at the time of writing. Compare the best offers at the top of this page before you buy.

• Retailer: Amazon
• Age: 6 and over, with adult supervision
• Discount code: none at the time of writing

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