All 24 Doors Opened: What Is Actually Inside The MerrySquish Dumpling Advent Calendar, Counted Out
Reviews of squishy calendars in general come back to the same three complaints: the toys are tiny, the box is not the one in the photograph, and the same character turns up twice. Those are fair questions, and a sealed box cannot answer them. So here is this box with every door open, counted out.
The Complaints A Sealed Box Cannot Answer
Read enough reviews of mystery calendars and the pattern is clear. The buyers who were disappointed were not disappointed by the idea. They were disappointed by a gap between the photograph and the box that arrived, and the gap has four shapes:
- The toys turned out much smaller than the buyer pictured
- The box that arrived was not the one in the listing photograph
- The same character came up twice, or a door was empty
- The reviews showed the closed box and never what was inside it
Each of those is answered below with the product itself rather than a promise. Every image on this page shows the MerrySquish box and its dumplings, not a generic calendar.
All Twenty-Four, Out Of The Tray And Counted
Here is the full set out of the tray, laid out so it can be counted. Twenty-four dumplings for twenty-four doors, and every one of them a different character: Santa hats, reindeer antlers, striped scarves, elf hats, holly sprigs and one in a top hat.
Product note: Every door holds a different dumpling. The exact mix varies a little from box to box, so a box will not match this layout cell for cell, but the count is fixed at twenty-four and every cell is checked before the box ships. There is no oversized extra piece and no chocolate in the box.
Twenty-four is the number on the lid, the number of doors and the number of dumplings. Nothing behind the last door is bigger or different in kind from the first. The twenty-fourth is simply the last of the set.
How Big They Are, In Inches
This is the complaint that decides most mystery-calendar reviews, so it gets a measurement rather than an adjective. Each dumpling is about 1.5 inches across, roughly the width of a quarter, and sits on a flat base.
They are mini mochi-style squishies, not the large glossy bao the word dumpling can bring to mind. If the picture in your head is a toy the size of a bread roll, this is not that toy. If it is twenty-four small surprises that fit a fingertip and a stocking, it is exactly that.
The Box Is The Box In The Picture
The second complaint is a box that arrives looking nothing like the listing. So here is the front of the MerrySquish box as it ships, and at the top of this page the same box with the lid open. The printed lid shows all twenty-four numbered doors. Behind it is a clear tray with one cell per door, so each dumpling stays in place in the post and nothing rattles loose.
Product note: The box is 11 by 7 inches and weighs about 15 ounces. It arrives finished, with nothing to assemble and nothing to wrap, and the dumplings inside are made of soft TPR with printed faces.
What The Doors And The Wrapping Are Like
The last question is whether the box survives December. Each door is numbered and pushes open with a thumb along its own perforation, so opening the 8th does not disturb the 9th. Every dumpling inside is individually wrapped, so the ones still behind their doors stay clean until their day.
Product note: If a door is ever empty or a box arrives damaged, MerrySquish replaces it. Every box is also covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee, and the box does not need to be sent back.
That is the whole box, counted. Twenty-four doors, twenty-four different dumplings about 1.5 inches across, a clear tray, a printed lid, and a guarantee that does not need a return. What arrives is what is on this page.
See All Twenty-Four, Then Let Them Open One A Day
One calendar is $30.99. Two are $54.99 and three are $74.99, with free shipping on two or more. Every box ships within 24 hours, arrives gift-ready, and carries a 30-day money-back guarantee with no return needed.
CHECK AVAILABILITYWhat Buyers Say About MerrySquish
Individual experiences shared by verified customers.
“All items are what is pictured, good size toys, not very many tiny ones. Box is cute and heavy good quality.”
“They are smaller than I expected, but still really cute.”
“This had a different squishy in each door. They were good quality and you could tell what they were.”
“I was worried the doors would rip after a few days, but the box has held up well.”
“Super soft, bounces right back, no weird smell.”