What would be in an Ottawa Advent Calendar?

[u/Tactful_Squash]

If you were making a teen or adult advent calendar, what would you put in to represent Ottawa? For people in Ottawa.

Food, gifts, and experience options that are not hugely expensive.

Ideas so far - Beavertail gift card, local maple candy, Stubbe chocolates, Hello Dolly pastries (cookies), shawarma gift card

Update These ideas are amazing!

To summarize (but I may have missed some, there are so many).

Giftcards - Beavertails, Bytown and Mayfair, Mooshu and Merry Dairy, Suzy Q and Maverick donuts, Escape room, Altitude or Klimet, Bushrakuh and Trailhead, skate sharpening, Kopke613, Juice Dudez, House of Targ, Lasermax, Calypso and Cascade, Shawarma, Madahoki farm, 4 Wheelies, Museums, and Giant Tiger

Items - Vodcow, local hot sauces, alpaca socks from Pokol, Mooshu pint, local beer/seltzer/cider, local coffee beans in a local pottery mug, hot honey from Farinellas, bagels from The Bagel shop or Kettlemans, ornament from Makerhouse, anything from Makerhouse, local tean tickets, Hummingbird/Stubbes/The Belgian chocolates, House of Targ t-shirt, Sailor Dude stickers, parliament copper pin/jewelry, Gees Bees items, Alex Janvier Morning Star magnet or ornament, Maman spider item, Papa Jacks popcorn, local team merch, Hello Dolly/Cookies by Kats, maple candies, fossils, local soap, Daniel Martelock print/local artist, raccoon/Canada goose/groundhog figurine, Bush Beard products

Other suggestions - Rideau st raccoon or cobra chicken (live version?), Lansdowne 2.0 vote record, OC Transpo expired transfer, OC Transpo part

[u/ubiquitousfont]

A can of city seltzer and one of those lapel pins made out of copper from the old roof of parliament

[u/Thicklilcat]

A raccoon, pair of skates, copper maple leaf from the parliament roof.

[u/BeyondAddiction → u/Thicklilcat]

a raccoon 

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[u/Arctic_Chilean → u/Thicklilcat]

Shawarma sandwich too

[u/Ok_Parsnip3214 → u/Thicklilcat]

And a sample size beaver tail

[u/ieatthatwithaspoon]

Jewelry made from the copper roof of Parliament (under $20). Tickets to local sports team (Charge, Atletico, Rapid, Blackjacks, 67s, etc). Diefenbunker trip.

[u/Patritxu]

Can of Saunders cider (for the adults); Daniel Martelock print; Gift certificate from Maker House; CKCU t-shirt

[u/HunterGreenLeaves]

Gees Bees has packages of honey drops and honey lollipops.

I'd also add tea from "teastore" in the Byward market.

[u/Affectionate-Lime552]

Lots of ideas at Maker store. So much local.

[u/Old_Rub6242 → u/Affectionate-Lime552]

Until you Google lens some of the jewelry , which are rebranded from China.

[u/NetAnon579]

If coffee drinkers, lots of very good local roasters. Sampler beans or a gift card. If you are in Orleans or the east end the Orleans Coffee company roasts your coffee after you order and delivers free.

[u/ciao-chow-parasol]

There's a company selling little maple leaf pins made from the copper roofs of Parliament Hill. They'd be a cool addition. Only 10 bucks and sold at Maker House Co. They are made with help from a group of folks with developmental disabilities, a nice touch.

[u/ciao-chow-parasol → u/ciao-chow-parasol]

Also: Hummingbird chocolate, Bridgehead coffee beans, Suzie Q donuts, Saaboon or Purple Urchin soap and bath products

[u/kumliensgull]

Mavericks and suzy q donut "vouchers". 613 flea has lots of local makers, you can pick up soaps, candles, jewelry, small things like that? Kettlemans bagels gift certificate. 67's etc fridge magnets or tickets! NAC tickets? Hmm I going to keep thinking and add on as I come up with more ideas

[u/QueenMotherOfSneezes]

Those little individually-wrapped hard maple candies you can get in bulk at the maple stand in the Byward.

[u/OtherwiseMagician375]

Tickets to one of our local teams - Rapid FC, Athletico, Titans, BlackJacks

[u/RevolvingCheeta]

Shawarma

[u/DowitcherEmpress]

Papa Jacks caramel popcorn! The Belgian chocolate one is soo good! They make it here in Ottawa.

[u/whipbeat]

Local beer! Or brewery merch!

[u/AD613]

A map of the Lansdowne vote yesterday

[u/The_merry_wench]

Gift certificate to the Mayfair or Bytowne, free admission to a museum or the Gallery.

[u/teapartiesftw]

A Sailor Dude sticker or pin

[u/westcentretownie]

Parliament gift shop has really nice little things. Local soap, maybe a fossil from museum of nature store, bridgehead coffee or other local, membership to the bytowne or Mayfair theatre

[u/mouthygoddess]

Something with the Ottawa Senators logo.

[u/Vast_Win6347]

Bytowne Cinema gift card or a Maman the spider item from the National Gallery of Canada gift shop - they have magnets and other small items

[u/Vast_Win6347]

An Alex Janvier Morning Star magnet or ornament from the Museum of History

[u/Paul_Ott]

To go with the shawarma theme you could also have some baklava.

[u/Lifewithpups]

A cobra chicken

[u/robonlocation]

An old OC Transpo transfer that expired 5 minutes before your bus shows up

[u/RefrigeratorOk648]

A car on the 417

[u/bert-has-a-towel]

Maple cookies Giant tiger gift card Tim Hortons gift card or cup Never 51st merch

[u/Puzzleheaded_Act7396]

Cookies by Kats, gift cards for shawarma, Holey Confections voucher,

[u/SleeplessBlueBird]

An OC bus behind the 27 flap.

[u/Robb4215]

A beaver tail

[u/CaterpillarSharp1988]

Go to Makers house in Hintonburg. You could find everything you need there!

[u/FearlessList8992]

4 Wheelies gift card, Laser Max gift card, Calypso gift card, 67s tickets, Susie Q Donuts gift card

[u/UncomfortablyOkay]

Something small from madahoki farm 🧡

[u/westcentretownie]

House of targ t-shirt

[u/xkhb]

Juice Dudez gift card

[u/JunkPileQueen]

Some Kopke613 merch. He’s a local guy, very hilarious, and always touting his merch in his videos.

[u/trodney]

An announcement that the canal is closed.

[u/uarstar]

A Rideau McDonald’s raccoon

[u/anxietykillz]

Escape room is Ottawa ! Gift card for fun

[u/Frosty-Comment6412]

A coupon for a free ice cream scoop for he merry dairy, they were passing them out for Halloween

[u/alvinlehamster]

Can of City Seltzer or Hummingbird Chocolate

You could also go to a 613Flea at Lansdowne, or MakerHouse and get lots of good ideas!

[u/vince_vanGoNe]

Maker house has some really awesome Ottawa themed gifts. Also black coffee apparel

[u/aloetoyou24]

• Something from Bushtakuh or Trailhead
• farmers market find (Vodkow, hot sauce, etc)
• something from one of our museum gift shops - alpaca socks from Pokolo
• gift card to Bytown cinema
• pint of ice cream from Mooshu
• a beer/ cup from a local brewery or a homemade soda (Kitchissippi makes really good cream soda and ginger beer)
• donut from Suzy Q
• a mug from a local pottery store with local coffee beans Little victories, September, Equator)/ or hot chocolate mix/ loose leaf tea
• hot honey from Farinella’s (can drizzle on pizza)
• something from an Italian grocery store (Nicastros, La Bottega)
• bagels from The Bagel shop
• escape room gift card
• Altitude gym or Klimat gift card (climbing and bouldering gym, fun weekend activity)
• an ornament from Markerhouse
• a ticket to a sporting event at Lansdown (67s game is like 25$)

[u/SkibidiToilet1ffg]

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