Wouldn’t it be cool if someone took your traditional, 25 day advent calendar, loaded it up with killer fossils, and stripped away the overt Christmas theme to make it appropriate for year round enjoyment?
Yeah, we thought so too. So that’s exactly what we did. (Updated pictures coming soon, the current ones are from the Christmas edition.)
Introducing the Code Black Fossils Advent(ure) Box: an advent calendar style* fossil mystery box that will take you or your loved ones on 25 different trips (no duplicates, and with a big – some might even say MEGA! đŠđ – hidden surprise underneath day 24 – scroll to the bottom of this description to see everything that’s included!) through Florida’s rugged and wild past as you discover REAL fossils from REAL animals that lived from 10,000 to over 20 MILLION years ago.
*(Whether you choose to open everything up all at once, over the course of a few days, or one box per day like a regular advent calendar is entirely up to you!)
Each daily fossil(s) comes with a super detailed info card tucked away neatly into that dayâs box. In addition, every Advent(ure) Box comes with a booklet that welcomes you to your fossil adventure, goes over the hows, whats, wheres, and whys of the Florida fossil hunting scene, shows a couple maps of Floridaâs ancient coastlines to help you visualize what conditions were like all those years ago, offers up a shark tooth ID guide to be used in this and future fossil hunting adventures, and more!
These are a real treat and are a true labor of love. No detail has been overlooked – from hand clipping the corners of every single insert one at a time, to the day to day flow of the Advent(ure) Box itself, with numerous deep dives and/or callbacks to previous day’s lessons (take days two and three, for example, where we compare two of the world’s most ubiquitous herbivores and do a deep dive on the differences between their parent groups, the Artiodactyls and Perissodactyls).
This is a gift that is sure to be cherished and talked about for YEARS to come, and is perfect for all age groups, from kids to adults.
(If 25 days/items is too big of a commitment…Well, donât worry – we have a whole series of 7 item Advent(ure) Boxes for you to choose from! You can take a dip in Florida’s ancient seas with our Shark Attack Pack, trek through its rugged Ice Age prairies and forests with our Pleistocene Pack, and visit one of the world’s most famous fossils sites with our Bone Valley Box.)
SPOILER ALERT! SCROLL AWAY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S INCLUDED!
- 1: five lemon shark teeth
- 2: deer teeth
- 3: horse tooth
- 4: five bull shark teeth
- 5: barracuda tooth
- 6: burrfish mouth plate
- 7: five sand tiger shark teeth
- 8: turtle neural element (shell)
- 9: giant tortoise leg spur
- 10: hemipristis shark tooth
- 11: drum fish tooth
- 12: gar scale
- 13: tiger shark tooth
- 14: amphibian vertebra
- 15: alligator tooth
- 16: hastalis shark tooth
- 17: stingray teeth & barbs
- 18: stingray dermal denticles
- 19: “Bone Valley” shark teeth
- 20: mammoth/mastodon ivory
- 21: mammoth tooth fragment
- 22: mastodon tooth fragment
- 23: misc tooth & enamel fragments
- 24: shark tooth variety bag with 50+ shark teeth
- 25: hidden, surprise megalodon tooth
Broc Bramlett (verified owner) –
I had an incredible experience with Code Black Fossils! My 3-year-old son and I had hours of fun exploring the shorty pack. What impressed me the most was the fantastic references included with the kit and on the website, which made it a breeze to identify different shark teeth and fossils from the kits. It’s been an educational and entertaining adventure for us. Highly recommended!âïžâïžâïžâïžâïž
Rusty –
Gifts worth giving are hard to come by. The passion that is present in this kit is tremendous. You donât produce products like this unless you truly love what youâre doing.
Thanks Code Black! Iâll be back!
Matthew frickson (verified owner) –
An amazing idea to inspire kids to be interested in more than video games or tv. My daughter loved searching through the box for the fossils and then looking them up on the guide to see what they are. 10/10 would recommend and will buy more soon!
Cherie Williams –
A fantastic gift idea to peak kids interest in archaeology, fossils and science. Both my boys, ages 11 and 6 loved this box! They have gone through and separated the shells from the shark teeth, and they think itâs unbelievable that they are holding a megalodon tooth in their hands. The box is fun and sturdy. They (and myself) have enjoyed reading some of the fun facts included in the Shorty Pack. They are asking when they can go back to Florida and find more fossils. đ