abspaintco Animal Print Club vs Letters From Afar

Where they differ

Both are art & prints and letters clubs. Past that they pull apart: abspaintco Animal Print Club also covers stickers and nature, while Letters From Afar adds travel.

On price there is effectively nothing in it — $8/mo against $8/mo, which works out within a dollar a month of each other. Price is not the deciding factor here.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: abspaintco Animal Print Club ships to Worldwide, Letters From Afar to US and 40 other countries.

What each one sends

abspaintco Animal Print Club

A 5x7 watercolor print of a different animal each month, a matching sticker and a short letter from the artist about that animal. New-subscriber cutoff is the 10th, with mail going out the 12th to 15th.

Letters From Afar

A monthly illustrated double-sided letter from a fictional traveler named Isabelle, covering a new world destination each month with doodles and fun facts, plus a custom vintage-replica map. Destinations never repeat within a year.

Which one to pick

We are not going to pretend there is a winner here — they are close enough to be on the same shortlist, which is why this page exists. What we would say is that the choice usually turns on the household rather than the club: how much adult time there is, whether the child reads independently yet, and whether you want post that asks something of them or post that simply arrives.

Read the full listings before deciding, and follow through to each club's own site — prices, terms and gift options are theirs to change and ours only to record.