abspaintco Animal Print Club vs Wunderkammer Dispatch

Where they differ

Both are art & prints, letters and nature clubs. Past that they pull apart: abspaintco Animal Print Club also covers stickers, while Wunderkammer Dispatch adds science.

abspaintco Animal Print Club is the cheaper of the two — $8/mo against $16/mo, roughly 50% less on a monthly basis. Whether that gap means anything depends on what turns up: the dearer club is not automatically sending more, and on a gift the up-front total matters more than the monthly figure.

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.

Wunderkammer Dispatch

A monthly illustrated dispatch from children's book author and illustrator Elaine W. Duree, combining pre-1930 master artwork, original natural science paintings, tactile watercolor practice sheets and historical stories. A cabinet-of-curiosities format rather than a continuing story.

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.