Aunty Mikes' Passport Club vs Magic Street

Where they differ

Both are letters, stickers and postcards clubs. Aunty Mikes' Passport Club covers travel and music on top of that; Magic Street stays narrower.

Aunty Mikes' Passport Club is the cheaper of the two — £4.99/mo against $16/mo, roughly 60% 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.

Aunty Mikes' Passport Club addresses the post to the child by name; Magic Street does not. That sounds minor and it is the detail people mention most often — the envelope being visibly theirs is most of the appeal for a younger child.

What each one sends

Aunty Mikes' Passport Club

Each month covers one country: a dispatch newsletter, an authentic recipe card, a color-in postcard, a collectible vinyl-record-style card with a QR code linking to music, and a custom sticker sheet. Month one adds a passport booklet for collecting stamps. The envelope is addressed to the child, and the postcard is meant to be written on and mailed to a relative.

Magic Street

Mail from the fairies and other magical residents of Magic Street, posted on the 1st of each month. Each envelope carries holographic seals and holds a serial-numbered postcard, a magical newspaper of Magic Street news, a secret code to crack, fairy dust, stickers and a surprise gift. US delivery runs three to ten days; international takes two to six weeks.

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.