Happy Mail by Art With Jenny vs Lil’ Letter Club

Where they differ

Both are art & prints, activities and stickers clubs. Lil’ Letter Club also covers letters; Happy Mail by Art With Jenny stays narrower.

Lil’ Letter Club is the cheaper of the two — $10/mo against $13/mo, roughly 23% 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.

The age ranges differ too: Happy Mail by Art With Jenny is pitched at ages 6–13, Lil’ Letter Club at ages 1–12. Match the reading level rather than the birthday — a child who cannot yet read the letter alone needs an adult in the loop either way.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Happy Mail by Art With Jenny ships to Worldwide, Lil’ Letter Club to US.

Lil’ Letter Club expects a reply — there is something to write back to. Happy Mail by Art With Jenny is one-way. A write-back club is the better one if an adult will actually sit down and help; if not, it turns into a pile of unanswered post.

What each one sends

Happy Mail by Art With Jenny

A monthly art club made by Jenny, an elementary school art teacher who designs, illustrates, prints and mails every envelope herself. Each month has a brand-new theme built around a hands-on art project with step-by-step instructions, plus puzzles and games, a small creative challenge, stickers drawn for that month's theme and a few surprise extras. The envelope is addressed to your child by name, and the point is to make something rather than just read something.

Lil’ Letter Club

A monthly envelope built around an original illustrated story, with the child's first name taken at checkout and written into the letter itself. Alongside the story comes an art print of its artwork, stickers, an inspirational trading card and a different small surprise each month. Written and illustrated by Lily, who makes them to be read together rather than handed over.

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.