Lil’ Letter Club vs Rumble Rigs

Where they differ

Both are letters, activities, stickers and art & prints clubs. They cover the same ground, so the decision comes down to how each one does it rather than what it is.

Lil’ Letter Club is the cheaper of the two — $10/mo against $11/mo, roughly 9% 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.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Lil’ Letter Club ships to US, Rumble Rigs to Not stated.

Lil’ Letter Club addresses the post to the child by name; Rumble Rigs 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.

Lil’ Letter Club expects a reply — there is something to write back to. Rumble Rigs 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

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.

Rumble Rigs

Built around a collectible card game about trucks, and unusually generous for the price. Every envelope has a hand-illustrated trading card with battle stats, a letter written from the rig's own perspective, a screen-free activity, an 11×17 blueprint poster with a playmat on the reverse, a die-cut sticker and a bonus paper activity. Ships on the 1st.

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.