Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club vs Sunny the Mail Snail

Where they differ

Both are stickers and activities clubs. Past that they pull apart: Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club also covers postcards, while Sunny the Mail Snail adds letters.

On price there is effectively nothing in it — $19.95/mo against $58 for 3 months, which works out within a dollar a month of each other. Price is not the deciding factor here.

They arrive on different rhythms. Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club comes monthly; Sunny the Mail Snail comes weekly. More frequent post is not automatically better — it is more to keep up with, and for some children the wait is part of it.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club ships to Worldwide, Sunny the Mail Snail to US.

Sunny the Mail Snail addresses the post to the child by name; Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club 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

Pipsticks Kids Sticker Club

A monthly pack of fifteen hand-drawn sticker sheets, including a puffy sheet and a scratch-and-sniff sheet, plus a reusable storage pouch, a color-in postcard and an activity booklet. Designs are exclusive to subscribers, and members can skip a month or cancel any time.

Sunny the Mail Snail

A snail character named Sunny writes four to five personalized letters a month, roughly one a week. Envelopes hold animal trading cards, secret code cards, stickers, temporary tattoos and bookmarks. A plush Sunny comes with the six- and twelve-month plans.

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.