multi-age families wanting gentle, attractive, low-prep art and nature lessons they can do together
family art, watercolor, nature, and cross-curricular courses
Lily & Thistle
Lily & Thistle provides self-paced, step-by-step video art courses, traceable templates, supply lists, and printable resources across watercolor, nature study, geography, math-art connections, artists, and composers. The family-style library is low-prep and inviting for beginners, but it is enrichment rather than a full standards-mapped art degree or core academic curriculum.
Visit product ↗Official listing captured in 1 state
Price$30/month or $197 lifetime for Watercolor School; broader membership and ESA offers vary
Pricing modelflat-family recurring membership or lifetime-access purchase; art supplies are separate
AgesPreschool through middle school, with beginner-friendly family and adult use
Review depth2 parent quotes captured
The funding answer
Is Lily and Thistle ESA approved?
We found official public provider-level listings for Lily & Thistle in Utah. That still does not prove every package, subscription or SKU is approved.
Overview
What it actually does
Lily & Thistle provides self-paced, step-by-step video art courses, traceable templates, supply lists, and printable resources across watercolor, nature study, geography, math-art connections, artists, and composers. The family-style library is low-prep and inviting for beginners, but it is enrichment rather than a full standards-mapped art degree or core academic curriculum.
watercolordrawingnature studygeographymath and artartist studiescomposer studies
Quality
Who it suits—and the catch
Families like the calm, polished instruction, reusable family access, and easy way to connect art with nature and other subjects. The membership has expanded into a very large library, which can become browsing rather than progression, and families must supply paints, paper, brushes, printing, and storage while current public pricing remains frustratingly opaque.
- current price is not public
- supplies cost extra
- large library can lack a clear progression
- not a complete core curriculum
“simple, low-prep ways to weave creativity and connection into their days”
The provider's accurate description of its target homeschool use.Read the parent discussion ↗
“I had to buy an extra set of paints and brushes because my son wanted to learn along with me”
A provider-hosted family testimonial that also surfaces extra supply cost.Read the parent discussion ↗
State evidence
Where the underlying expense category may qualify
Category permission, provider approval and exact-SKU approval are separate questions.
AZ
Arizona
Empowerment Scholarship Account
Conditional
Online curriculum and educational software can qualify when clearly tied to instruction.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗TX
Texas
Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA)
Allowed
Online courses, programs, and educational software are eligible marketplace categories.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗FL
Florida
Personalized Education Program (FTC-PEP) · Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA)
Allowed
Online learning, digital materials, educational apps, and many productivity subscriptions are eligible at single-student cost.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗WV
West Virginia
Hope Scholarship
Allowed
Nonpublic online or virtual programs and educational software are eligible.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗UT
Utah
Utah Fits All Scholarship
Allowed
Educational software, applications, and online instruction are eligible.
Provider evidence: listed.Official category rule ↗TN
Tennessee
Education Freedom Scholarship (EFS) · Individualized Education Account (IEA)
Not allowed
Standalone software and internet are not eligible under EFS.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗AL
Alabama
CHOOSE Act
Conditional
Online curriculum and educational services can qualify when offered by an approved Alabama ESP.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗LA
Louisiana
Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR)
Allowed
Online instruction and qualifying digital instructional materials are eligible.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗GA
Georgia
Georgia Promise Scholarship
Conditional
Online or software-based curriculum may qualify as curriculum or supplemental material.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗NC
North Carolina
Education Student Accounts (ESA+)
Conditional
Educational apps and digital curriculum can qualify through the educational-technology or curriculum categories.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗AR
Arkansas
Arkansas Education Freedom Account
Conditional
Online instruction and educational technology can qualify when approved.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗IA
Iowa
Students First Education Savings Account
Conditional
Microsoft Office, Adobe products, learning software, and other verified software can qualify.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗NH
New Hampshire
Education Freedom Account
Allowed
Nonpublic online learning, educational software, and applications are eligible.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗ID
Idaho
Empowering Parents
Allowed
Educational software is an approved category.
No public provider-level listing naming this brand was captured.Official category rule ↗Compare
