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2024 Holiday Shipping Dates
Read more →If you are planning to order a Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift we want to help you time its arrival. There are two ways to have your mystery experience delivered. You can have it packed up all together and shipped in one box, or you can have the mystery sent as separate installments mailed once a week for six weeks. ALL IN ONE BOX All six installments will be packed together in a single shipment that is fully tracked. Every mystery we send out is personalized, so it does take some time from when you place your order to when it...
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Discover Fun in Learning Again! 📚
Read more →We know the transition back to school can be tough. We're already tired of the fights about bedtime and homework. But back to school doesn't have to mean back to the old grind. Instead, think of it as an opportunity to get kids excited about learning. There's no better time to make reading, learning and problem-solving fun than now. Mail Order Mysteries are six week long adventures of the imagination that can spark all manner of learning and creativity. Solve clues, crack codes and learn all about the history of medieval knights, life on board a pirate ship, geography, sharks,...
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Summer FAQ: Everything you need to know about ordering
Read more →We are just going to state as a matter of fact that Mail Order Mysteries are perfect summer activities. They are engaging, immersive, imaginative and kids can do them pretty much anywhere. If you’ve got questions about ordering a Mail Order Mystery this summer here are some answers.Q. I love the idea of a Mail Order Mystery but we are away for part of the summer and we don’t want to miss out on letters. Can I still order?A. Absolutely. We have two shipping methods to choose from, “Send Weekly” or “All in One Box”. If you order “All in One...
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Looking for a Father’s Day Gift?
Read more →Are you looking for a fantastic Father’s Day experience that Dad and the kids can do together? Mail Order Mysteries are fun, funny and challenging enough that Dad won’t have all the answers, but not so hard that Dad can’t save the day. Dad and kids can work together to solve riddles from a troll, track down a missing agent, crack a curious case, save the family fortune from double crossing scallywags, or fix the family’s time travel mistakes before the time police catch on. Our mystery experiences are personalized, so if you want your mystery addressed to Dad and...
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Made By Humans #8 - Microdots
Read more →This is Shibin making the “microdots” for our espionage themed mystery “Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys”. Essentially what you are seeing is a tiny message written in the smallest font possible, folded up and glued underneath a postage stamp for kids to find. Whenever we design a new mystery we follow a few of our own made-up rules. One - don’t scare kids, so no murder or monsters. Two - don’t direct kids onto screens. Three - crack ourselves up. And when we came up with the idea for the microdots for our spy mystery we really split a gut....
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Top 10 Reasons Our Mysteries Make the Perfect End-Of-School Gift
Read more →1. The end of a school year is something to celebrate. Mail Order Mysteries are a great way to keep kids reading and learning without even realizing that they are learning. 2. It’s the gift that keeps on giving! Six mailings over six weeks keep your kids busy all summer. 3. Feed the brain! Mail Order Mysteries are a jumping off point for all sorts of learning adventures: geography, history, pirate lore, fairy tales, spy training, time travel, ciphers, codes and more! 4. Our mysteries get kids excited about problem solving instead of spending their summer zoning out on screens. 5. Five...