The clock is ticking down for holiday shopping, but it’s not too late to order a personalized Mail Order Mystery experience for the 8 to 13 year-old kids you love. We ship every Thursday and this week’s shipment is full up. But our mystery elves are standing by to print, package and mail your mysteries on these holiday dates:
December 19th December 24th (we ship a few days early that week as the 26th is a holiday).
When you order your mystery we give you the choice of two shipping methods on our website.
If you choose “Send Weekly” we mail one installment a week for six weeks.
If you choose “All in One Box” we send all six installments packed together in one box. This is a great option if you want to hand out the installments at your own pace over the holidays, or if you are a last minute shopper who wants the peace of mind of tracking information.
We have four delightful Mail Order Mysteries to choose from:
Treasure Hunt is our best-reviewed and best-loved mystery. In this twisting, turning yarn of missing treasure, pirate ancestors and double-crossing ne’er do wells, kids learn about - and ultimately receive - their long-lost family treasure.
Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys takes kids on a madcap mission to track down a missing spy, find the double-agent and stop an evil villain from taking away all fun forever (Mwaa haa haaa). Spies is our most complicated mystery, with clues within clues, and we recommend it for kids 9 and up.
The Case of the Missing Bigfoot is a classic whodnunnit detective mystery, complete with fingerprint reports, crime scene photos and a suspect board. A set of important photographs have gone missing from a safe in a mansion not far from where you live, and every dinner guest is a suspect - including the butler. And Bigfoot!
The Enchanted Slumber is an enchanting, fairy-tale themed mystery (great for girls and boys) in which your young knight-in-training accepts a noble mission to help an unlikely group of friends. This is a lovely and whimsical mystery, filled with wax-sealed envelopes, necklaces etched with cipher codes, sensitive trolls and chess-playing dragons. Enchanted Slumber has powerful themes of love, friendship and stewardship of the earth - perfect for the holiday season.
We started by introducing Nate The Great Mystery Books sending them to our grandson in the mail. Then we personalized a letter from Nate The Great telling him pirates would be sending mysteries in the mail. When he finished one he needed to mail a postcard (pre-stamped and addressed) with what he did or liked about the mystery and the pirates would send a new one. After the last one we had a pirate party.
It was a wonderful experience.
I bought this for my 10 yr old grandson’s b-day in November. It seemed just challenging enough that he was able to solve it by himself. He liked it so much that I am getting him The Master Loop as a Xmas gift.
I gave Mail Order Mystery to my grand daughter for her birthday. She has enjoyed throughly. I plan on giving the same Mystery to my other grand daughter for her birthday.
My 10 year old twins loved this so much that we ordered another Mail Order Mystery for the holiday. They chose these puzzles over watching TV or using other screens, which is a big compliment. Puzzles were challenging and materials were high quality.
