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Give Your Kids a (Spring) Break with a Mail Order Mystery
Read more →Of all the “holidays”, spring break is the one we are always least prepared for. During the winter break we can send the kids off to play with their new toys. During the summer we can send them outside. But spring break is never quite enough spring or enough break. It is just long enough, though, for everyone to get good and squirrelly. A Mail Order Mystery is a great way to take the edge off the spring break breakdown. If you choose the “All in One Box” shipping method on our website you can order all six of your mystery installments packed...
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Shop at our Mystery Emporium and Keep the Mail Order Mystery Magic Alive
Read more →We here at Mail Order Mystery would like to say a huge thank you to those of you who chose Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift this year. We know how difficult it can be to find the perfect gift for kids, and we are thrilled to hear from so many of you that Mail Order Mystery was not only an excellent gift, but the best gift ever. (It’s true! Check out some of our most recent reviews!) If your kids aren’t quite ready to let go of their mystery experience, you can keep the magic alive with a...
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Information on holiday ship dates
Read more →Due to extremely high demand, we have now filled all of our available ship dates through the end of December. You can still order a Mail Order Mystery, but the earliest available date for us to mail out the first installment is January 9. Or choose our new “All in One Box” option and we’ll send all the installments in one box on January 9 so they can be doled out as quickly (or slowly) as you choose. A Mail Order Mystery still makes a perfect last minute holiday gift, you can download the printable gift note from our website and give it to the child...
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Out of Time? Mysteries Are the Perfect Last Minute Gift
Read more →As parents, we know this is a hectic time of year. Despite best intentions it’s easy to fall behind on holiday gift shopping. That list of creative ideas from a month ago becomes a frantic late night trip to the mall hoping, just hoping you find something left on the shelves. So just a reminder that Mail Order Mystery is a perfect last-minute gift. At this point we can’t deliver before Christmas, but after you place an order, you can download a special gift note that you can print out (or even email) letting a child know that they’re about to receive a...
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Burying Treasure in the Backyard & Fear of Bigfoot: Our Fave Reviews
Read more →We love hearing from you. We love it when your kids send us the questionnaires they fill out when they are accepted to spy school. We love it when your kids send us letters with answers to the riddles from Smaul the Troll in our Enchanted Slumber mystery. We love it when your kids write us letters telling us not to trust certain characters in the mysteries. We love it when you post photos of your kids solving their mysteries. And we really love it when you write to tell us how much your kids love their mysteries. This fall we...
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Only 2 Ship Dates Left Before Christmas!
Read more →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 19thDecember 24th (we ship a few days early that week as the 26th is a holiday). Depending on where you live, mail can take between two and ten business days to arrive. If you are worried your mystery won’t quite make it for Christmas,...