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Wait, What?! REAL Yeti Footprints Found in the Himalayas!
Read more →We here at Mail Order Mystery love cryptozoology, otherwise known as the study of hidden animals. We’re talking Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Yeti...These are mysteries that are never really solved. For every piece of evidence that disproves their existence, another comes along to prove they really do exist. In this week’s breaking news, reported not by some obscure internet site but by NBC: Indian soldiers have discovered giant Yeti footprints in the snow around their basecamp in the Himalayan mountains.These footprints are huge - 32” long by 15” wide - and this is not the kind of location where someone could pull...
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A M.O.M. for Mom’s Day: Is It Too Late?
Read more →Dads want to know, is it too late to get Mom a Mail Order Mystery so she can sit down and spend some genuine one-on-one time with the kids? The answer is yes and no.Yes, it is too late if you want to surprise her with the first installment of a mystery for Mother’s Day. But it’s not too late if you want to print out a gift note announcing that a mystery is about to begin.We believe this is a far better option anyway, because Moms don’t always like surprises. Moms like a heads-up, they like to clear the deck, they...
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Why We Love Dungeons and Dragons
Read more →We love Dungeons and Dragons. Not to play - our kids gave up on trying to teach us after a few fraught hours. But we love it for our kids, and for so many reasons.When kids get together to play D&D they talk to each other. They really talk to each other, without looking down at their screens while they do it. They work together to solve problems. They participate in each other’s victories, defeats, miscalculations and mistakes in a way that requires empathy, tact, humour and the kind of nuanced social interaction that we fear our kids will never...
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It’s Not Too Late for a Mysterious Easter
Read more →Easter is just around the corner. And we know what a challenge it is to find gifts that are small enough to fit into those little baskets. You know what does fit perfectly into an Easter basket? A BUNNY! You know what else fits perfectly into an Easter basket? A MAIL ORDER MYSTERY!Sadly our household remains divided on the topic of bunny acquisition. Yours may be as well, which is why we recommend you go with the Mail Order Mystery. Mail Order Mysteries begin with a single, intriguing envelope that can tuck right into the fake purple straw between the...
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Spring Break: It's Not Too Late!
Read more →Spring break. Do we have a plan? No. And will we regret it? Yes.But depending where you live, it may not be too late. Order a Mail Order Mystery now and send us an email asking us to ship it all in one box and we’ll send it out this Thursday.Each mystery has six installments you can dole out over spring break at whatever pace you choose. There are ciphers to solve, clues to ponder, magazines to read, activities to complete and wondrous stories to send kids off on all kinds of imaginary and learning adventures. For nine days your...
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Take a (Spring) Break with a Mail Order Mystery
Read more →We all know spring break isn’t really a break. It is a break from some things: lunches, homework,early morning practices. But it’s sure as heck not a break from others: bickering, boredom, screen-begging. Those are not things you can ignore. Those are not things that will just go away. If you want a break this spring break you need a plan. You need to keep the kids occupied. Or even better, engaged. Or better yet, swept up in an extraordinary story in which your kid is the hero and the star. Mail Order Mysteries are story adventures that unfold through a series of...