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Looking to Bring the Whole Family Together?
Read more →Mail Order Mysteries are fantastic holiday gifts. They are narrative adventures, excellent for bringing intrigue and excitement into kids' lives. But our newest mystery Escape the Master Loop is a bit different from our other experiences. We designed it specifically so it was perfect to do together as a group. And Escape the Master Loop is not just for kids. If you’ve been jealously watching a kid in your life do one of our mysteries and wishing you could take part, this is your opportunity to jump in. It can be fun for the whole family. We designed this mystery with big,...
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How Should I Get My Mystery Delivered?
Read more →When you order a Mail Order Mystery for a kid you love, you get to decide all kinds of things. You decide where it gets delivered, whose name is on the letters, how it is addressed and how you would like it shipped. We offer two delivery methods: “All in One Box” and “Send Weekly”. If you are on the fence about which delivery method to choose, this is our two cents: “All in One Box” all the way. Mail Order Mysteries are narrative experiences. Each mystery is carefully crafted, and the stories unfold through a series of letters from various...
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"An excellent mystery for the whole family"
Read more →Our newest mystery, Escape the Master Loop came out back in the spring. It's a wild time travel caper that begins with you receiving an urgent message from your future self. And we're starting to get reviews from the first people to do the mystery. We've got some fantastic five star reviews from customers on our website. But we really love this recent review from This West Coast Mommy.We specifically designed Escape the Master Loop so that it could be done as a group as well as by kids on their own. So we're happy to see that This West Coast Mommy writes, "What I love most about...
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These 14 Cousins Loved Their Summer Spy School
Read more →We are often surprised by the creative ways in which people experience their Mail Order Mysteries, but this one takes the cake! This summer the “Cousin Camp Kids” celebrated their 15th annual event, and this year's theme: Spy School! Well it just so happens that we have a spy-themed mystery in which kids are enrolled in a top secret spy school called S.H.O.E. (The Secret Headquarters of Espionage). Grandma Lisa and Grandpa Phil set to work building a whole adventure around our Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys mystery. They organized the kids into three teams, added some awesome signage and custom...
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Take a Peek Behind the Master Loop
Read more →We love our new time travel mystery and we think you will too. Escape the Master Loop is fun, funny and full of the twists and turns that make time travel adventures such a mind-bending delight. As you may or may not know, Mail Order Mysteries are personalized. Each story unfolds through a series of letters, and the letters are addressed directly to kid(s). Say, for example, you are sending a mystery to a kid named Sam who lives in Cleveland. When you send Sam “Escape the Master Loop”, the letters Sam receives will be addressed to Sam from Sam, Sam’s future self....
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Celebrate End-Of-School With an Awesome Experience Gift
Read more →Congratulations to all you parents and caregivers for making it through another school year! It was a lot of work for us grown-ups, of course, but let’s give credit where credit is due: to the kids! They are the ones who did the homework, wrote the tests, and glued the fake grass to the dioramas. They are the ones who savored the success and suffered the setbacks. They are the ones who are moving on to the great unknowns of the next grade. To all those kids we say, woo-hoo! You did it! The end of a school year is...