Spring Break sneaks up on you. It seems so far away. Until it isn't.  Every year we remind ourselves: “Spring Break is coming! Make a plan or you’ll be sorry!” And then Spring Break comes around, we don’t have a plan and we are plenty sorry. So here is a plan, or at least part of a plan. Order a Mail Order Mystery. If you choose our "All in One Box" delivery option, we'll ship all six installments out now. You can stash them away and have them ready to go for your Spring Break. And if you're planning a trip, you can take the mystery with you. Then when the kids say “I’m bored”, or y ..read more

The answer is always love. That's the message of The Enchanted Slumber, where this beautiful illustration comes from. So it's not surprising that The Enchanted Slumber is our favorite Valentine’s mystery. It’s all about love: love for our family and friends, love for the earth, love for each other.  And yes, we know that Valentine's Day is a bit of a made up holiday. But we believe that the world can always use a bit more love and everyone can definitely use an excuse to have some fun.  A Mail Order Mystery is a wonderful way to do something specia ..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.  So just a reminder that a 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 Mail Order Mystery. Give them the note as a gift and we’ll ship out the first ins ..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 ships. These are the dates we recommend t ..read more

It's become a bit of a holiday tradition here at Mail Order Mystery. We're not doing a Black Friday or Cyber Monday sale this year. In fact, we've never done one. We create personalized experiences for kids that take time to prepare. We don’t want to compromise our commitment to creating great experiences for kids in order to jump into the feeding frenzy of sales, competing to be heard above the noise. So you won't see us artificially increasing our prices so we can look like we are offering great deals for one weekend of the year. We won't make you buy a "bundle" with a bunch of stuff you ..read more

If you're visiting our website you likely know all about our mystery experiences, but did you know we also have a whole line of great gifts featuring the beloved characters from all five of our mysteries? If you know a kid who has done one of our mysteries or will be doing one soon, they would love a gift from our Mystery Emporium.   And we just added some super cool new products. Since we launched our newest mystery Escape the Master Loop, we've recieved a ton of requests from people looking to buy some of the gorgeous artwork from the mystery. Well, now you ..read more

We are SO EXCITED to be included in this year's goop Holiday Gift Guide. Goop is kind of a big deal. Founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, goop even has its own series on Netflix. When the goop gift guide was released a few days ago it was covered  by People, E! News, New York Magazine, The Independent in London and it trended on Twitter. Yes, we know a lot of people are talking about some of the more outrageous gifts like the hair dye for dogs, the gold plated AirPod chain, or the, ahem, not for family audien ..read more

If you are planning to order a Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift we have three words for you: DO NOT WAIT. Supply chain issues have improved over the past year, but our suppliers are still running out of things we depend on, like colored paper and odd sized envelopes. Also, Mail Order Mysteries are personalized and packaged with care. We only have so many hands and we won’t take more orders than we can personalize and ship. So if we hit the limit of what we are able to process and package, we will have to put up the “sold out” sign until we catch up. Your first choice is picking a mys ..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, colo ..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 characters, clues, puzzles, plot twists a ..read more