THE FAMILY GIFT GUIDE

The gift your grandkids will show to everyone they meet

They'll take it everywhere, and tell everyone it came from you.

Miss SarahBy Miss Sarah, after teaching kindergarten for fifteen years
A boy looks at a pink flower through a pocket microscope while his grandmother laughs beside himThe same flower petal, seen through the microscope

There's nothing like a grandchild running up to you, holding something out and saying, look what I found!

This gift makes that happen again and again. It's a real microscope that fits in a pocket, and every new thing they find is something they can't wait to show you.

The pocket microscope on a kitchen table next to a leaf and a dish of salt

Miniscope

A real microscope they can carry everywhere.

$29.90 $59.90 50% off

Get the Miniscope at 50% off

60 days to get your money back

A gift that gets used long after the wrapping paper

A grandmother frowns at a thick science kit manual while the boy waits
A boy laughs as he looks at salt through a pocket microscope at the kitchen table

It's simple enough for them to use on their own.

They'll tell everyone who gave it to them

A boy laughs and holds up a pocket microscope while his grandmother laughs behind him

Kids love showing off what they find. Their friends and their teacher will all get a look.

When we were kids, we played outside all day

An old 1960s family snapshot of children playing outside

This gets them back out there, poking around the garden and the park, just like we did.

Small enough to go everywhere

A boy at the park with a pocket microscope in his hand and his grandmother beside him

It fits in a coat pocket, so it comes to your house and on every walk you take together.

Good to know: It ships within 24 hours. If it isn't a hit, you have 60 days to send it back for your money, minus shipping.

What they'll see through it

An ant on grains of sand, magnified
Grains of salt, magnified
The cells of a leaf, magnified
A butterfly wing, magnified

Be the grandparent who gave them this

It's the kind of gift they'll still talk about when they're grown.

$29.90 $59.90 50% off

Get the Miniscope at 50% off

60 days to get your money back

Shopping for more than one grandchild? Two Miniscopes are $49.90 and three are $64.90, so nobody has to take turns.

About the authorMiss Sarah taught kindergarten in Ohio public schools for six years, then trained as a Montessori guide. Fifteen years in toddler and primary classrooms so far. She runs weekend parent workshops from a studio above her garage outside Columbus, has a granddaughter who turned four in March, and writes these guides for the grandparents and parents who ask her the same question every November: what should I actually buy. More about Miss Sarah →