THE FAMILY GIFT GUIDE

Your grandkids walk over hidden treasure every day. This shows it to them.

Miss SarahBy Miss Sarah, after teaching kindergarten for fifteen years
A boy lying on the sidewalk with a pocket microscope pressed to the concreteThe same sidewalk through the microscope: sparkly crystals and gold flecks

The little circle is the same sidewalk through the Miniscope: sparkling crystals and tiny flecks of gold.

It's been right under their feet the whole time.

Hand a child the Miniscope and ordinary things turn magical. A leaf, a grain of salt, the sidewalk out front. Every single one is something to show you.

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

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Pull a leaf off the hedge and look inside

A girl holding a pocket microscope to a leaf on a hedge
A plain green leaf.
The cells of a leaf, magnified
The same leaf, 60 times bigger: tiny green cells.

After the first leaf, they want to look at every leaf in the yard.

Even the salt shaker is exciting

A boy laughs as he looks at salt through a pocket microscope at the kitchen table
Salt on a plate.
Grains of salt, magnified
The same salt, up close: tiny glass cubes.

Sugar, sand, a single hair, the wool of a sweater. Everything in your kitchen has a secret to show.

They'll want to show you everything

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

They peek in, look up at you with big eyes, and hand it over so you can see it too.

It goes everywhere with them

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

It slips into a coat pocket, so the treasure hunt goes wherever they go.

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.

More hidden worlds they'll find

An ant on grains of sand, magnified
An ant
A butterfly wing, magnified
A butterfly wing
A flower petal, magnified
A flower petal
Sweater threads, magnified
A wool sweater

Show them the world that's been there all along

One little microscope, and the whole backyard is new again.

$29.90 $59.90 50% off

Get the Miniscope at 50% off

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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 →