100 Things To Do With a Playsilk

100 Things To Do With a Playsilk

100 Things To Do With a Playsilk

Read on for our list of favorite ways to play with Playsilks! Find play ideas to match your child's age & favorite type of play, and download a free printable list of 50 Things To Do With Playsilks.



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Dress-up with Playsilks!

 

  1. Make a cape and become a superhero, queen, or king!
  2. Wear as a skirt and become a princess
  3. Use as a veil draped over your hair
  4. Make a wedding dress
  5. Tie two together to make genie pants
  6. Wrap around both legs as a mermaid tail
  7. Braid to make Rapunzel hair
  8. Fashion a tunic by tying two sides over one shoulder
  9. Drape as a wizard cloak
  10. Wear one while cooking as a chef apron
  11. Drape over your head and become a ghost
  12. Tie a belt for your sword
  13. Wear a sling for your doll
  14. Wrap on your head and give a fortune reading
  15. Use as a head scarf to be a little old lady
  16. Tie a pirate scarf
  17. Pretend to be a fashion designer and create outfits
  18. Make karate headband/arm bands/leg bands
  19. Tie diagonal corners to each wrist to make wings

 

 

Decorate with Playsilks!

 

  1. Make a colorful bunting
  2. Decorate a birthday table
  3. As a sunshade in the car/cover a window
  4. Cover a Playstand
  5. Decorate your bedroom or staircase
  6. Hang it over your bed
  7. Drape as a tablecloth
  8. Use as gift wrap
  9. Use as a backdrop for theater performances
  10. Drapery for nature tables
  11. Hang in a doorway as a curtain


Pretend with Playsilks!

 

  1. Sail a boat on a blue Playsilk
  2. Parachute play for a teddy bear
  3. Pretend to be in a cocoon all wrapped up then burst into a butterfly
  4. Make red fire from the mouth of a dragon
  5. Use as a blanket for a doll
  6. Baby carrier for your doll or stuffed animal 
  7. Become a jellyfish
  8. Color matching with our Rainbow Playsilk
  9. Use yellow as the sun
  10. Pretend it's nighttime with a Star Playsilk
  11. Use as a sling for pretend broken arms
  12. Make a nature play scene- ice, green grass, yellow sand, blue water
  13. Lay them on the ground and jump from one to another-"hot lava”
  14. Act out a story
  15. Build a pirate ship with flag
  16. Mix up soup or a potion in a pot
  17. Pretend fire with sticks for your camping needs
  18. River under a bridge for a train to go over
  19. Use as a toy dog leash
  20. Blue water moat around a toy castle
  21. Tea party picnic blanket
  22. Use as a pretend bandage
  23. "Swim" on one
  24. Play fishing on a blue sea
  25. Play charades using only a Playsilk to act out the word/character


Explore with Playsilks!

 

  1. Build a fort outdoors with Playsilks
  2. Lay out your Playsilk on the grass for a picnic
  3. Throw your Playsilk in the sky and watch it float down
  4. Juggle two or three Playsilks
  5. Run in the wind 
  6. Get one wet, it feels interesting
  7. Take Playsilks on car trips - they pack small
  8. Tie onto two chairs to make a doll/animal hammock
  9. Collect seashells with one
  10. Attach to your swing so it flows in the wind behind you
  11. Make a flag by tying one on a stick
  12. Fly it in the wind at the beach like an easy kite
  13. Jump on a trampoline with a Playsilk tied on as a cape and watch it fly
  14. Using Playclips make a tent  
  15. Tie on bike handles and ride
  16. Attach them to a climbing dome/play structure
  17. Float in a swimming pool
  18. Run in a field holding one
  19. Scrunch them up and throw them up in the air


Create with Playsilks!

 

  1. Dance with one or two
  2. Build a cubby house with a box and Playsilk
  3. Use as a puppet show curtain
  4. Make a pouch
  5. Hang under a loft bed
  6. Knot into a simple doll 
  7. Tie onto a wooden ring as a safe teether
  8. Build a pillow fort
  9. Create a reusable "Green" Halloween costume
  10. Dye white Playsilks with food coloring or plants
  11. Make a tent with three tall sticks tied on top with a Playsilk


Learn with Playsilks!

  1. Practice tying knots and bow
  2. Use in yoga class
  3. Practice counting your Playsilks
  4. Tooth fairy gift
  5. Stuff them in a tissue box or ball with holes and let your child pull them out
  6. Use as color therapy and to learn your colors
  7. Sensory play
  8. Put it on a heater vent and watch it float up
  9. Go grocery shopping with a Playsilk ‘bag’
  10. Cuddle with your favorite Playsilk
  11. Wrap yourself in a rainbow if you feel sad
  12. Hang over a baby to entertain them as they blow in the wind
  13. Wrap up your special treasures
  14. Play peek-a-boo with a baby
  15. Give a Playsilk to someone you love

Leave a comment telling us your favorite ways to play with Playsilks!


xoxo,

Sarah


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Comments

  • We started with just one silk and my little loved the texture to rub and scratch. Then he started waving it and playing peek-a-boo with the silk. Now we have a collection of colors that he enjoys accompanying his kitchen toys for pretend food and backdrops for his animals.

    Mallorie on

  • We love doing parachute with our double rainbow scarf! We also love to wrap baby dolls up and snuggle them! Play Silks make the most fun!!!

    Sydney Malenke on

  • My toddler and I love using playsilks to recreate scenes in books we are reading or places we have visited. We have used blue playsilks to be a stream that tigger jumps over, but Pooh falls in. Then it’s our turn to try. While we were on vacation on the beach, we made the sandy beach with our yellow playsilk and the ocean with our blue one. My son enjoyed sorting and playing with his ocean animals between the land and sea.

    Kat on

  • My kids play with these toys every day. They love them. They are very sturdy and well build.

    Rebecca M on

  • We drove 9 hours yesterday and the play silks SAVED US.
    I had packed the silks to play with at our destination but when the kids got too restless I had to find a creative distraction. We played peekaboo, catch the play silk as I swished them back and forth across the car ceiling, blankets for their sleeping babies, pretended we were in the sun as we sat under a giant yellow play silk and watched the sun shine through. It was so fun. So much laughter. Glad I had these and we survived one more road trip without any screens!! Here’s so many more!!

    Aurelie van Duyse Cipriano on

  • We love to use our silks as capes and blankets for stuffies. My baby also love to play peekaboo with them!

    Heather on

  • My one year old loves playing with the sky tail, she throws it up herself and tries to catch it for almost an hour straight! She also plays peek a boo with her 6 month old baby brother with the play silk we have. I can’t wait to add more to their collection!

    Priscella Flores on

  • So many things I hadn’t thought of, thank you! Our 6 younger kids play with the silks all the time.

    Amy on

  • I love all the ideas. But my favorite at the moment is to use as gift wrap. So cute!!

    Louissa on

  • We use them as ninja masks and tie them around our forehead!

    Alligator88 on

  • ✨✨✨There is endless things to do with Sarah’s Silks! Beings that it is summer right now our cars have been really shining in that sunlight ☀️!! My 3 girls all grab a Sarah’s Silk of their choice and we drape them into their car seat window! It adds extra play! Extra imagination! And extra fun light shows to the car ride!!
    Sarah’s Silks car sun shades for the win and wonder ✨ 🚙 ✨ 🌈 ✨ ☀️

    Ashley Galabasa on

  • Our children use playsilks for every type of beautiful imaginative play. Our eldest most often has a playsilk “cape” draped over his shoulders or a giant playsilk as the roof of a fort he’s built. Our youngest has had a playsilk in hand since he could first grasp objects, and is currently enjoying using them for lots of fun games of “peek a boo”.

    Christina Gutierrez on

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