100 Things To Do With a Playsilk
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Dress-up with Playsilks!
- Make a cape and become a superhero, queen, or king!
- Wear as a skirt and become a princess
- Use as a veil draped over your hair
- Make a wedding dress
- Tie two together to make genie pants
- Wrap around both legs as a mermaid tail
- Braid to make Rapunzel hair
- Fashion a tunic by tying two sides over one shoulder
- Drape as a wizard cloak
- Wear one while cooking as a chef apron
- Drape over your head and become a ghost
- Tie a belt for your sword
- Wear a sling for your doll
- Wrap on your head and give a fortune reading
- Use as a head scarf to be a little old lady
- Tie a pirate scarf
- Pretend to be a fashion designer and create outfits
- Make karate headband/arm bands/leg bands
- Tie diagonal corners to each wrist to make wings
Decorate with Playsilks!
- Make a colorful bunting
- Decorate a birthday table
- As a sunshade in the car/cover a window
- Cover a Playstand
- Decorate your bedroom or staircase
- Hang it over your bed
- Drape as a tablecloth
- Use as gift wrap
- Use as a backdrop for theater performances
- Drapery for nature tables
- Hang in a doorway as a curtain
Pretend with Playsilks!
- Sail a boat on a blue Playsilk
- Parachute play for a teddy bear
- Pretend to be in a cocoon all wrapped up then burst into a butterfly
- Make red fire from the mouth of a dragon
- Use as a blanket for a doll
- Baby carrier for your doll or stuffed animal
- Become a jellyfish
- Color matching with our Rainbow Playsilk
- Use yellow as the sun
- Pretend it's nighttime with a Star Playsilk
- Use as a sling for pretend broken arms
- Make a nature play scene- ice, green grass, yellow sand, blue water
- Lay them on the ground and jump from one to another-"hot lava”
- Act out a story
- Build a pirate ship with flag
- Mix up soup or a potion in a pot
- Pretend fire with sticks for your camping needs
- River under a bridge for a train to go over
- Use as a toy dog leash
- Blue water moat around a toy castle
- Tea party picnic blanket
- Use as a pretend bandage
- "Swim" on one
- Play fishing on a blue sea
- Play charades using only a Playsilk to act out the word/character
Explore with Playsilks!
- Build a fort outdoors with Playsilks
- Lay out your Playsilk on the grass for a picnic
- Throw your Playsilk in the sky and watch it float down
- Juggle two or three Playsilks
- Run in the wind
- Get one wet, it feels interesting
- Take Playsilks on car trips - they pack small
- Tie onto two chairs to make a doll/animal hammock
- Collect seashells with one
- Attach to your swing so it flows in the wind behind you
- Make a flag by tying one on a stick
- Fly it in the wind at the beach like an easy kite
- Jump on a trampoline with a Playsilk tied on as a cape and watch it fly
- Using Playclips make a tent
- Tie on bike handles and ride
- Attach them to a climbing dome/play structure
- Float in a swimming pool
- Run in a field holding one
- Scrunch them up and throw them up in the air
Create with Playsilks!
- Dance with one or two
- Build a cubby house with a box and Playsilk
- Use as a puppet show curtain
- Make a pouch
- Hang under a loft bed
- Knot into a simple doll
- Tie onto a wooden ring as a safe teether
- Build a pillow fort
- Create a reusable "Green" Halloween costume
- Dye white Playsilks with food coloring or plants
- Make a tent with three tall sticks tied on top with a Playsilk
Learn with Playsilks!
- Practice tying knots and bow
- Use in yoga class
- Practice counting your Playsilks
- Tooth fairy gift
- Stuff them in a tissue box or ball with holes and let your child pull them out
- Use as color therapy and to learn your colors
- Sensory play
- Put it on a heater vent and watch it float up
- Go grocery shopping with a Playsilk ‘bag’
- Cuddle with your favorite Playsilk
- Wrap yourself in a rainbow if you feel sad
- Hang over a baby to entertain them as they blow in the wind
- Wrap up your special treasures
- Play peek-a-boo with a baby
- Give a Playsilk to someone you love
Leave a comment telling us your favorite ways to play with Playsilks!
xoxo,
Sarah
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
Our favorite thing to do with our play silks is put on dance parties! We use them for dressing up (dresses, skirts, hair bandanas!) and then we use the rest to twirl around the room and throw in the air. It’s soooo much fun!
Tracy Solorzano on
Knot practice game where you tie one loose knot or loop and invite your little one to untie it, then later show them how to pull one end to make a bow
Kris on
My toddler loves to use the double space/planets and match them with his book of the planets and sing a song along!
Liliana on
We use them to make scenes from Star Wars movies and complement them with lego building. It’s a multi-layered form of play!
Laura T on
My girls love to use their Playsilks as clothing/ clothing accessories when becoming characters! They’ve made shirts, skirts, scarves, headbands, belts and bracelets out of them. They also use them to wrap pretend gifts. Yesterday, we used this idea to wrap all of our 4 year olds birthday gifts! It turned out super cute!
Mery Kerrison on