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
My daughters like the use the play silks in different ways. My 5 year old likes to use them to as flags for her forts! My 11 month old likes to play peak-a-boo with them!
Isabella Dicken on
My 2 year old triplets love playing with their play silks, whether it’s to dance with, wear as scarves, or simply putting over their heads to run around chasing each other. There are so many endless possibilities for these and I love seeing all the different ideas my daughters come up with. These are played with everyday in my house.
Haley on
My daughter loves to dress her dolls and stuffed animals in her play silk. Fashion show in the house! She also loves picnic and tea parties. Her playsilks are picnic mat, placemats, blankets for her pretend play. She once wrapped white playsilk on a twig and said she was barbecuing marshmallows on a stick to make smores.
Yuan on
My son is in his playsilks as peek-a-boo covers era 💙
Ashley Brewer on
A wizards cloak!
Sarah Burgess on
We love adding our play silks to our forts!
Natalie Ross on
So excited to introduce my daughter to Playsilks! Planning on getting matching ones for her and her best friend when they turn one next month 🫶🏼 love these suggestions
Natalie Green on
Wow such great ideas! I’m so excited to try these out with my daughter!
Gianna Brunet on
My three year old son loves using the play silks to dress up as detective Tigger. He uses two to tie an orange tail around his stomach to his back and uses another as the detective cape. He adds a magnifying glass and a cap to his costume. He goes around the house bouncing and solving mysteries.
My one year old son loves using the play silks to play where is Liam. He covers himself and we ask where he is then he pulls it off and tries to say there he is.
Erin on
Does anyone else LOVE watching their grandkids just play with these?!! Such creativity -producing products! We like being princesses or pirates, dogs, cats, etc, and now dinosaurs! My own children had them way back when, and treasured every single one. Now I can not stop buying them for my grandkids.
Kat on
Does anyone else LOVE watching their grandkids just play with these?!! Such creativity -producing products! We like being princesses or pirates, dogs, cats, etc, and now dinosaurs! My own children had them way back when, and treasured every single one. Now I can not stop buying them for my grandkids.
Kat on
My son and I love using the silks to be kings and knights with our swords! We do this pretty much every day 🤣 we also build tents. Our favorite way to use them is to make villages with the silks and our animals!
Ella & Jackson on