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
Playsilks are great for peek-a-boo and splash time in the water with my one-year-old!
Krista on
The playsilks are so wonderful! We have been fairies, dragons, princess, fairy dragon princess knights! But my favorite is seeing my daughter learning to tie knots so that she can create forts or outfits!
Mandy Beri on
We love using them over our beds (especially bunk beds) to create whimsical reading/ fairy cubbies 💖
Cheyenne Estridge on
Our play silks get so many different uses with a 4 year old, 2 year old, and 5 month old! From picnic cloths to “baby wraps” to water balloons! We LOVE our play silks!
Jennifer on
I own/operate an outdoor preschool. We use your play silks daily for everything. Our favorite thing to do is hang them in our favorite tree. They add such a wonderful touch of whimsy blowing in the breeze! 😍🌈
Shelley Levin on
5 kids and lots of playsilks – it is not uncommon to find the oldest setting a stage with a silk backdrop for a puppet show, the second gregarious charging through the room in head to toe silk attire, the third and only boy, hiding for some peace in the playsilk fort and the youngest two, chewing on some knotted silks on the floor as they watch the scene unfold. The silks are our favorite toys, as they are versatile, effortlessly beautiful and create such a calm environment. As a mother of five, the simplicity in these moments of play bring me so much joy!
Elizabeth on
We love to bring the coloring play silk to the beach with a small washable watercolor palette! It’s so fun to paint it over and over again. We also love to bring our playmaps to the beach with small animal figurines. They’re both always a big hit with all our friends- they fold up so small in the beach bag, weigh nothing, and clean up easy!
Grace Messick on
My son and I love playing a game where one of us lifts & throws a playsilk into the air, and the other runs underneath. If the playsilk catches you, you fall to the ground. Silly but fun!
T on
Our kid’s and their friends love to use these for superhero capes, blankets for their dolls, or to play ghosts.
Vee on
My daughters favorite way to play is tying the silks together in “rainbow order” and hanging it as a birthday banner.
Hannah on
Lay the playsilks out and sort your toys by the colors that match them!
Yvetta on
My daughter uses the playsilk we have as bedding for her dolls/stuffed animals, as a picnic blanket, and on top of her blocks to make the roof of a house. I’m a teacher and I use scarves to teach simple concepts with infants and toddlers: slow/fast movement, peek-a-boo, scrunch the scarf up small, throw and catch it before it touches the ground, and to draw lines or shapes in the air!
Lori T. on