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 oldest loves waving the mini playsilks in front of my toddler to make oceans (blues) and fields of grass (greens).
Nikki on
Our favorite thing to do with play silks is wear them like capes and run around the house like superhero’s!!
Ellie on
My daughter loves her playsilks. She made an entire kingdom using the silks to designate the forest, lake, ocean, desert, and mountains and then used it to tell an epic tale using her figurines.
Erin on
My students love using play silks in our small world play center. They create different habitats for the animals. We also use them is our story retelling baskets. For just a simple piece of fabric the kids always come up with amazing fun ways to incorporate them into their play. They are truly amazing and creative!! Thank you for creating such beautiful and engaging things for our children!
Robin Weeks on
Both my four year old and 5 month old love playing with playsilks. My four year old loves to use them in so many ways; from transforming into different animals around the house, being a superhero, and even to build forts in the most surprising spaces! My 5 month old enjoys lots of sensory play with his silk toy teether and playing peekaboo with his big sister with our playsilks.
Abriana Wagner on
My son frequently wears his silk shields on his feet to pretend they’re snorkeling flippers or snowshoes. I love seeing the creative ways he comes up with to play with his silk items!
Katherine on
My son and I love using his play silks to play peek-a-boo with his stuffed animals. He thinks it’s so funny when they pretend to hide.
Ashley B. on
We love to use these for dress up play! They are my daughter’s go to items for this and she could live in her cape!
Carly on
Can’t wait to see how my daughter plays with her silks as she grows! We’ve played with them since she was 4 months old. At 7 months, she loves to watch how they float through the air or lay under them draped over her play mat arch (supervised!).
Kristin on
My daughter and I use play silks in sooo many ways! Our current favorite is laying down a “silkie” as a backdrop for a birthday party to set the scene. We gather all her favorite stuffed animals and figurines, bake a cake and sing Happy Birthday! We also cover up her dollhouse and protect everyone from the rain! We have used them for seasonal altars also but my favorite ways are the unexpected creative ideas that come to me out of nowhere ~ for example: I recently braided 3 colors together to make a magical braid that we used for a bridge / swing for figurines and in my daughter’s friend’s hair!
Clea Urenda on
With seven children ages 3 to 16, our Sarah’s Silks playsilks are used every single day in ways I never could have planned. They have been everything from butterfly wings and superhero capes to baby doll slings, picnic blankets, rivers, forts, and costumes for our favorite stories. As my children have grown, the playsilks have grown right alongside them. What began as simple pretend play for my toddlers has become a beautiful part of our homeschool. We use them to bring history and literature to life, act out scenes from our readings, create nature displays, and encourage rich storytelling. I love that there is no right or wrong way to use them. They invite creativity, cooperation, and wonder, and they have become one of those rare homeschool staples that every one of my children reaches for, no matter their age.
Brittany Stilwell on
We love the play maps to create new worlds, the seek and finds, and dressing up with capes and making dresses!
Kelley Abraham on