Green Halloween
"You were once a yellow pumpkinĀ
sitting on a sturdy vine,
Now you are a Jack-o'-lantern,
let your little light shine."
Here at Sarah's Silks we love celebrating festivals! Halloween is a fun one that can be spent doing activities all month that are out in nature and nurturing for young children.
Wonderful ideas for a green, earth-friendly Halloween include pumpkin patch visits, followed by pumpkin carving and baking and eating pumpkin treats. Long walks gathering fall leaves and acorns. Baking bread, making candles, sitting by the fire, and of course, dressing up!
Playsilks are one of the best, most creative tools for making your own costume. We've seen children use them to become ghosts, witches, genies, flying machines, almost anything you can imagine can be created (with a bit of added magic) with a special colored Playsilk.Ā
Adding Face Paint makes even more characters possible - think tiger stripes on cheeks paired with a tiger Playsilk.Ā
Trick-or-treat baskets are another great earth-friendly way to stay away from plastics. Baskets are beautiful and will be used over and over in many ways.
xoxo,
Sarah
We celebrate Hanukkah and we love to dress up, we do family costumes every year! Weāve done the Wizard of Oz, Sushi Pieces, Greatest Showman, 80s workout group and a basketball team,
Raquel on
We do not celebrate Halloween. However, we do love to dress up all the time and pretend any where we can! Their current favorite dress up and pretend are being super heroes! When I cry out in distress, or the baby cries they call come running and ask how to help! Itās delightful haha
Rebecca on
My 3 year old has lots of ideas but the two she mentions the most are a birthday cake with strawberries on top or a snail. A silk snail costume would actually be so cool! We will see if I can execute her vision.
Alyssa creps on
My boys are going as Harry Potter this year šŖš§š»ā”ļø
Jessica Harper on
Weāre lucky enough to have a grandma that loves to sew and she makes our costumes every year! This year weāll have a princess, witchās school pupil, and a Dino!
Kelly M. on
I have one daughter who wants to be a unicorn ballerina one day and a black cat the next! We have so many of the silks for everyday play that I have a feeling her choice may change yet again! We LOVE the creativity that comes from free play.
Jaimie M. on
Mine want to be a lemur and a sports star. Not sure yet how weāre going to pull those off.
Pamela on
Our small town is famous for itās black squirrels, which are uncommon in England. My daughter will be dressed in black, with a big fluffy black tail and silk ears. She has been using papier mĆ¢chĆ© to make a large acorn that she can carry around with her and perhaps hold some sweets in š¤šæļøš¬
Han on
Ooooh, so much fun to fashion a new costume with playsilks! My granddaughter has many and just might end up being a faery this year! I love these things as they are fun, āopen endedā AND they wash well, too!
Jill on
my daughter wants to be a āscary ghostā just like a sheet, i think thatās pretty simple!
Julie on
My daughter will be Elsa this year. My son hasnāt decided what he will be but my guess is dinosaur
Whitney on
My daughters are still deciding, but want to create their own costumes this year and a matching theme. Contemplating princess or witch.
Nikki on