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
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We love to build forts!
Brianne Roudebush on
play peek a boo
Barbra Fite on
We love waving them in the air, using for gymnastics, making forts, and wearing them for costumes!
Stacy Soto on
My 6 year old loves using them as capes and as play backdrops in his little figure pretend play. My 1.5 year old has used one to hold her “Bebe” like a doll sling. We love love our silks. My 6 year old is really wanting the bed canopy we saw here next !
Rebecca Doane on
Our favorite way to play with our silks so far has been making different dresses/outfits with them and dancing, and we recently used the “fire” one to make a campfire and we roasted pretend s’mores. They also get used as picnic blankets and fancy tablecloths for tea parties, swaddles for the many stuffies, and one time we stuffed them into our play kitchen bowls to pretend they were ice cream! Endless opportunities for fun with play silks…my 3 and 2 year old girls are loving them!
Emily on
My son’s favorite way to use playsilks is to wrap them like a baby carrier and put his plushies inside. He will sometimes carry up to 5 plushies inside and pretend they are his babies. He wants to pretend he is like his dad who carried him and his sister in carriers. He loves to use them in other ways but by far this is our favorite way to use the silks.
Rebekah van der Watt on
I recently ordered the blossom crown and cape for my almost 3 year old! I was going to save it for her birthday but I was too excited to see her excitement! The ecstatic giggles and mirror checks were definitely worth it!
My favorite thing has been to just watch her be little and enjoy afternoons of dress up and tea parties! I want her childhood to feel so magical and give her as much time to play, create, and imagine before these precious years come to an end.
I plan on adding to our Sarah’s silk collection for each birthday and holiday to encourage this type of creative play and add to the magic of childhood!
Megan on
We love Building forts and using them as the beautifully colored roofs, capes for the queen, baby doll carriers, scenes for imaginative play, and even colorful soups in her mud kitchen, our options are truly endless!
Kaylie on
We love using ours for various open ended play.
My 5 children run around with them trailing above their heads while screaming “weeee!”, or a corner stuffed into the back of their pants for an imaginary tail, or Rapunzels long hair, or a mermazing mermaid tail…but their MOST favorite way to use them is with our nuggets. They love making forts and “rooms”, and the double silks really help create that magical world for them ✨
Andrea on
My kids love tying a bunch of silks end to end and putting the end one on their head to be Rapunzel! Then they stack the couch cushions to make their tower haha
Gloria on
My daughter is 3 and we are definitely in the stage of pretend play. She loves wearing her rainbow scarf like wings and uses her rainbow streamer as a wand. She my fairy god mother and make my wishes come true. But if I’m being cheeky she make is into a chicken and only my prince (daddy)can turn me back with a kiss.
Kiara Rea on
My son uses his as a cape, but his new favourite way it to turn it into a baby carrier to bring Dug (dog from up) blueberry picking in the forest
Brooke Barrett on