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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Sarah
Our girls LOVE Playsilks. They can most often be found as a cape to signify a queen, a sling for a “broken arm” when playing doctor, a swaddle for a baby doll, tied around wrists and ankles as dance props. My favorite is to use it to get smiles out of my baby by laying her down and fanning it up and down over the top of her. She gets SO excited! :) We just found Sarah’s Silks and I’m so excited that my mother is gifting one to our almost 4 year old for her birthday. Having been used by our 9 girls, our other Playsilks are pretty ragged having been loved and used almost daily!
Alyson on
I love that using them for pretend play nature scenes is a Douglas Adams approved #42. One example, we checked out The Great Penguin Rescue from the library, then made a beach scene with the sand and water colored scarves, made man-made burrows out of magna tiles, and put out old rectangular mother of pearl beads as anchovies and sardines for the penguins to hunt. We love our Sarah’s Silks and recommended the balloon covers to our Early Intervention therapists <3
Emily on
We use them at home as mermaid hair, capes, & to build our forts. I also love to use them to wrap childrens gifts, less waste & more fun!
Kacey Holsworth on
My son love to play peekaboo with them!
Emily on
My sons favorite is simply to use them to sooth himself – so soft and comforting.
Kirsten on
Today we used one large silk and two small ones to make dragon wings! Later we used another silk as horse reins. Yesterday we used our orange and gold silks as flames coming out of a rocket ship we made from a cardboard box. The baby loves to chew on them or play peekaboo. So many possibilities!
Ausa on
I love that silks can be used for so many different plays.
My favorite is parachute play. My baby sits or lays down and I let the silk float up and down over him, or gently wave it above him.
Even better if the sun comes through the silk.
Amanda on
We like to use play silks in light play, letting the sun shine through them or using them to tint the light from our light box.
Lauren on
My boys like draping their rainbow scarves over themselves and being rainbow ghosts! We also enjoy using the brown and forest scarves as a play surface for construction and farm equipment toys – gives an element of realism.
Kayla H. on
My girls love making tents for their dolls. These silks are the perfect toy!
Betel Dmitruk on
My kids use our playsilks for so many things! Capes, wings, headdresses, flag, forts, etc. But one of their favorite things right now is landscapes for plushies. The blue ones become rivers, lakes, and waterfalls. The red becomes lava and fire. Green is any kind of plant. Yellow might become sand… The possibilities are endless.
Shana on
We’ve gifted 3 now. We package with wooden rings and hoops and ribbon. So much open ended play! My youngest will get hers in 2 weeks for her birthday!
Hilary on