Journal

In last week’s journal entry about celebrating Michaelmas, I wrote about one of my favorite traditions--helping my sons’ Waldorf kindergarten cl...

While water play is a wonderful activity to enjoy with your children all year round, the summer months are an especially great opportunity to en...

    Make a fun floating toy silk sailboat with your children this summer. Use for the bath or take it to a river or pond! 1080p from Sarah's Si...

DIY Tent Using a  Giant Playsilk!A tent is such a perfect outdoor source of shades for kids to hang out. They use it for picnic, a spot for reading...

In todays blog post I want to share with you a simple and fun little game to play with your children around Easter. They will love it, especially if they are still little! First we would make little Easter bunnies out of silk together and then we would tell a story using a playsilk as a backdrop for a theater to play out the stories.

Dyeing your own rainbow playsilk is so easy! 

Here's what you'll need: 

1. The 3 primary colors: red, yellow and blue. In the video I'm using Jaqcuard acid dyes. You can get the exact dye I'm using here, or you can use food coloring from any grocery store - in fact, if you're dyeing with children, I recommend using food coloring.

We love how simple and beautiful cloth wrap is. And your wrapping becomes another gift or can be reused year after year. Playsilks are especially beautiful as wrapping as the colors are bright and shiny and then children can play with them.

When my boys were small they enjoyed trick-or-treating but I didn't want them to eat all that candy. My friend told me about the Halloween Elf who ...

Children love to collect beautiful natural objects and are often proud to see them displayed in a special place in the home. Let them play with there but also hold the space as sacred and special. You will foster an inner connection with nature.

A nature table or seasonal table can a beautiful addition to your home.  Keep it simple and interactive.  The important aspect is that the child i...

Many times when my children were small we would find ourselves in a park, hotel, restaurant or airplane when suddenly they would need a simple prop...

Each year we make gifts to give to special friends, grandparents, and teachers. One of the easy and fun ones is making sachets. Here is what you n...