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Children love using colors to make pretty collages! You may use these shapes for a garland, in open-ended play, as game pieces, on cards, for birth...

Make a May Day Playsilk Ring! May Day is such a wonderful day to celebrate! Fresh flower garlands, strawberry shortcake and dancing around a May...

Waldorf Birthdays A Special Verse & Rainbow Cape & Crown! Birthdays are special celebrations in Waldorf schools. The birthday child feels ...

Children delight in learning to juggle! You may also use these juggling bags for toss, or make a ring with a Playsilk and try to get all your juggl...

A simple craft in watercolor & paper folding We hope you and your little ones love folding your own rainbow Easter baskets! You will need: ...

 We recently celebrated 30 years of making toys, with Rainbow cake, Rainbow songs, Rainbow Parachute games and Rainbow Dress-ups! These are some of...

Easter is on the way! We hope you and your little ones enjoy these seasonal bunny paper dolls with matching Sarah's Silks dress-ups. From Rainbow...

Children love searching for things and finding them. A fun game to play is to hide things for each other and then find them. 

Unwrapping them after they find them makes it all even more exciting! Here is an idea of wrapping different objects with playsilks and tying them with a ribbon, yarn or a finger knit. 

The Great Race The story of how the animals got their place in the Chinese ZodiacJanuary 29nd, 2024 LONG AGO, IN China, the Jade Emperor decide...

Valentine's Heart Envelopes A Simple Craft in Watercolor and Weaving   These beloved woven Valentine’s envelopes are a staple in most Waldorf ki...

Simplicity Parenting At Sarah’s Silks we believe having only a few open-ended toys can lead to happier, more engaged children and feeling more s...

Understanding you and your child's temperaments can help with parenting. For example, melancholic children respond well to fairy tales describing hardships. The phlegmatic child likes comfort, to be kept warm, and delicious food. Sanguine children respond well to calm parenting but enjoy social situations. Choleric children like to be leaders and you may find letting them be in charge of tasks helps to give them direction.