Journal

  We're so excited to officially launch something we've been working on for months, a collection of playsilks that marries our goal of promoting...

This announcement would be remiss if it did not begin with an enormous THANK YOU! A thank you to YOU, our customers, for sparking the initiative...

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...

Peek-a-boo is an important game for young children as they’re still learning the concept of object permanence. 

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.

Thank you friends and family for joining us to celebrate Sarah’s Silks 25th Anniversary! It meant so much to me. I got a chance to remember and share my story of how Sarah's Silks began 25 years ago.

After celebrating our 25th anniversary and going through old photos and catalogs, we came up with the idea of sharing a glimpse inside of Sarah's Silks!

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.

As I was driving to work today I started to think about the Konmari method and how similar it is to the Waldorf kindergarten teacher method that I was taught when I kids were little. I remember visiting in a classroom and getting to be a teacher helper, which was such a fun thing to do. The teachers had cleanup time after playtime in the morning. During cleanup time the children learned how to take care of things - fold them, roll them and put them away - and everything had a place and everything was stored in a certain way. It reminded me of the Konmari method that people are using now - how we're all working to clear out our shelves and closets and take care of our things. I was thinking what a nice lesson this is to teach our children.

Here is a story we tell the children about how the years got their animal names.

Long ago, in China, the Jade Emperor decided there should be a way of measuring time. On his birthday he told the animals that there was to be a swimming race. 

The importance of play from babies, children, adults and play in animals. Studies and reflections of Stuart Brown from the National Institute of Play.

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.