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
Leave a comment telling us your favorite ways to play with Playsilks!
xoxo,
Sarah
Use as props for a finger play (ground, mountain, etc.)
I hang them on the windows to create soft lighting.
Creating a baby doll hammock.
Many of the other ways we use them are listed above in the original post. At the day care I work at the kids all love to use them as baby carriers. We take small wooden teething rings and attach the silk to turn them into little ring slings! It’s so amazing to watch them create and play out so many things with them!
Lichelle on
Play Rapunzel.
Lori Rothstein on
From superhero cape to wrap for a stuffed animal, as a pretend lake for the train set, as blankets and princess skirt… We love ours and use it daily <3
Astrid Geibel on
My daughter likes to put them over her face to see everything in different colors.
Chelsey Bennett on
We use them for dancing, juggling, and play clothes. they also love to “cook” with them, doll blankets, and “scarf parties,” which mostly entails rolling around in them and throwing them in the air. We’re rearranging their room in a couple of weeks, and I intend to put a couple of retractable clothes lines up in their room, so they can have room forts which they play upstairs.
Andee Fischer on
My kids use them as capes, aprons (for pretend play for restaurant or house), dancing with, carry toys in, wrapping up baby dolls to snuggle and rock, and so many other ways!
Mia on
We use ours to have dance parties with. We also use them to create tablescapes. We often use blue and green to create an ocean tablescape. My son loves playing with them, especially to wrap his dolls in. Thank you so much for making such beautiful toys.
Sarah on
Pile them up in a basket and burrow into them like a little animal in a nest. Create a rainbow path out of them around the house. Stitch them together with embroidery thread. Throw a carnival show for the grandparents and neighbors using them as costumes and props. Pretend they are plants in a garden and “harvest” them in a basket :)
Kari on
We have a couple and they are mostly used for dress up, picnics, and dolls. Such a great toy for imaginative play!
Alicia Hunt on
We currently do not have any but have been wanting to add them to our play for a while now. I probably can’t imagine what my kids would do with them as they have such great imaginations but some things I can see as they already love is forts and carriers. Flags and dress up. The list can probably go on and on. We would love to be considered and be able to add some of your silks to their play.
Ariella on
We use our silks to make bindles, which are when you tie the cloth at the end of a long stick to make a carrying device. We use it to carry our lunch or snacks for an adventure. Once your lunch or snacks are in the sack you put the stick over your shoulder. So we put our snacks in our bindles and go exploring!
Megan Porretta on
We don’t have any actual play silks yet, but would very much love some! Our girls use a wonderful dark green sari that I use for our summer nature table as dress up, wings, picnic blanket, peek a boo with the littlest, wrap for baby dolls… so many options 😊
Jesika on