Imagine the Fun with Sarah's Silks Playsilks

ByJulie Kieras
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A friend and I were reminiscing a few weeks ago about our playtime as children. We were "wild child" types who ran around the woods, made up adventure stories, pretended we were lost in the forest, or invented dramatic re-enactments of Little House or Anne of Green Gables (without the clinging-to-the-bridge-pilings type of results that Anne got!).

We didn't need much. An old dress of her mother's. My mom's old nightgowns. And we were princesses, fairies, pioneers, or pirates, even!

I'm excited to share my newest sponsor with you, because she's all about being playful and imaginative! Sarah has created a beautiful company, Sarah's Silks, simply by trying to help her son play. She kept providing colorful scarves and fabrics for him to be a turtle, a knight, or fly with wings! Soon Sarah was dyeing silk squares to give him more props to play with. "I discovered silks serve as wonderful props for almost any make-believe game. I began to think about my fellow Waldorf families searching for natural toys to enhance open ended play, and the idea evolved for a line of silk play items," she says on her site.

Let me tell you a bit more about Sarah, the owner... she's dedicated to her work, having actually traveled to China to learn how silk is made, even raising some silkworms herself! Did you know it takes 250 silkworm cocoons to make one playsilk? Her playsilks are hand-sewn by Chinese seamstresses, who because of Sarah, get to work at home with their children nearby!

Sarah's Silks creates simple, open-ended toys that support growing minds. Developing inner creativity at a young age leads to higher levels of creative thinking in adulthood. When children's inner creative life is nurtured, they grow into more well-rounded, stronger, and creative contributing members of our society, eager to bring their gifts to the world.

Sarah sent me three of her beautiful silks and a dress up garland to enjoy with my son - blue, red, purple - to touch these silks - it's like newborn baby skin. The ultimate soft. Shimmering, gossamer, they float, ripple, flutter... you can be mesmerized feeling and fluttering them!

And then comes play! I am not as creative as I used to be, but still, my son and I have fun with these silks! We use the blue silk to play "ocean!" We'll lay it on the floor or ottoman; he races to get his rubber ducks and sharks, and the swimming begins. Sometimes he wants to lay right on the silk and swim himself!

I make him pirate hats or cowboy kerchiefs, or a Superman cape.... one of his favorite things to do with his Sarah's Silks is to wave them around to "make o's" - he loves trying to draw a circle in the air and watch the silks spin round and round. So do I. And it's amazing what kids will do with these silks - their imagination is far beyond mine - his cousins came over and they were finding a dozen new ways to use them, creating outfits and generally having a blast!

Play silks are versatile toys. Use them to decorate a seasonal themed table, for play kitchen cookery, as tents and tablecloths. Even make costumes for birthday, harvest or holiday parties and plays by using a few different colors - why spend tons of money on an expensive costume used once and quickly outgrown? Design your own costumes with a handful of play silks! (They'll take up less room, too!). I also love Sarah's suggestion to dye your own playsilks as a party craft that then becomes a favor to take home!

I'm already planning to pick up some more Sarah's Silks, because I love them, I love the versatility, and I can't wait to see what my child will imagine next!

Sarah's Silks carries playsilks, dress up silks, silk toys, and other natural toys for imaginative children.

DISCLOSURE: I was sent a product for use in writing this review; all opinions in this review are 100% my own!

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  11. i love silkies. i had some for my daughter when she was younger and she had such great times with them!

  12. i love silkies. i had some for my daughter when she was younger and she had such great times with them!

  23. I love the website and products- dress up is one of my daughter's favorite things. I love the idea of a silk of the month...wish I could afford it!

  24. I love the website and products- dress up is one of my daughter's favorite things. I love the idea of a silk of the month...wish I could afford it!

  31. Love these!! All of their products look gorgeous, well-made, and so much fun! I was definitely one for making up stories and playing make believe when I was younger, and I hope my kids are the same way. I want to encourage it as much as possible, and these silkies look like a great way to do just that!

  32. Love these!! All of their products look gorgeous, well-made, and so much fun! I was definitely one for making up stories and playing make believe when I was younger, and I hope my kids are the same way. I want to encourage it as much as possible, and these silkies look like a great way to do just that!

  33. I like the vibrant colors esp the tie dyes

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

  34. I like the vibrant colors esp the tie dyes

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

  35. The silks looks like they'd be a lot of fun & I love the variety of colors. 🙂
    Dana Beeman: danabeeman(at)gmail(dot)com

  36. The silks looks like they'd be a lot of fun & I love the variety of colors. 🙂
    Dana Beeman: danabeeman(at)gmail(dot)com

  37. I love the idea of the "Playsilk of the Month" club they offer on their website - what a sweet option! My son has one Sarah's Silk and we use it all the time to "make a playground" or have a picnic. They are truly beautiful!

  38. I love the idea of the "Playsilk of the Month" club they offer on their website - what a sweet option! My son has one Sarah's Silk and we use it all the time to "make a playground" or have a picnic. They are truly beautiful!

  39. So many ways to use them. Kids are so creative with anything they get their hands on. I love the baby blanket.

  40. So many ways to use them. Kids are so creative with anything they get their hands on. I love the baby blanket.

  49. I think these would be a great item for my little one to use their imagination.

    (littleangel_mw at yahoo dot com)

  50. I think these would be a great item for my little one to use their imagination.

    (littleangel_mw at yahoo dot com)

  51. I have never heard of play silks before. Love the colorful website and I love all the ideas they give you to use the playsilks with!

  52. I have never heard of play silks before. Love the colorful website and I love all the ideas they give you to use the playsilks with!

  57. I love it all! The Parachutes would be welcome here, especially - even by my 13 y.o. son. And I know my little guy would be excited to toss the Skytails and watch them fly through the air.
    ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com ☮

  58. I love it all! The Parachutes would be welcome here, especially - even by my 13 y.o. son. And I know my little guy would be excited to toss the Skytails and watch them fly through the air.
    ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com ☮

  65. I love these playsilks. My niece love to dress up and use little blankets for dresses, shirts, capes. They'd love these. They'd love the wings.

  66. I love these playsilks. My niece love to dress up and use little blankets for dresses, shirts, capes. They'd love these. They'd love the wings.

  69. I love how simple, yet colorful and beautiful the silks are! There are so many possibilities for the imagination to run wild with these. I think my son would love to use some of the play silks for dress up. they even look like fun to simply hold and run with and just watch the colors flutter behind!

  70. I love how simple, yet colorful and beautiful the silks are! There are so many possibilities for the imagination to run wild with these. I think my son would love to use some of the play silks for dress up. they even look like fun to simply hold and run with and just watch the colors flutter behind!

  77. Visited the site and I think I am in love with the rainbow silk--the pictures are wonderful on the site!!!

  78. Visited the site and I think I am in love with the rainbow silk--the pictures are wonderful on the site!!!

  79. I've never heard of play silks, but they look like so much fun, and I love how they can inspire such creativity! The playsilk of the month club looks like a great gift that keeps on giving! I'm seriously considering that as a great Christmas gift this year!

  80. I've never heard of play silks, but they look like so much fun, and I love how they can inspire such creativity! The playsilk of the month club looks like a great gift that keeps on giving! I'm seriously considering that as a great Christmas gift this year!

  87. I love the waldorf community!! I like that the silks can be used however you want. Imagination!!

  88. I love the waldorf community!! I like that the silks can be used however you want. Imagination!!

  91. Sarah's Silks is one of my all-time favorite websites. We've had her playsilks through 6 kids now and could certainly use some fresh ones. Thanks!

  92. Sarah's Silks is one of my all-time favorite websites. We've had her playsilks through 6 kids now and could certainly use some fresh ones. Thanks!

  97. I absolutly LOVE all your products! So very Creative!!!! Your Parachutes are super cool, those are hard to find now a days....yours looks awesome! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  98. I absolutly LOVE all your products! So very Creative!!!! Your Parachutes are super cool, those are hard to find now a days....yours looks awesome! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  103. I have honestly never thought of something like this as a toy. But after reading the review and looking at the site it looks fun! You definitely have to use your imagination and what could be better than that?!?

  104. I have honestly never thought of something like this as a toy. But after reading the review and looking at the site it looks fun! You definitely have to use your imagination and what could be better than that?!?

  105. We just colored our own silks at a play date. The mom bought the white silks and we dyed them in kool-aid. They came out beautiful and DD loves them! We play peekaboo with them, she wears them as a veil or dress.

  106. We just colored our own silks at a play date. The mom bought the white silks and we dyed them in kool-aid. They came out beautiful and DD loves them! We play peekaboo with them, she wears them as a veil or dress.

  113. I love the dress up capes and love the play silks. What a great site and great items for the imagination!

  114. I love the dress up capes and love the play silks. What a great site and great items for the imagination!

  115. I too loved pretending/playing Anne of Green Gables or The Secret Garden. There were many times my friend and I would make mud pies underneath the tree or pretend we were running away from an orphanage (FYI: my dad was raised in an orphanage). I often wonder if there's a connection between reading (parents reading to a child and/or children reading a lot themselves-both of which were the case for me) and a creative imagination.

    I love the dress-up section the most, especially the fairy skirts. I like that you have to use imagination with the silk scarves, unlike many Halloween costumes that expect you to be a Disney princess, Minnie Mouse, Thomas the Tank Engine, etc.

  116. I too loved pretending/playing Anne of Green Gables or The Secret Garden. There were many times my friend and I would make mud pies underneath the tree or pretend we were running away from an orphanage (FYI: my dad was raised in an orphanage). I often wonder if there's a connection between reading (parents reading to a child and/or children reading a lot themselves-both of which were the case for me) and a creative imagination.

    I love the dress-up section the most, especially the fairy skirts. I like that you have to use imagination with the silk scarves, unlike many Halloween costumes that expect you to be a Disney princess, Minnie Mouse, Thomas the Tank Engine, etc.

  117. These are awesome! I love her scarves and the colors. I used scarves once in a music class and the kids loved them!

  118. These are awesome! I love her scarves and the colors. I used scarves once in a music class and the kids loved them!

  127. These look like so much fun. I've recently become frustrated with all of the loud, plastic, giant toys we have. Would love something creative like play silks. Also, I love the idea of getting one each month in the mail...my 18- month- old loves getting mail!

  128. These look like so much fun. I've recently become frustrated with all of the loud, plastic, giant toys we have. Would love something creative like play silks. Also, I love the idea of getting one each month in the mail...my 18- month- old loves getting mail!

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