Play silks have been the most-used “toy” in our house for years. They are well-loved as props and accessories in all kinds of pretend play.
Updated November 2024
We don’t know what we’d do without our play silks. They have been the consistently most-used “toy” in our house over the past several years. While they don’t often play the leading role in pretend play scenarios, they are well-loved as supporting props and accessories.
Since we are such big fans of play silks, we always have a basket of them handy for all kinds of pretend play – everything from making a fort and dressing up as a ghost (or princess or pirate or mother…) to creating a bed for a stuffed animal friend.
As Sarah, from Sarah’s Silks, says, “there is no end to what a play silk can be.”
Why We Love Play Silks for Pretend Play
There are so many play scenarios our kids have come up with that involve using our play silks. Some include:
- Items of clothing, like skirts, dresses, belts, capes, wings, scarves and turbans
- Pretend play accessories like slings for broken arms, dog leashes and blindfolds
- Blankets, beds, and baby slings for dolls
- Forts of all kinds
- Rivers and lakes for pretend play scenes or dioramas
- Roofs and floors for block building
- and more!
You can buy silk scarves fairly easily. Here are some places we’ve found play silks.
- Sarah’s Silks, one of our past blog sponsors, is a small shop and website devoted to selling play silks and other silk products for imaginative play and a magical childhood.
- You can also buy silk scarves through Amazon
- Check out your local independent toy store; they may sell play silks.
- You can also simply upcycle silky scarves as play silks as we do. You can get them quite inexpensively at your local Goodwill!
- You can even dye your own plain silks with Kool-Aid!
We hope you try out play silks as a pretend play accessory! They make a fantastic stocking stuffer or Easter basket item. And we guarantee your kids will have a blast playing with them in all sorts of ways!
More Creative Play Ideas for Kids
- The Best Open Ended Toys for Kids
- Craft Ideas Perfect for Pretend Play
- How to Make DIY Play Mat for Kids
- How to Dye Play Silks with Kool Aid
- A Build a Fort Kit for Kids from Fort Magic
- The Artful Parent’s Creative Gift Guide for Kids
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