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Sarah’s Silks {giveaway}


Today’s giveaway is from Sarah’s Silks!  Her family run shop is full of beautiful silk creations, perfect for creative, open-ended play.

Hi, I am Sarah from Sarah’s Silks, happy to be collaborating with Ginny here at Small Things.  I started our family business 20 years ago when I had two small children who loved to play pretend and dress-up. We were involved with a playgroup at our local Waldorf School, Summerfield, in Sonoma County,CA. I observed the children playing with simple pieces of cloth and wood sticks having so much fun.

The Waldorf philosophy of “provide open ended toys to leave a lot for the child’s imagination” made sense to me. My son was one of those kids who is always “itchy”, you know from tags and such, so I dyed him some silk squares for play. He liked how they felt and he used them to make capes, pretend grass and water. The neighbors played so well with them too, that I thought maybe I could sell them.  We had a small local toys store that I approached to see if they would try selling them, they were enthusiastic so we were off! My husband, Mike, soon joined in, naming the silks “playsilks”. We went on to make rainbow playsilks at the suggestion of a Waldorf teacher….then capes, skirts and more.

We are a small family run business still, in our home with our sons helping us along with a few great employees.  We strongly believe in the power of imaginative play to help children develop into creative thinkers.

Today we are giving away a giant silk scape of your choice. These are 9 feet by 3 feet long and are the perfect open ended piece for the playroom! They can be giant capes, turned into forts and much more.

Also, for all of the Small Things readers we have coupon code: smallthings for 10% off your order on our web shop for this week only.

For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post.  For a second chance, “Like” Sarah’s Silks on Facebook or/and follow Sarah’s Silks on Instagram for more fun play ideas, give aways and sharing of your kids’ PLAY!  Come back and leave a second comment letting me know you have done so for your second entry.

Comments are closed and the winner is Beth J who commented, “My grandson and I would really enjoy these. Thank you.”

Thanks, Sarah!

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  5. It’s so nice to hear her backstory. I love suporting small business especially fun owned and operated ones! My children love playing with these silks at friends houses. It would be wonderful to win some of our own. 🙂

  13. While reading this post, I thought of the local elementary school which has an excellent special education program. The children in the program would love the silk, and their teachers could use it in varied ways, as is mentioned above.

  15. My five year old and soon to be one year old, number three and four respectively, will certainly like to play with this! Thanks.

  25. Inspirational to see and imagine what the children are doing with the “silk scraps”. Would love to win for our grandchildren and all our visiting “little people”.

  27. These are so precious! I have two little girls who would enjoy spending hours with these. Thank you for the opportunity.

  33. My wee grandson would love this. He has a great imagination and would find so many things to do with it

  35. Am I allowed to enter if I already have Sarah’s Silks and love them?! I have another little girl that could use some of her own!

  37. My daughter loves your play silks and costumes! She already as a rainbow silk scape that the sugar sprite fairy gave her, and hopes to get another one this year.