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Giveaway: $100 Gift Certificate from Sarah’s Silks

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This giveaway has ended and I’ll announce the winner shortly!

I‘m back for our final Home for the Holidays giveaway! We’ve enjoyed 15 giveaways across the entire network this week—all great gift ideas, just in time for the holidays.

I’m excited about my last giveaway today because of all the imaginative play it’s going to inspire in my little people and in the home of one lucky winner.

It’s a $100 gift certificate to Sarah’s Silks–a store full of dress up inspiration for kids.

Whether you have toddlers, preschoolers, or elementary-aged children, you’ll find something in this shop to add to your Christmas list.

Find out how you can win!

I first discovered Sarah’s Silks a few years ago, and last Christmas I asked a family member to buy Trishna, Jonathan, and Elijah these sweet crowns.

So I was thrilled to welcome this shop as a vendor for our holiday week. For my review items, I chose a knight’s costume and two of the dress up capes Sarah carries in her store.

The capes come in a wide variety of colors and feel soft and smooth against your skin. I love that the colors are reversible, giving more choices to the child as they play. These capes have an elastic neck band with satin ties and should easily fit ages 3-8.

With all the pretend sword playing between two boys in my home I’m pretty sure this knight’s costume is going to see a lot of action after being opened on Christmas Day!

It’s a one-piece slip-on tunic, with a belt and cape attached. These costumes also match the crowns and play swords in the store and make the perfect outfit for pretending to be kings, princes, knights, and more.

Owner Sarah Lee discovered the power of silk in make-believe after becoming a mother herself. One day she tossed her young son an old silk scarf to use for dressing up–that was over 17 years ago and the rest is history!

The dyes used on the fabrics are non-toxic and the silks themselves can easily be hand-washed. As someone passionate about ethical spending, I appreciate this “family-made” policy from the company:

“Sarah’s Silks hires Chinese seamstresses who work in their homes, often sitting in doorways, as their children play nearby. Sarah’s Silks offers the seamstresses incentives beyond prevailing wages as well as access to supplemental health insurance as part of their efforts to support the healthy families of their partners across the world.”

On top of their popular dress-up collection, other items the store carries include hand-dyed playsilks, bed canopies, and a range of toys. Look no further to find a great gift for the creative child in your life.

One Simple Homeschool reader will win a $100 gift certificate to Sarah’s Silks!

How to win

Everyone has two chances to win. Here’s how:

1. Comment on this post, answering this question: What does your child currently use most often in his/her dress up play?

2. For an extra entry, ‘Like’ Simple Homeschool and Sarah’s Silks on Facebook. Then come back and leave another comment here, telling me you did so.

This giveaway has ended and I’ll announce the winner shortly!

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  1. Kristin L.

    Our children use play silks, Sarah’s Silks:), and wooden words and shields the most in their dress up play. Thank you for making such lovely and limitless silks! Our children adore playing with them.

  5. Serena

    My girls use two princess dresses we’ve had for a very long time, but they also use a large, light scarf as a cape or what-have-you. I love it when they play dress up.

  15. Stephanie P

    My nephew loves to use blankets as capes and then “fly” around the room as a super hero 🙂

  17. Sarah

    Oh, this would be fabulous to win. Currently, my daughter’s into hats: mama’s, daddy’s, hers– it doesn’t matter, as long as they’re soft and comfortable!

  20. Michelle Y

    My son is only 13 months old and right now he is pretty easily pleased with a blanket, but these look like so much fun! Give him a few more months and I bet he would LOVE these!

  21. Katie

    My four year old loves to dress up as flying super hero’s. He makes up his own characters with capes and hats, and then has the power to fly around the house! We have been wanting more dress up clothes and the only thing on his Christmas list this year is more dress up clothes!

  24. Stephanie

    My youngest daughter loves to be a princess. The older 2 stick withof some sort of warrior or doctor.

  26. Lauren

    He doesn’t dress up much. Probably because all he has is an old cowboy hat. He would have much more fun with these!

  27. Kathy M

    Homemade weapons and washable markers on the face. Thanks for a great giveaway. I have been wanting some Sarah’s Silks for some time now!

  30. Rachel C

    I have been admiring Sarah’s Silks for a very long time…I would love to add some silks and dress up items to my kids’ toy selections!! They are beautiful!

  34. meghann

    We have some silks we dyed ourselves, and my children *love* to use them in their dress-up play. We also have some dresses and things I found at the thrift store that live in a basket in my daughter’s room, and they often disappear upstairs during the day & re-emerge wearing those. xo
    meghann’s latest post: and so it begins…

  36. Leigh

    Some Sarahs Silks actually. We’ve bought one or two a year and now have them a small basket. They can really be anything!

  43. Sarah M

    We have a dress up bin that both of my children just love. The things they both prefer the most, usually, are the hats, and the doctor kit. These would make such an awesome addition!
    Sarah M
    Sarah M’s latest post: DPP: 1

  46. lisa

    Oh I love these play silks — just ordered one for our girls. They would love to have more! Our girls always dress up in a pink cape, but since we only have 1, it is often fought over. I would love to get them 2 more from Sarah’s Silks. Thanks for the giveaway!!

  48. Christa

    My son hasn’t started playing with silks yet, he’s a baby, but he does like playing peek-a-boo

  49. NinaC

    Knight stuff. He has a shield and swords and an ax(more viking I guess) and he is always carrying one around it seems! 🙂

  54. Lyndsay Grimes

    My baby is too young for dress up, but these are beautiful, and I’d love to start her a collection for when she’s older than 5 months.

  56. christina.vd

    I don’t have kids yet but when I was a kid, we loved dresses and shoes (the sparkly and more outrageous, the better) from Salvation Army and sheets which we made into gigantic room-covering forts. Gosh, I miss those days.

  60. Shannon Streger

    My daughter has been playing a lot of dress up lately. We bought a trunk earlier this year and filled it with old ballet clothes, shaws, hats, etc.. It’s her favorite right now along with her handmade kitchen.

    I’ve been looking at buying the Sarah’s Silks for Christmas bec. I know my DD AND DS will love them!

    I have liked both groups on FB.

  62. Amy

    Our children use tupperware containers, a lone ranger mask, and variously draped hand-me-down “fancy” outfits in their play!

  63. Kristen

    My daughter likes her tutu, and my son likes the dinosaur cape I made for him. They could definitely use some new dress up items!

  64. Rita

    My daughters’ favorite dress up items are their flower girl dresses from a wedding they were in. They also love the random fabric lengths I’ve givven them to play with.

  67. Nora Bucy

    Right now my kids are making costumes to perform “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” They have the 3yo dressed in all green with a tall green construction hat. They’ve perched her on a bench under the windowsill and pull back the curtains every time the song sings, “And a partridge in a pear tree.” It’s adorable!
    Nora Bucy’s latest post: Sunny and Warm November Daybook

  71. J M

    Accessories! With a crown, a firefighter’s hat, or a magic wand, my little one can switch from princess to firefighter to fairy in the blink of an eye.

  73. Kristen T.

    My girls love princess dresses, scarves, and hats! I love this giveaway because I discovered Sarah’s Silks just *yesterday* when looking online for a bed canopy for my older daughter! I love the Starry Night Canopy in their shop!

  75. Pracades

    My daughter twirls in her tutu and my son uses scarves to dress up as a knight. Our scarves are cheap synthetics, so I would love to get some of these beautiful silks!

  82. erin

    Wow, my kids love playsilks, and dress up. Would love love this giveaway. Currently they use the playsilks they have, hand me downs and stuff my sweet friends make for them. They both come out dressed up all the time. Its such a sweet part of childhood!
    erin’s latest post: *the shop* updates

  85. AmandaXC

    The kids favorites right now are the cowboy costume and the “Perry the Platypus” costume I made for Halloween. The older boy is upset he’s outgrown my dad’s native American costume!

  87. Rebekah

    These would be a gift for my niece & nephew… they both LOVE to dress-up! Most of their dress-up stuff is pretty girly, so my nephew needs a few boy things. Right now he wears necklaces & all just like my niece. 🙂

  89. susan

    My twins use absolutely everything in the house to play dress up. They have a bunch of old halloween costumes, as well as anything else they find. They would love it.

  92. Amber Walters

    Cloaks and capes from old halloween costumes is the most popular thing at home but at their best friend’s house they love to use her silks and pin them and tie them into interesting outfits.

  99. Christine G

    I have two daughters, each with their own fairy wings and mermaid costumes. Although they love the fairy wings as well, they live in their mermaid costumes! I homeschool the older, and the younger is home for half the day before starting preschool. They spend pretty much the entire time they’re home together as mermaids… and they love their silk tails! : )

  100. Kristen

    Oh my goodness! We would LOVE to win this gift certificate…our kids love playing dress up…my daughter most often hits the various old dresses for “fairies” and my son enjoys being an astronaut or American Indian.

    So fun!

  101. Glennen

    My son almost always dresses up as a fireman. Whether we are going to the grocery store, out to breakfast or just hanging around at home. It’s actually a complete joy because people react so sweetly to a four year old dressed up. I would love to add a little variety to his dress up options.

  108. Kelli

    Pretty shoes that make lots of noise on the hardwoods. I have a couple of girly girls with vastly growing imaginations….they could and would do so much with this gift.

  109. Anne

    Mostly my kids, 2 and 4, use hats and accessories. We are woefully in need of capes and tunics. For a cape my son usually uses an apron, but he’d love a “real” cape.

  113. Katie

    The current favorite here is princess dresses for dd (4) and a Thomas Train outfit for ds (3), both leftover halloween costumes. I do wish we had more open ended dress up things though! 🙂

  115. Jessica

    My kids use Sarah’s silk as new outfits, and as blankets for swaddling their babies, and for dressing up any other snuggle guy that happens to be around!

  118. Meredith in GA

    My son isn’t hugely into dress-up, but he LOVES his boots and takes every opportunity to wear those in and out of the house. ;D

  121. Meredith in GA

    I liked both your blog and Sarah’s Silks on FB. Looking forward to checking out both pages. Thanks!

  122. Sylvia

    My daughter uses tutus and my son a sheild. I would love to “enhance” with these beautiful items!

  126. Ilse

    Ballet slippers and fanciful ballerina dresses (or any “fancy” dress) are constantly being worn by my two girls.

  127. Bridget

    right now the most heavily used dress up things are the crowns a friend made with my children’s names on them, and old superhero costumes!

  128. Rachel

    Mine usually use old halloween costumes – theirs from years past and mine from my childhood. We have a few that have been made or purchased just for dressing up.

  130. Anna

    Right now the popular item for the boys is the pirate costume I made from thrift store finds and my daughter just piles on as many girly skirts, dresses and fairy wings as she can!
    Anna’s latest post: Happy Campers

  132. Jeni G.

    My two girls wear princess dresses and tutus, but we don’t have much at all for my little boy. He uses his blanket if he needs something. Something for boys would be great!

  135. Meg

    Scarves, hats, and fairy wings are the current favorites..plus anything she can “steal” from mommy’s closet!

  138. annie

    Oh my goodness….Um, old dance costumes are used a lot. Silks, for sure. Swords. Helmets. Anything soft that can be wrapped around to make a ‘wedding dress’. 🙂 Thank you!!
    annie’s latest post: Windfall Dolls

  139. Carol F

    My big guy wears his “engineer pants” (striped overalls) and engineer hat. The hat is too big, and the pants are getting waaay too small, so he’s quite a sight, but he loves to be in costume at preschool.

  140. Gina G.

    My daughter does have some dress-up dresses and tutus, but she will also use whatever she can get her hands on. She has many creative uses for my Turkish scarves I let her have.

  144. Brittany

    Currently my daughter uses an old sheet and some sheer curtains to wrap and drape as dresses and capes. She also uses some of my scarves and a pair of “Princess Fairy Flower Power Super Gloves” that I made for her. I haven’t had the funds to spring for some really silks, although it’s looking like she may get some for Christmas afterall (thank you Arc for my Christmas bonus!)

  148. Sarah

    My boys love to dress up as superheroes…or superhero cooks…or cooking monsters…or monster mailmen. 🙂

  150. Heather Y

    Sheets, blankets, and all manner of linens plus construction paper fashioned into various hats or headbands.

  162. Sarah

    Lately, my girls can’t dress up without the Zumba wraps that my mom gave them. They have jingly things all over them, and the girls use them as skirts, belts, head wraps, shawls, etc. My son loves his old stand-by: a plain, black cape I made him a few Christmases ago.

  163. Amy

    My first is in utero, but I can’t wait until I can give him or her the tools to strengthen his or her imagination. These are great!

  164. Jo

    My 6 year old like capes and aprons. My 4 year old is into wings. She wants to fly! My 2 year old wears whatever his big sisters wrap him up in. I have seen Sarah’s Silks, but we do not have any. They look lovely!
    Jo’s latest post: Haven Homeschool

  165. Amy D

    I love Sarah’s Silks, but haven’t been able to get any for my boys. When they want to play super hero we use towels for capes. Otherwise we have a bin full of costumes from Halloweens past.

  168. Amy

    My daughter doesn’t play dressup as much as she plays pretend with things. Anything small can become a character. That said, she does love fabric pieces. These are great!

  169. Jenn

    Both girls (7 & 5) love being princesses or ballerinas. Anything sparkly, fancy, and in the spotlight! I used to teach literacy in middle and high school and did some work with my students on building reading comprehension through the use of “action strategies”. Readers act out what they’ve read and teachers check for comprehension, allow students to build their knowledge, and it’s just plain fun! I’d love to incorporate more of this in my kids’ early years! The products from Sarah’s Silks look amazing for this kind of thing! Thanks.
    Jenn’s latest post: Five on Friday: A Week to Give Thanks

  170. Diana L.

    We are currently studing the Middle
    Ages so anything knight related is my son’s absolute favorite ! My daughter
    loves to dress up as people from different cultures and these silks would be wonderful in both cases!!! Thank you for the opportunity 🙂

  171. Ruthie

    My 4 yr. old boy is our biggest dresser-upper right now, and he wears a ninja costume or a Luke Skywalker costume. The picture of the little boy in the post is him! Thanks for the giveaway!

  172. Lindsay

    My son uses anything to dress up as everything from firemen to knights fighting dragons! He would love all her things!

  174. Karma

    My girls love to layer~ dress over a skirt with a vest, scarf, crown, apron…
    Sarah’s pieces look so nice!

  175. Alyssa

    I didn’t even know something like this existed! How awesome! My girls usually play with a little box of hand-me-down dress-up clothes from their cousins and a few princess dresses we got for halloween one year. They would love this.

  179. Dee

    We dont celebrate halloween, but in the past i’ve bought costumes solely for dress-up purposes. 🙂

  187. Toni

    Our kids use costumes we find at goodwill and yard sales! But would love to have something more versatile!

  192. Erin

    My 4 year old loves to put on fashion shows with her dress up clothes, but I’d say the tutu’s are probably what get worn the most to dance around in them.

  193. Melanie

    in all honesty my children use their playsilks most often for their dress up. I would love to add the crown and knights costume to their stash.

  200. Allyson

    Wow! What a wonderful giveaway this time of year. I am wanting to get our 29 month old some silks to play with and a gift certificate to Sarah’s Silks would be awesome. She loves walking around in her ballet tutu and would love to be able to dance with some silks in her hands. Thanks for the giveaway.

  201. Dawn Suzette

    My son spends lot of his dress up time playing in the knight costume my mom made him for halloween. Loves it. Lots of sword play and rubberband gun fun around here too.
    Thanks for the chance to add to our dress-up play….
    Dawn Suzette’s latest post: Borax Crystals

  204. Stephanie

    My daughter has a flouncy tiered skirt that she puts on over whatever she is wearing and instantly turns into a princess, or a fairy, or ballerina, or whatever else she decides that day.

  207. Kristen M.

    I have two older kids who loved to dress up in costumes/dresses. I know have a baby again and would love to build up a fun collection for him.

  211. DianeS

    I purchased this Snow Princess halloween costume after the costumes hit the 75% off mark and my daughter loves it. I know both of my kids would love the silks.

  214. Tina Anderson

    My daughter’s favorite is a read cape with a hood! She loves to swing with and and run with it so it “flies” behind her 🙂

  216. Kara

    We love their beautiful wings! They are on our wish list after playing with them at a friend’s house! Thanks for the opportunity!

  224. Jane

    My little guys are avid knights as well, so our sword and shields get plenty of use here. Love this resource you shared!

  226. Lisa McBride

    My children 10, 8 & 5 all still dress up with whatever they can find that will work. They love dressing up and were doing so yesterday afternoon. We used to have playsilks that lasted about 6 years with constant play from any child that walked through the door. I would love to get them playsilks again because it was the best toy they ever had.

  231. Nancy Mosley

    Right now my boys mostly dress up in camo and play hunting or war.
    Would love to win some other things to add variety to their play.

  233. Kate

    My daughter loves to put on her princess dresses and my son loves his sword and shield. There are so many things in this store that they would love.

  238. Penelope

    Currently he dresses up as a dragon, but he doesn’t have many costumes. At school he likes to dress up in a bumble bee tutu. He’s getting a cape for Christmas to expand his options some!

  239. Christina Hickox

    It’s hard to say what my kids use the most–my daughter uses all things pink and princessy. She’s really been liking scarves the last couple weeks.

  240. sandy

    We have play silks that our 5 kids (age 7 – 23) have been playing with in so many different ways for years. I’d love to start my 2yo granddaughter (who loves to play with her mama’s shoes and clothes) with some lovely silks.

  244. Emily

    My daughter was given some play clothes from a friend who had outgrown them – mostly tutus and such. I’d love to be able to help that stash grow with some things that inspire more imagination!

  245. Genevieve

    My daughter uses a princess dress she got for halloween and a handmade Red Ridinghood cape the most.

  246. Deanna

    My girl is a little too young to dress up yet but we had a big box of dress-up clothes we played with growing up!

  247. Diana

    My son wears his fire helmet & fire/rain boots. My daughter wears her pioneer dress. We don’t currently have any play silks, but would love to add them to our dress-up collection. My kids play dress-up, pretend play more than anything else. Thank you!

  249. Nancy

    what do my kids use most often in dress-up play? my daughter (10) usually goes for the fancy shoes (i.e. they have 1″ heels) I wore to my rehearsal dinner. my son usually goes for a cape or fancy gold pants. 🙂 we love Sarah’s Silks!

  250. Stacy

    My children love their fairy skirts and the pilgrim costumes I made them. Thanks for the chance to win!

  251. Bethany

    Ahh, I love this! Thanks for this opportunity! My son likes to dress up as a firefighter, or Jenga Fett (Star Wars). Mostly cuz those are the only costumes we have. The girls enjoy dressing up as cows, cats, fairies, princesses, queens, and really anything else they can come up with.

  252. kari

    Any thing princessy of course. I’d love to start incorporating silks for more open ended play. Thanks for the giveaway!

  254. Jamie

    My son constantly uses a pretend sword and my daughter uses her princess dress! What a fun give away!

  255. Torey

    My second child, a son, is my dress-up kid. He loves his old halloween costumes, as well as playsilks (for the perfect superhero cape).

  256. Kaila

    My kids play with play silks all the time. Hands down the number one played with in the dress up box!

  261. Heidi Felton

    Right now, they mostly just use the blankets from the couches to become various monsters and things (I have boys!). Or they take their shirts off to go “swimming” in the living room. I could see how play silks would make their dragon hunting much more fun!

  272. Amy Dement

    Thank you so much for the giveaway opportunity. My kids dress up with anything and everything they can get their hands on. Right now my daughter especially loves high heels from the thrift store and LOTS of scarves and my son love anything that helps him be a Ninja.

    Thanks again!

  273. Rebecca nevers

    We love to use silkies to male baby slings, princess dresses, and capes. We love to play princess and baby almost every day.

  274. Tanya W

    Our kids use Sarah’s Silks knight costume, crown and playsilks for dress up most often- I love them because they encourage open ended play! Thanks for the chance!

  275. Kelsey

    We are due with our first child in two weeks, but this would be a great giveaway for my nieces and nephews! The girls are definitely in the princess stage right now, and last week we got to experience the first acted-out play. 🙂 It was great.

  277. carolyn

    My daughter loves to put together eclectic outfits from her dress up drawer…usually a scarf, princess crown, necklaces, maybe a dress and some crazy selection of colored socks and dress up shoes! My son doesn’t really have anything besides his older sisters’ “princess” stuff – so we could definitely use this for him!

  285. Kris

    My daughter loves her princess dresses and my son loves everything Spiderman. Plus hats of course! 🙂

  286. Betzina Y

    All 3 of my boys LOVE to play dressup!! My twin 12 year olds STILL want to wear costumes to run around and play in…as does my 6 year old:) They love to play knights or soldiers or ninjas or pirates…or anything else they can dream up!!

  288. Sara

    My daughter currently loves dressing up with scarves I found at a garage sale, dish towels from the kitchen, any of my clothes she can tie on herself, and hats. She especially loves her dad’s ball caps. I think she would be delighted to have some pretty shiny dress up clothes!

  289. Faye E. Hunt

    My son uses hats the most in his dress up play! Sarah’s silks would be an awesome addition to his play.

  292. Valerie

    My daughter loves her prairie dress and apron, and my son likes his dragon cape and fireman’s hat.

  293. Jen

    The girls use their dresses a lot, but blankets & towels frequently become capes as well in our house.

  297. AbbyRose

    In our house it alternates between various pieces of superhero costumes, or all the “dressy” clothes our son can find and layer – which makes him look a lot like Marty McFly from back to the future…

  299. Kimberly

    My daughter would go CRAZY over this prize. She now uses old Halloween costumes and things around the house for dress ups.

  302. Emily Marshall

    My kids use capes as their choice of dressup stuff! I like both Simple Homeschool and Sarah’s Silks on facebook:). Great giveaways!

  303. Cheryl

    My kids dress-up most in a gladiator costume my husband brought them when he was in Rome on business.

  304. Nikiya McDonald

    While we have many old dresses and other hand-me-down costumes, my children most enjoy the fun of imaginary dress up play with scarves! We have yet to add any of Sarah’s Silks to out collection and would LOVE the addition!

  313. Cyndi G

    Right now, my son is obsessed with his dinner jacket, tie and dress pants…he likes to pretend it is a full suit!

  314. Danielle schumaker

    My daughter is not yet at the dress up age… But she will be very soon! So, hopefully she will use this prize package the most!

  315. Michele

    My son has a cape that his grandmama made him that he really enjoys wearing. Lots of other costumes, some from Sarah’s Silks! I’m loving the pantaloon pants. It will be easier than me tying them from squares as DS prefers dressing himself.

  317. Jade

    Our son uses EVERYTHING he can get his hands on – from towels and blankets, to designated dress up stuff, and even paper cups to make his own “armor.”

  318. Jenny

    My kids put on plays and dress up for their characters. These would make great additions to their plays.

  320. Peggy N

    My boy has swords and my girl has her princess dresses. The combination of the two is fun to watch. I would love to try some of these costumes, they look wonderful.

  321. Jen

    my 4 year old dresses up in her silks almost every day – they can be fancy dresses, costumes from other countries, play beds… recently she made an elaborate tango dress/costume (with one as a fancy headpiece) and used her little wooden castanets to make a musical show 🙂

    thanks for this great giveaway

  326. Jessica Stoffer

    My 6 year old is obsessed with Fancy Nancy and uses her dress up clothes and real skirts and dresses to make new fancy outfits every day! She would LOVE this prize!

  328. Amy

    my son dresses up like a pirate and will find anything to be a sword. He also likes to wear hooded bath towels around and be a superhero

  330. Jennifer

    Lately, my daughter has been adorned in wool
    Scarves. After 4 years use her silks are tattered but still loved!

  335. Kate

    Daddy’s little girl almost always gravitates toward her tools, tool belt, hard hat, and construction vest. Her girly moments bring on the “bling,” but they’re farther between!

  336. Laura

    My girls are fascinated by Narnia right now, and spend a lot of their time in hand made Susan and Lucy dresses as well as a large cardboard box, named the Dawn Treader.

  337. Kate

    Already “Like”d Simple Homeschool on Facebook, and we now also “Like” Sarah’s Silks. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

  339. Laura

    My daugher is two, and she loves to steal my (clean!) underwear when I’m folding laundry and put it on her head like a hat/shower cap. She will also put baby doll dresses on her head like hats, and sometimes layers them for an extra-special effect!

  345. Jessica

    My girls love their “ballet” costumes and wings. I would love to have something for my son to use.

  347. Mama B

    My 7 year old son most often uses a pair of fuzzy red sweat pants, a white waffle shirt and a red tank top to play dress up in. His 4 year old sister wears a variety of skirts to play princess.
    Mama B’s latest post: Oh yeah. Duh.

  349. MrsH

    For all three kids (9, 5, and 2), definitely these two silky-print wrap-skirts that I gave them after gaining some weight. They are used as skirts, dresses, capes, and head-dresses. They love them.
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  350. Wendi

    Not much!!!! My son has been begging for dress up clothes and I have not done much to take care of that and am feeling bad about that. This would be so cool to surprise him with. Not as a Christmas gift, but just an “I love you and wanted to show that to you today” kind of gift.

  351. RG

    The long cardboard tube we saved from wrapping paper on his birthday in June has actually survived this long, though barely. Making its appearance at least thrice daily as sword, baton, javelin, bow for his imaginary arrows, scepter, horse, bazooka, cannon, rifle, giant spoon, axe …. you name it, he has used it in so many ways. Thank you for the awesome giveaway.

  352. Kei

    My daughter will play dress up w/ anything available. She doesn’t have a lot of items yet, being only 2 years old. But I plan to remedy that soon!

  353. JJ

    Our dress up clothes are very limited buyout son does love playing with his best friend’s extensive dress up closet. He loves capes, boots, and hats. Super hero!

  355. Hannah

    My kids will use anything they can find to use as dress up – all depends on where their imagination takes them that day! Happy Christmas 🙂

  356. Abbigale

    Right now we love our cowbow get-up and we pretend to be king and queen… but no clothes for that one.

  359. Stephanie

    I was just telling my husband that the one “toy” my son didn’t have was dress up clothes. He currently loves to put on my husbands belt or slippers, or my shirts (I have a white one with puffed sleeves that can turn him into a pirate!) He’s made do with the superman training pants I’ve made for him, too 🙂

  362. Jessica

    Usually my clothes and fancy fabric remnants tied up in different ways, my 4 year old daughter is most often “Puss in Boots”, her favorite cat character.

  364. Tracy

    we dont have a lot of dress up clothes. the kids usually wear me and my husbands clothes around the house and pretend to be whatever they come up with 🙂

  365. Pippi

    Blankets 😉 Just the other day my daughter and her friend were playing and I tied so many blankets around them they could barely walk. 🙂 That and, of course, a crown. Every kid needs a crown!

  366. Tiffaney

    My daughter always has to pplay with anything that will make her look more “cat like”, like masks and ears and stuff! LOL

  368. tracy lynn

    Ahhh – vintage goodies like hats and scarves and dresses are part of Muriel’s dress-up! Some Sarah’s silks would be great to add to the collection or to dress up our outdoor girl fort.

  373. desiree l

    my kiddos use old baby blankets as capes & fashion their own togas & skirts with them when they play dress up lately. anything from Sarah’s Silks would be a great addition for them 😉

  375. desiree l

    I’ve gone to Facebook & ‘Liked’ Simple Homeschool and Sarah’s Silks… thank goodness for this giveaway, I am following Simple Mom on Facebook but had somehow missed Simple Homeschool … now I have it on my feed 😀 Thank you!

  387. Helen H

    My daughter loves her mermaid costume and play silks. Have liked Sarah’s Silks and Simply Homeschool on facebook.

  388. Jennifer

    Our capes (made by me from silk and velvet skirts from the thrift store!) are in constant rotation.

  406. amy lockwood

    My kids dress up in everything from cowboys to princesses, space people to animals… good fun!

  410. Carrie

    We don’t have many dress up options. They were given a football outfit last year and they’ve recently enjoyed playing with it. 🙂

  415. Kathleen Hall

    My grandkids love to play dress up and this would provide hours of imaginative play for them.

  417. Stina

    Right now, my middle 2 daughters are very into using my old purses for dress up. They always need a bag, no matter what they are doing!

    Thanks for such a great giveaway!
    Stina’s latest post: {this moment}

  423. Sarah L.

    Right now it’s a red pail that he puts on his head and calls his marching band hat. Love it! Also, he saw the first picture on this post with the crown and cape and said, “I want to wear that today!”

  426. Jessica

    My girls have a tub full of different dress up clothes. I never know what outfit they will come out with.

  435. Amanda

    My son loves a black fur cape his grandma made him; he uses it to pretend to be all manner of animals.

  439. Pennie

    My girls are both into dressing up as princesses, but the older they get the more they are into dressing up as “real” people like nurses, teachers, etc…

  440. Rachel

    My kids use some novelty yarn “shawls” I made them, sometimes as clothes, other times as ropes.

  444. Sarah Nottle

    My daughter mostly uses lots of her own clothing : ) my son likes different hats…we have cowboy hats, fireman hats, etc. We also have a pirate costume and peppa pig costume they both love running around in!

  445. Kristy Boyd

    my little guy has a couple of hats that he likes to play with. He’s just getting into pretend play now.

  453. Kat

    My daughter uses an old embroidered table runner, and some printed silk scarves from my grandmother’s house almost exclusively.

  455. mindy

    My kids love to dress up in past holloween costumes. My daughter likes to use her brothers old capes, it would be really cool to have one of her own!!

  456. Tori Maurer

    My 5 year old daughter loves her homemade pillow-case cape with her initials on it. She can fly! Baby sister loves to dress up with big sister (she’s 15 months old) trying to walk around in a dragon costume two sizes too big… super cute. We LOVE Sarah’s Silks- this would be an amazing win for us!
    Tori Maurer’s latest post: Small hands, big world

  467. Steph

    My daughter told me her favorite dress up outfit is an old halloween costume from my nieces. It’s a spider witch costume. They also like to put on coats and hats and pretend they are going outside.

  468. Mary Beth

    My daughters love to dress up as ballerinas. They’re always running around the house with tutus on – even over their clothes.

  475. Esther

    My four children dress up in whatever random piece of fabric they can find. Some are actually pieces of fabric we got from the free bin at a flea market, others are big scarves we’ve gotten at the thrift shop. My daughter recently pulled an oddly shaped skirt of mine out of the scrap bag and discovered that, with the button on the waist fastened, she could stick her arm out the unzipped zipper opening and drape the waist over her shoulders. It looks something like a toga and is actually quite flattering!

  478. Marlo

    Currently my son is nuts about lightweight fleece for dress up. We have several blanket size pieces that get fashioned into various creative get ups. I would love to gift him with play silks though! I know he would love them.

  482. Monica

    My son can’t go anywhere without his Indiana Jones fedora. My daughter has a purple cape that is just a scrap piece of silky cloth I’ve had for years. 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!

    ~Monica

  483. Sarah Stroll

    My 3 year old constantly dresses up as either a fairy, a princess or just a “fancy girl.” My son loves his Waluigi costume we picked up on clearance after Halloween! So cute to see them spending most of their days changing in and out of costumes, pretending and using their imaginations!

  489. Deidre

    Every year my mom makes a Halloween costume for my daughter. Those are definitely her favorite dress up outfits, even though you can’t even zip them up because they’re so small on her!

  492. Erin

    I was in the middle of commenting when the network crashed, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. My three girls love to play dress-up with whatever they can find in my closet 🙂 I also keep an eye out at thrift stores for old fancy dresses, hats, scarves, shoes, etc. They love to put on fashion shows for Mom & Dad!
    Erin’s latest post: My Advent Calendar That Almost Wasn’t

  494. Mary Beth Galloway

    One of my 1 1/2 year old has an uniform of garden gloves, a bucket hat and a pair of slippers Daddy brought home from the Netherlands….so cute. My 2 1/2 year old really likes the small scarves we have to make hats and capes.

  498. pia

    my three girls love to be fairies, and also use silks as baby slings – both types of play span most days!

  501. Katie Adams

    Wings–butterfly, ladybug. But, oddly enough, she’s never pretending to be a ladybug or butterfly when she’s wearing them. She’s usually pretending to be a cat!

  508. Sammy

    My son uses his personally made rifle and cowbot vest or his star wars cape. My girls, well, every moment is a dress up moment for them!

  509. Nathalie

    My son loves either wearing his dragon costume from Halloween 2010 or a knight outfit a friend gave him. At a play studio we go to, he uses Sarah’s Silks’ scarves to make capes to be a pharaoh or to make wings to be a dragon. I’m not sure he has a favorite — depends on what inspires his imagination on a particular day.

  513. maria

    my 4 year old daughter recently discovered a couple of my ballet costumes when I was little and she goes around the house all day long pretending to be Maria from the ‘Nutcracker’

  515. Jennifer

    Large scarves and handkerchiefs are definitely the most versatile and played with out of our dress-up bag — they can be almost anything.

  519. Fiona

    I’ve a hard time getting my son Adam to put his Batman PJs in the washer. If he had the choice he would wear them 24/7 !!

  521. Courtney

    My daughter got a pink sparkle dress-up dress for her birthday in July – she wears it ALL THE TIME, it was even her halloween costume!

  525. Jen T

    My little girl loves dressing up at a princess or a bride, but mostly a princess. Anything shiny, silky, sparkly and in pale colours works. She has some pretty skirts in the dress up box and some big scarves that are favourites for princess costumes

  526. Renee

    My daughter wears my beach wraps which are long pieces of light fabric that can be tied in a variety of ways. I brought back from different islands and other people would bring them back for me as a child. We also make some pretty cool forts out of them!

  527. Wendy

    My kids love dressing up in tutu and play silks as knight and princess. Sometimes, they would use play silks as a long cape draping the floor. Play silks are versatile! Love them. I have a couple ones in need of mending after so many uses.

  528. Lydia

    The most often used costume is his baby brother’s blanket tied on as a cape!! This is a daily thing in our house… 🙂

  531. darah

    awesome giveaway!
    right now my oldest – 5 – is still loving her halloween costume (which makes me thrilled because i made it and that’s always dicey, you know?) and her little brother – 1.5 – just loves anything with sequins and anything he can put on his head, especially random bits of fabric
    darah’s latest post: the friday after thursday risotto

  533. Debra

    All my son wants for his birthday is a crown, so this would be perfect! Currently he uses my masking tape roll as his crown. :o)

  538. Martha

    My 2.5 yo daughter loves her tutus and wings and of course, the sparkly shoes to match! (I’ve been a FB of yours for awhile now and love all your advice. I just liked Sarah’s Silks today. Looking forward to learning more!)

  542. Michele @ Frugal Granola

    My daughter loves dressing up in her tutu skirts lately, dancing to a lot of classical music, and being some combination of ballerina/fairy/princess. My son has been dressing up with different hats and shoes (usually belonging to other members of the family), lately. 🙂 I’ve been wishing for some playsilks for them!
    Michele @ Frugal Granola’s latest post: Non-Traditional Christmas Gift Jars

  544. Bay

    My 2 youngest are 3 and 10..both boys.They still play dress up together..which I thing is awesome!Usually they use Dad’s boots or Mom’s dress shoes (shhh don’t tell Dad) Daddy’s clothes or my 10 year old has recently been into cutting up old shirts and making new uses for them and sometimes even attempting sewing new inventions by hand.Their favorite has been their pirate costume they made..with swards to go along of course.

  551. Tina

    We don’t have dress ups so I’d love to have some.

    Thanks for sharing information about a company that cares about its workers.

  554. Shannon

    Right now it’s the weapons and the masks, but maybe some silks would help soften the blow of their rough and tumble play. This giveaway is awesome, thanks!

  558. Lori

    My youngest is the only one who plays dress up these days and she is into all things princess – dress, tiaras, shoes.

  563. Jana

    My youngest daughter (8) does most of the dressing up around here… she loves to be a princess or a fairy most of the time… She uses dresses, scarves, crowns, wings, etc. She loves it all!

  569. Elizabee

    scraps of leftover sparkly Halloween fabric that becomes queen’s cape, mermaid tail, green hair, you name it!

  573. Rachel Hodge

    Oh my 2 year old is loving his tiger tail my friend made him for his birthday. It’s orange with black stripes and just such fun to wear. 🙂

  575. Natalie V

    My son’s favorite dress up outfit is a big plane type thing. Best $3 I ever spent! i didn’t think he’d care about it but it’s definitely been his most favorite costume!!

  578. Katy Crain

    My daughter uses our big clothes for dress up clothes, an a little doctor jacket we got from the dollar bin at Target. She could really use some exciting dress up clothes!

  584. Colette

    My little boy loves to stick things down the back of his pants (like tea towels or t-shirts) to make a tail and then he pretends to be one of the dogs. He’s 2 😉

  588. Meredith

    Our favorite costumes are the dress up clothes kids can get on and off by themselves, with velcro tabs.

  589. Pam in Missouri

    These items look awesome for pretend play. That is one of the things I have loved best about our homeschool: the kids are constantly dressing up as one thing or another and creating exciting stories. Lately they have been going through a bow and arrow phase. Thanks for the chance to win.

  594. Jessica

    My girls use two capes their Gramma made them last Christmas quite often, as well as two froofy tie-on tutus, and funny enough, a collection of old old old silk/chiffon scarves an old family friend was getting rid of. We’re a big fan of dressing up! 🙂

  596. cheyenne

    my daughter loves wrapping up in play silks and sheets, and my son loves his peter pan hat and wooden dagger or his cowboy hat and stick horse!

  602. Jamie

    My children love to play chef with dress up hat and apron. Sometimes the apron doubles as a super cape. 🙂

  603. Tracy Avery

    My son loves his cape. He uses his imagination and one minute he is superman and the next he has invented a whole new super hero. He wears it everywhere. It holds the source of his superpowers.

  606. Melissa Waterstripe

    My six year old daughter loves wearing my old flower girl dress! My ten year old is totally into her Hogwarts cape! Lots of fun 🙂

  614. Jennifer

    My girls love any sort of dress or accessory that makes them look “back in the day” (which means Laura Ingalls Wilder’s time). 🙂

  615. Caroline

    My daughter usually wears three tutus at a time, my mom’s old garden hat, and some Mardi Gras beads — inside and outside the house. Thanks. What a nice giveaway.

  616. Kara

    We have a few of the basic silks and my kids go to them most often for dress up! Capes, skirts, dresses and baby carriers… Thanks!

  617. Johanna

    We don’t have clothes specifically for dress up but my kids like to wear hats. I would love some dress up clothes!

  618. Katie Barrett

    With 6 kids we go through A LOT of dress up items.. recently though we were given a basket full of socks turned into animal legs from the local theatre and my kids have played NON stop with them since! :O)

  622. Addie

    My girls (5 and 7), most use their princess dresses and play silks for dress up. The silks (which are very worn and full of holes) can be veils, capes, belts, anything.

  624. aimee c.

    he’s definitely into his doctor costume that he wore for career day. he wants to wear it all the time!

  625. Rose

    By far the most used items in our dress up bin are the wooden swords. My son loves vests and tunics, as well as belts with pouches. My daughter loves (what she calls) fluffy dresses!
    Rose’s latest post: Halloween

  631. Christina V.

    My daughter loves play jewelry, purses and princess crowns. My son loves masks and warrior-type toys when he dresses up.

  635. Ellen

    My five year olds favorite play item is a magic wand drum stick. My 18month olds favorite play item are hats and scars.

  638. Lauren Kurzman

    My 8 year old son likes to dress himself and his 19 month old sister up in his silks. Most could be replaced after 7 hard years of play! But they are super precious to my son and we love to hold dance parties with butterfly wings, silks, capes and streamers.

  640. Karen

    My five-year-old wraps his baby quilt around himself and wears a green crown he made. He carries his “magic wand” and calls himself Queen of the Fairies. (He swears that boys are queens, despite my husbands attempts to convince him he should be king of the fairies.)

  643. Amy

    Our sons wear superhero capes that their grandma made for them one Christmas. I think they play in them everyday!

  645. Erica

    My girls love anything that sparkles or twirls. Princess is still their favorite….it’s time for them to branch out a little!

  647. Tracy

    Right now, my boys are into hats. And noses. The oldest is really into spies and disguises right now.

  650. Ari

    my three love trading their old halloween costumes and adding blankets or scarves for extra “hair” or “capes.”

  652. Monica

    my daughter believes any dress/skirt morphs her into a princess…..and decides on it’s worthiness based on it’s spinability!

  659. Carla Reed

    My 2 year old loves his safari hat and mom’s vintage polaroid. He likes to go on “adven-sures”. = )

  661. Kristin

    Oh, we would LOVE this!! My kids definitely use their two silks we have every day. They also use anything they can find to create costumes: gloves as diving flippers, sticks, string, adult clothing, etc

  664. Whitney

    My daughter currently uses dresses and old Halloween costumes for dress up. I know she would love some more dress up outfits!

  665. nopinkhere

    My 2yo girl is all about her necklaces and other people’s shoes. My 5yo boy likes being a spy or explorer.

  672. Amy Adams

    My daughter is almost 3 and uses her playsilks and wands the most. She always wants me to tie the silks around her as a cape or as a baby carrier!

  678. Diane Williams

    My son uses his plastic crown and wooden sword for being a knight – he uses his big brother’s leftover cap and a blue shirt and pants to be in the Air Force.

  681. Sara Suastez

    Lately Ellie mostly has been playing pregnant mommy. I know it’s not actually dress up clothes, but she has been wearing her yoga pants and pulling up the band over her belly saying she is pregnant like mommy. Pretty adorable!

  684. Amber Hollister

    My daughter loves to use my scarves and small blankets to create new dress up outfits. She loves to design them more than anything else!

  688. Joy Clifton

    My daughter loves wearing her tutu, mittens, winter hat, boots, and a backpack filled with lots of treasures.

  699. Becca

    My daughters have a few princess and animal outfits, and I’m discovering that my son (age 2) is ready to get into dress-up play too. He recently has been transforming kitchen towels–and even short-handled handbags into “superman capes”. Time to get him some dressups of his own!

  702. Ashley H.

    My 4 year old daughter is a princess every day and my 2 year old son is Superman every day, complete with boots and cape and sword. Their dress up clothes are almost in tatters from use.
    Ashley H.’s latest post: Three A.M.

  704. Casey

    My little lady loves tutus and my 5 year old son is obsessed with wizards and wears his bathrobe all day long!

  705. Allison

    My oldest DD likes to play with make-up and do her nails to be *fancy* and my DS likes to play knights and battle with armor and swords and capes. He also likes to play ninjas, he’s a versatile little man : )

  708. Amanda

    My 2 year old daughter hasn’t really been introduced to dress up play, but I think these silks would be a great chance to start!

  712. Hanna DeMaster

    My kiddos is currently dressing up most in his knight costume, slaying the dragon (a balloon hanging from the ceiling) that hangs out in our living room.

  715. Jamie R.

    My son uses various superhero costumes we get from the local thrift store. Thanks for the chance to win.

  717. Terri F

    My sons’ love to play with a super hero cape that they have as well as some “knight wear” that they have. I love to watch them!

  719. Carrie

    Our daughter most often using her Sarah’s Silk play silk in her dress up and imaginative play (no, really!). It’s a second actually that we bought at a local shop… one of the perks of living adjacent to the town that Sarah’s Silks is based in.
    Carrie’s latest post: Pinned: Hanukkah Craft Inspiration

  720. Rebecca M

    We bought a cute dress up dress for her that looks very “Narnian”. She uses any excuse to play Narnia!

  721. mimi

    my daughter’s favorite dress up is her “dragging dress” after becoming obsessed with wedding gowns.
    my son uses his sidekick, his stuffed dog, to be whatever duo is perfect for the moment.

  722. Amy

    My 5 year old dresses up most often as, surprise, a knight! My 3 year old dresses up most often as, surprise number 2, a princess! My one year old dresses up most often in his bib as he is teething, and thus drooling, like crazy : )

  723. Tricia M.

    We have a dress up bin filled with all sorts of things…from former karate uniforms to old halloween costumes. Good times!

  724. Kate Tucker

    Beautiful. My children love anything twirly. Tutus, long sashes, wands. The favorite by far is a hand me down from a cousin, from a cousin, from a friend. Going on child number five and still playing strong!

  728. Theresa J

    Right now most dress stuff are hand me downs from the cousins. But scrap fabric has been used in the past.

  730. Laura

    My boys love to dress up as firefighters. They’re 3 and 2 and have matching plastic hats and rainboots that they’ll run around in all day. Also, from my days working at a store which featured cowboy hats, they have straw cowboys hats that they believe protects them from rain. Occasionally the little stinkers will sneak into my closet and “try on” my shoes, but since walking in them proves difficult, they quickly retreat to outfits more their size.

  734. Genesis

    My daughter uses her “VBS Clothes” which is a term she made up to describe summer clothing, preferably with stains. Even though it is December she insists on wearing VBS clothes most days, three-year-olds are a funny bunch.

  735. Lita

    we don’t have ‘dress up’ clothes yet, but she’s always putting her little brothers clothes and daddy’s socks!

  736. Danielle J

    My two kids use fabric strips, old halloween costumes and costume jewellery for dressup. I love seeing what they can come up with!

  739. kelley

    my kids use their blankies and tie them as capes, skirts, forts, you name it…the versatile blankie 🙂

  740. Jan

    My son uses his daddy’s hats and boots and his sister’s feather boa – who knows what he thinks he is. Both my kids like to use their halloween outfits (fairy and astronaut) interchangeably. Like simple home school and sarah’s silks on FB.

  741. Jennifer

    My kids both have a few capes they use. My daughter likes to run and jump and pretend she is flying like a bird. My son is usually a bad guy or a wizard.

  745. Bren

    I recently fashioned a cape out of one of my old t-shirts … My 4-year old would LOVE a “real” cape from Sarah’s Silks! 🙂

  749. Jamie

    They use any number of costumes in their costume chest, as well as lightsabers, masks made out of duct-tape, and various accents – but mostly their incredible imaginations!
    Jamie’s latest post: BirthdayS

  750. Michelle

    My daughter love to carry around an old purse of mine and pretend she is going to the store. Pretty hilarious!

  754. Katherine

    My son equally uses an actual cape his grandparents bought him, and an assortment of blankets and bandanas.

  755. Mandi

    I have four little ones who all love to dress up and play. Here’s their favorites right now:
    Seven year-old: cape and Mario hat
    Four year-old: tutus
    Three year-old twins: capes and any hats they can find

  757. Kelly

    My boys love their “swords” (any stick or cardboard tube will do!) and they often have some sort of hat on too!

  758. Omaira

    My 2 – almost 3 – year old son loves to play the friendly firefighter where he comes knocking and introducting himself while wearing his gloves and helmet. He also likes to row his boat wearing his boat hat, and his police uniform. My husband is in the navy, so recently he has enjoyed putting on his boots and my husband’s cover and pretending to go to his ship. 🙂

  764. amanda

    my daughter’s fav dress up items are large old scarves of mine that she makes forts out of, and princess dresses

  769. Kristi F

    My 2 year old uses an old floppy hat, sunglasses and an old scarf of my grandmother’s. He makes quite a picture! He would love these costumes and playsilks!

  777. Jennifer H.

    Our kids use anything to dress up — it’s high on their list of fun things to do lately, and we don’t have any dedicated dress-up clothes, so this would be an awesome gift. Thanks for the giveaway!

  778. Kimberly

    My daughter most often is a butterfly fairy and my son dresses up as Robin Hood daily. He even calls himself Robin Hood. 🙂

  779. Maria

    I have two small granddaughters with the most vivid imaginations.
    I know who they got that from- their moms! dressing up in tutus and halloween costumes makes their day!

  780. Chelsea Whitby

    My little boy loves all things hats! Especially his fireman and construction hats but he’s expanding his dress up interests everyday.

  782. Knocked Up and Nursing

    My daughter has this wedding dress that she has played with just about everyday for 2 years. She’s just about to outgrow it and this would be so nice to get her some new dress up clothes.

  787. Jennifer C.

    We use a $1 bride dress I bought at a yard sale! My son also likes to use a pair of his sister’s pants we cut up to make “pirate pants.”

  789. Heidi

    Our dress-up bin is mostly filled with costumes my grandmother purchased 2 or 3 years ago at an after-Halloween sale. They are definitely showing wear…I’d love to replace them for Christmas!

  791. katherine

    My daughters enjoy playing Mama and Baby, stuffing animals under their tops for fake pregnancy bellies. It’s pretty cute to us since we welcomed a new baby this summer…curely our neighbors wonder about our crazy ideas.:)

  794. Melissa

    Our most beloved dress up item is a tiger costume that is at least 2-3 sizes too small for any of my kids…but how they love it so!

  796. Deja

    My daughter currently likes to put on my shoes and hats and hooded towels (loves an elephant towel). I bet she would love this!

  797. Mandie W

    We have bins of costumes I’ve purchased over the years following Halloween (can’t beat $2 a costume!). My oldest is always wearing her dragon costume even though it is a bit on the small side. My middle loves to wear the french poodle, but my two year old is still into the blanket tied around his neck as a cape. = )

  800. Patricia Walsh

    I first met Sarah Lee at a Waldorf conference in Sacramento and fell in love with her wares and even sold some alone with my Barefoot Books at area schools and conferences. My three little granddaughters and their friends play with Sarah’s silks every day, we have a trunk full of wonderful items for pretend play, someone always has a princess dress and crown on and a silk tied somewhere, they are all wonderful!

  803. Tina M.

    My munchkins use old scarves that belonged to their great grandmother. They use them to transform themselves into ninjas, pirates, fairy princesses, little old ladies, and ballerinas. They also use her old, heavy costume jewelry as treasure and “finery.”

  808. Angie

    Right now my daughter is INSANE about princesses, and she has several princess dresses that get worn EVERYDAY. She goes through at least FOUR princess outfits a day. She’s 4 and pretend play makes up 80% of her day!

  810. danielle

    My daughter loves using old scarves, big pieces of fabric, lady bug wings, etc for dress up play.

  812. Kendra

    My son most often dresses up in his alligator costume…and boy is he fierce!
    Thanks for the chance to win~

  813. Kara

    Playsilks are used constantly at our house. They are skirts, capes, doll slings or anything else that is needed for the game of the day.

  814. Sydney

    I actually don’t have a child, but I have a 6 year old cousin who I would use this for. He LOVES {and I mean loves} costumes! His favorite right now is his Iron Man costume from Halloween.

  815. Rachael Davis

    My daughter loves anything remotely frilly. It immediately gets the label “princess dress” and I love that I have less laundry! 🙂

  817. Amanda B.

    My 4 year old daughter plays princesses and my 5 year old son is the knight! My 1 year old usually ends up with a sword and a firefighters hat!

  828. lindsay

    my kiddos frequently dress up in secondhand costumes donated by friends. our favorite are currently a dragon and lion costume. love the idea of versatile play silks!

  832. Mara

    My boys will take anything stick-like and call it a “light saber” (although they’ve never seen Star Wars, we have children’s books) or a sword. They love to pretend to be firemen and put out fires too.

  834. Jeannie

    My 7 year old is always dressing as a princess with a tiara, 4 year old wants to dress as a fireman or knight constantly, the 3 year old takes whatever costumes/hats are around. 🙂

  840. Lizz

    I would love to win this! My son is so much into pretend play and really anything and everything in his environment is fair game. He loves to pretend he is daddy or pretend to drive us somewhere, usually to the store. Hours of fun!

  841. Jaclyn Ley

    My son uses his imagination. It’s amazing how the simplest things become tools, food dishes, or anything else. He loves to wear his dinosaur hats too!

  843. Loretta S.

    Ha – my boys most often use a tupperware container for a hat when they ‘dress up’. Perhaps I need to provide them with some more dress up clothes, non?

  849. sheila

    Right now, my daughter and 7 1/2 year old use a real amalgamation of things to create their own “costumes” for play…so silks would definately be perfect for how they are playing dress up right now. We also have a baby who wouldn’t necessarily dress up but would play with some silk!

  854. Lora

    My son pretends that his jacket is his fireman’s coat when he fights the hundreds of fires we have each day. 🙂

  857. Sherry

    My god children will actually use paper to construct their own costumes and put a play on for us! It’s great fun!

  858. Stephanie Abell

    My son Anthony dresses up like Harry Potter and uses a magic wand to fight the bad guys. 🙂

  862. Jen

    My 4 year old daughter is currently into all things princess. My 2 year old son is wanting to be something besides a prince:)

  866. Christina D.

    My son, Van, loves glasses and sunglasses of all sorts.
    It’s magical the things he transforms himself into when he is wearing them.

  869. Sandra

    My 5 year old loves wearing a ‘zorro’ mask we made by cutting out eye holes from an old spa-type eye mask !

  870. marta suarez

    Her froofroo skirt and play jewelry with a silk cape and pretend swords and a headband on her forehead. She is a fun child!

  874. brooke wagen

    my daughter uses shoes. to the exclusion of all other dress up clothes… this win would help change her habits.

  876. erin day

    Right now her favorite thing is her homemade (by me!) felt crown and her one playsilk as a cape. This giveaway is so far up my alley… it almost made me cry! 🙂
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  879. Tina Savasuk

    My son loves his SWAT outfit and my daughter loves anything dressy (princess, fairies, etc…) I would love to win, thanks for the opportunity.
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  880. Amber

    My daughter has always loved her Sarah’s Silks fairy/petal skirt she got when she was 3yrs old & can still wear at age eight, yet it is very short. Perhaps, I can win her a new one the next size up!

    As for the boy, my son’s current favorite bit of dress up is his sister’s silk crown – pink & purple with silver gems – as it is good to be a king!

  881. Brittney

    My little girl loves her dresses, but she wears hats the most. Even if she isn’t all out dressing up, she feels like a different character when wearing any type of hat, and he is passing this love on to her brother!

  882. Kara D.

    My sons are into anything with swords and (nerf) guns right now. Soldiers, Jedi knights, ninjas, etc. Sigh – I miss the pretty princess days of my (older) daughter.

  884. Amanda Anderson

    Our current favorite is a set of velvet cloaks that the (ahem) elves made for the kids last year. They were simple to stitch up (stretch velvet, no hemming!) and have gotten a ton of play!

    I’d love to use the gift certificate to replace our big rainbow silk banner–after eight years of hard use it actually wore out!

  888. Paula

    The dress-up box is one of the most used play items in our house. Old ballet costumes, twirly skirts, capes, and fairy wands are the typical wardrobe of my 2 girls : )

  889. Hannah W

    My boys use everything in sight to be super heroes! their latest costume idea is using just the arms of their footie pajamas and letting the rest of the pajama be the cape 🙂

  891. northernfairie

    The silks we currently have which my children have used so much that most of them have rips and holes. They are pleading for new ones! It sure speaks to how much they use them in their daily play.

  901. Lacey

    For dress up, my daughter’s most favorite toy is a black eyeliner pencil she uses to draw moustaches, scars, wizarding scars and pirate patches.

  904. Jennifer

    My oldest daughter just turned 2 and is only now becoming interested in dress-up. She likes to walk around the house in a plastic fireman hat and a doll diaper bag she calls her purse.

  905. Jenn F

    My son hasn’t moved into dress up just yet, but these would be an excellent way to get his imagination going!

  906. Aileen

    Dress up is the favorite activity in this house from my 8 year old to my 1 year old. They request costumes for gifts at Christmas and birthdays. Their favorites are actually the costumes that they just make up by mixing different costumes.

  907. Megan

    not much…just his spider man Halloween costume. So this would be great for my little 3 year old superhero!