Workshops for Children and Youth

Visitors have the opportunity to learn about the traditional wax-resist technique of decorating Easter eggs—a craft passed down through generations. This technique involves applying melted wax to the surface of the egg using a special tool; the egg is then dyed, and the wax is removed to reveal intricate ornaments and symbolic patterns.

During the workshops, visitors can try this process themselves, learn about the meanings of the motifs, and create their own decorated eggs, thereby connecting with a rich tradition and intangible cultural heritage.

As society evolves, some traditional crafts and professions naturally fade away. By raising awareness about reducing the amount of wool waste, we open up multiple opportunities to apply felting techniques in modern life.

Through felting workshops at the Ethnographic Museum, we aim to contribute to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage and to showcase contemporary uses of items created using this technique. Just as traditional skills were passed down from generation to generation, today they continue to adapt through new environments and interactions.

It’s essential to keep renewing our heritage through time, enriching it with new interpretations and creations, thus maintaining a sense of continuity and identity.

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Children receive a worksheet with photos of museum exhibits and descriptions explaining their names and uses. The task is to match the image with the explanation and then find the actual object in the exhibition. Through play and searching for hidden items, they discover how their ancestors lived — what kind of homes they had, which holidays they celebrated, and what objects like testija, buklija, vile, and vrška were used for. In the second part of the workshop, they visit the new exhibition “Memory” where, with the help of an audio guide and headphones, they learn what Ethnographic Museum curators have discovered during fieldwork across Serbia over the last hundred years.

Using a stylus and wax, children and parents draw patterns on eggs inspired by Easter egg motifs from the museum’s collection. The eggs are dyed with natural colors — onion peel and madder root. These workshops are intended for parents and children.

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By placing images of household items once used in rural homes on a floor plan of a mountain house interior, children learn how people used to live in the countryside. They then embark on an adventure to find those items in the exhibition.

In the section of the exhibition dedicated to folk costumes, children search for ornaments on aprons, then use them as inspiration to create their own designs using collage techniques — combining halves and quarters of colorful paper.

Through play, they also learn about fractions by counting how many halves and quarters their art piece includes.