School 5, Monastyryshche, Cherkasy Region
Ukrainian toys, like the life of our nation, are deeply rooted. Loving hands of mothers and grandmothers have always worked for their children to make toys from old cloth, plants, vegetables or dough. Dolls were made of corn cobs, a cart or swirled small vitryachok (windmill) were made of wood, a cow could be made from a small pumpkin. Among the clay toys were pots, plates bird-shaped whistles. Those toys were simple, but they kept the land forces and the sun, the warmth of the hands of the relatives. They offered the children a lot of true joy.
Motanka
As you can see there are many kinds of folk toys in Ukraine. But we think that our doll Motanka can be the symbol of our country because you can find it in every region of Ukraine. It is very popular nowadays. There is even EthnoDoll festival in Lviv every year.
Motanka is a Ukrainian people’s symbol of women’s wisdom and family bounds. We visited our local doll maker and she showed us her dolls. You can see the photos below. We have learnt that
We met our local doll maker and then we made Motankas at school. Visit our Gallery.
We presented our hand-made dolls to the small children of our boarding school and to our local museum.
Motanka is a Ukrainian people’s symbol of women’s wisdom and family bounds. We visited our local doll maker and she showed us her dolls. You can see the photos below. We have learnt that
- Motanka is made by winding only
- you musn't use needles to make Motanka!
- it is either faceless or there is a cross in the place of the face.
We met our local doll maker and then we made Motankas at school. Visit our Gallery.
We presented our hand-made dolls to the small children of our boarding school and to our local museum.
You can learn about our local doll maker Kateryna Volkova on the special website which we made for CyberFair 2013 http://349075218806039826.weebly.com/index.html
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