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30 OUR LIFE • November 2023 Sunflower mural photo оpportunity. Continues on page 38 In July of this year, we were asked by the Sarah Hull Hal - lock Free Library of Milton, NY, to organize a Ukrainian Family-Fun Workshop. This beautiful community library is a vital part of the village and has ongoing events for children and adults as well, so they already had an in - terested audience lined up for the event. They also have a lovely community room where we could set up our activity stations and related displays, and even a small kitchenette from which we could later serve refresh - ments. We set up a small display about Ukraine and surround - ed it with several types of Ukrainian art forms, like dolls in traditional dress, a pysanka jar, embroidered items, and examples of Hutsul woodworking. We also set up individual stations for various activities. The first was to learn about our Cyrillic alphabet by showing the children how to write their names in it. We created a special Honorary Ukrainian form on which the youngsters could write their name. Next, we explained how pysanky are created and their historic meaning. Because we could not use wax and can - dles in the library, we provided egg-shaped wooden disks and markers for the children to create their own designs. They also had the option of copying traditional designs from our display. Once they completed their pysanka, we attached a magnet to the back so that they could display it on their fridge at home. The third activity involved learning about traditional Ukrainian embroidered garments (which we also wore) and how they were created long before printed pat - terns were made. Using bookmarks featuring patterns from some of our branch’s extensive embroidery collec - tion, we taught the youngsters how to cross-stitch using brightly colored yarn. We also provided pysanka and embroidery coloring pages for all to color or take home, and we handed out gift bags with the Ukrainian flag on them for each child to take their completed projects home in. A sunflower mural created an interesting photo оpportunity for our guests. But the hit of the event was the storytelling. We de - cided to read The Turnip to the youngsters and coaxed members of the audience to act out the story’s charac - ters in costume! Dressing each character in costume in front of everyone brought smiles, pleasing comments, and laughter, which only increased with the acting-out of the story.
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