Crafts in Prienai

Programmes by a family workshop for schools and groups: pouring aromatic soy wax candles from natural materials, tricolour candles and the h…

Participants learn about minerals, their origin, properties and care and make a bracelet from stones of their choice. Groups of 15–25, from…

Participants learn the history and making of decorative soap and make several colourful scented soaps with natural plants. Groups of 15–25,…

A programme on the old paper craft of Prienai: rags are sorted and torn and participants scoop paper themselves.

Children collect, sort and cut rags and make rag bags with a lucky button inside.

An Easter programme: children tie and decorate rag bags and roll eggs, and Velykė greets them with tea and treats.

A visit to the spoon carvers at the Traditional Crafts Centre: the spoons of folk artist Algimantas Sakalauskas, the carving workshop and a…

A programme on the smallest paper format and pigeon post; participants make a tiny postcard.

A programme on Easter egg patterns and symbols; participants decorate eggs in old, ecological ways.

A programme on Shrovetide customs and the carnival; participants make a mask.

A programme on Christmas Eve and Christmas customs; participants make an ornament for their own tree.

A programme on the history of paper and the watermarks of the old Prienai paper mill; participants try to make their own. Adapted for people…