Children’s art workshop

Name: Children’s art workshop
Start: 2026-03-07T11:00:00+01:00
Location: Slovene Ethnographic Museum SilverStripe\View\ArrayData

Event as part of LUV Fest

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A group of children stands by the water in a winter setting, observing small models of houses and churches floating on the water.

Small wodden house as a botat on the river onSt Gregory Day.

7 Mar 2026 at 11:00

Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana

According to the old calendar, spring began on March 12, St. Gregory’s Day. On the eve of this day, especially in craft towns, there was a custom of “throwing the light into the water,” which meant that craftsmen stopped working by artificial light, as the days were becoming longer. They made paper boats, houses, and little churches with candles and set them afloat on the water.

At the creative workshop, you will make small houses (gregorčki) from biodegradable materials. On March 11, the eve of St. Gregory’s Day, you will be able to set them afloat on the Gradaščica River and thus celebrate the beginning of spring.