Our home witch kitchen

Tuesday, 20. jul 2021

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The entire-family art exhibition "Our home witch kitchen" stemmed from the wish to create something on our own, to inspire the children and to find common activities with the children.

Since my younger daughter is a child with special needs - an autist - then I decided to find ways to bring vigor and colours into her life. I wanted her to feel useful and that she would know that there is so much she can do to guide her emotions and guide her life. As I couldn't take her to the regular hobby groups, I made up my mind that I myself will find common activities with her. That's how we began to engage in painting at home, also making ceramic pottery, to cook, to make jewellery, and we even founded our own cosmetics brand. "Elisheva & Shoshana" got its name after my daughters Estella Elisheva (15) and Ivanka Shoshana (13).

In a short while the common activities of me and Ivanka started to interest my elder daughter and so the three of us built a tradition of making craft and creating art. We also started to grow and gather herbs together, in order to make pure, high-quality and full of power Estonian products. We learn together, grow together, divide the tasks and I am glad that children will see each step of the product development. From growing and finding the raw material all the way down to marketing. Together we make handicraft cosmetics (bathing salts, soaps, ointments, etc), we have a small baking chamber at home, we gather herbs for a winter-time tea drinking as well as for preparing ointments. The more we do, the more we learn and feel good about the activities. The purpose of our common project is to cooperate and feel good about it - this is the main goal!

But why the home witch kitchen?
This heading was chosen because it was astonishing even to ourselves how many exciting activities one can accomplish in their home kitchen. It is downright magic! And as always, one good idea leads to another and so the idea to create a children's book "His Highness Mouse the First" came into being - the first chapter of the book that will be available for sale from the year 2022 is already there for the fairy-tale loving guests of the exhibition in ERM in audio version and for reading. The book will teach children financial skills and the attitude that you need not be afraid of great plans - when you dream - dream big, and when you act - act boldly!

I hope that this exhibition will also inspire you to attain your dreams and to launch joint projects together with your children!

With love,
Helena-Reet Ennet
Curator of the exhibition

See also:
ElishevaShoshana.com