Vanilla-Scented Souvenir – Ram in Vyshyvanka

An ethnic-style toy created by Ternopil craftsmen.

Sewn from natural fabrics, filled with cleaned buckwheat husks, the fabric is covered with a solution of coffee, vanilla, and cinnamon on top, the aroma of the toy lasts for about six months. The lamb, decorated with hand-painted paintings, is made with acrylic paints.

Our toy has a pleasant spicy aroma and a cheerful disposition. Ukrainians used to believe that a lamb brings wealth. At important, fateful moments in life (for example, at a wedding), people would sit on a shaggy sheepskin so that they would always have abundance and everything would be successful. Sheep are depicted on Easter eggs – the “sheep horns” pattern, similar to the image of growing shoots-leaves, symbolizes fertility and abundance.