Valentine's Day comes early to Mattapoisett
Feb 6, 2013
This Victorian-style Valentine's Day card from the Mattaposiett Historical Society's collection is dated around the 1920s. COURTESY MATTAPOISETT HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Three-year-old Harper Warren got busy gluing a heart-shaped doily to her Valentine. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
Chloe Guttenberger, 5, decided to make a card for her dog. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
Mattapoisett Historical Museum Curator Elizabeth Hutchinson read Valentine's stories to kids before craft time. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
Hutchinson brought several Valentines from the museum's collection. This card is probably from the 1940s. COURTESY MATTAPOISETT HISTORICAL MUSEUM
This jazzy card is probably from the turn of the century, said Hutchinson. COURTESY MATTAPOISETT HISTORICAL MUSEUM
The Mattapoisett Historical Museum and the Mattapoisett Library teamed up to get kids crafting for Valentine’s Day on Tuesday.
Before the crafts began, Elizabeth Hutchinson, the museum’s curator, read several Valentine’s stories with kids. Hutchinson then showed the kids Valentine’s cards from the early 1900s that are part of the museum’s collection.
Armed with historic and literary inspiration, the children got busy with glitter, heart-shaped stickers, and construction paper.
Chloe Guttenberger, 5, said she would give her card to the family’s dog.
“We’ve been replaced,” joked her mother Angela.
