Valentine crafts for kids may have started in the Tower of London when Charles, Duke of Orleans sent the first valentine to his wife while imprisoned in the tower
To Jolly old England, to Londontown, where the first valentine crafts for kids card was sent to somebody's sweetheart. Wanna go? Grab you coat and mittens, Mimi, it can be cold and foggy and rainy in London. We'll be back before dinnertime. I know you'll make sure of that, laughed Mimi! Here we are in London already, McAveler. Hey look, there's the Tower of Big Ben! Just look at how busy it is here! Those big double decker busses go fast and everyone drives on the wrong side of the road! Look out! Wow! Be sure to look where you are walking, Mimi, said McAveler, it's very dangerous getting used to the cars coming from a different direction.
I have no clue, Mimi, replied McAveler, but Let's ask this young lady. Excuse us miss, but can you tell us a little about the history of Why yes! Medieval people thought February 14 was the date on which the birds started to mate. From the famous poet Geoffrey Chaucer, we learn that February 14 was known as Seynt Volantynys or Saint Valentines Day:
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his mate." It seems that the first valentine on record was sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Children, all English school children know about Geoffrey Chaucer and Valentines crafts for kids. Are you not from around here? Your accents are a bit peculiar.
We better be off now. Toodle oooh! Boy, she was very nice but was she ever a walking history book or what and she didn't seem to know much about Valentines crafts for kids. McAveler, do you know when valentines first were used in the United States, asked Mimi? I have no idea, Mimi, but it must have been a long time ago, replied McAveler. I can't believe you just said all that in one breath! Here is what McAveler didn't know: In the 1840s a Massachusetts woman called Esther Howland came up with the idea of mass-producing Valentine's Day cards. Now, about a billion are sent yearly, mostly by women. Mimi, I'm starving. Let's get something really English for lunch. There's a chippy across the street where they sell fish and chips. McAveler, what is English Summer Pudding? Would they sell it in the chippy? I've always wanted to try some. While we're here, we just have to learn to make Summer Pudding! Can we? Please, pretty please! We better get back home soon, Mimi, said McAveler looking at his wristwatch. Chico will be missing us. OK, but first just look in this window at those little children learning to make valentine crafts for kids, said Mimi excitedly! What is that boy making, a greeting card using soap bubbles? This girl is about to make a Valentines crafts heart basket. And those two are about to make simple handmade Valentines Day cards.
Let's watch for a minute before we leave so we can show our little niece and nephew how to do it.
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McAveler, Valentines Day will be here before we know it. Where can we go to learn about Valentine crafts for kids?
So When did Valentines Day start, queried Mimi?
"for this was on seynt Volantynys (Saint Valentine's day) 
We're just visiting today, spoke up Mimi, very politely. Thank you so very much for the information. 
And look, McAveler, those two over there are going to
