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Hunold Heritage Center decorated for the holidays
By Mary Sue Chatfield/For MVM News Network
MONTROSE - During the holiday season, a renewed interest seems to be placed on doing things together as a family.
In simpler times, many of these activities seemed to take place in the kitchen. Tree decorations, including paper chains and strings of popcorn and cranberries, were made with the family gathered around the table.
Homemade gifts for the school exchange were often crafted together, while gifts for family members were usually made in secret, sometimes with the help of a parent.
A large part of the preparations centered around the baking of cookies. Mother's little helpers often enjoyed using their own child size baking pans and utensils.
A portion of the cookie dough was shared with the child, who then rolled the dough with a small rolling pin, cut it with a miniature sized cookie cutter and carefully placed it on the little cookie sheet, which was then placed in the oven along side the bigger one.
Then came the excitement of waiting for the cookies to bake, enjoying the aroma coming from the oven and planning how to decorate the cookies once they had cooled.
A visit to the Hunold Heritage Center offers an opportunity to travel back to this simpler time through viewing the collection of child-sized utensils, some of which are displayed in an antique child's cupboard.
In addition to cookie making utensils, visitors will see little dish drainers, strainers, spatulas, silverware, muffin tins, angel food cake pans, potato mashers, kettles, pie pans, egg beaters and a variety of other things.
Also included in the display are mother's aprons, crocheted pot holders, table cloths, cookie jars and cookie cutters.
After enjoying the display, guests are encouraged to spend time shopping the selection of Christmas gifts. Available are music CDs, including the just released “Songs of Faith” and a limited number of last year's “Christmas At The Riverfront.”
Other items include handmade wood items, local photos and note cards, goats milk soap, Montrose T-shirts, Montrose Hotel towels, Pride of Montrose ball caps, posters, Christmas decorations and reproduced berry crate labels and early advertising signs.
The center is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
In simpler times, many of these activities seemed to take place in the kitchen. Tree decorations, including paper chains and strings of popcorn and cranberries, were made with the family gathered around the table.
Homemade gifts for the school exchange were often crafted together, while gifts for family members were usually made in secret, sometimes with the help of a parent.
A large part of the preparations centered around the baking of cookies. Mother's little helpers often enjoyed using their own child size baking pans and utensils.
A portion of the cookie dough was shared with the child, who then rolled the dough with a small rolling pin, cut it with a miniature sized cookie cutter and carefully placed it on the little cookie sheet, which was then placed in the oven along side the bigger one.
Then came the excitement of waiting for the cookies to bake, enjoying the aroma coming from the oven and planning how to decorate the cookies once they had cooled.
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In addition to cookie making utensils, visitors will see little dish drainers, strainers, spatulas, silverware, muffin tins, angel food cake pans, potato mashers, kettles, pie pans, egg beaters and a variety of other things.
Also included in the display are mother's aprons, crocheted pot holders, table cloths, cookie jars and cookie cutters.
After enjoying the display, guests are encouraged to spend time shopping the selection of Christmas gifts. Available are music CDs, including the just released “Songs of Faith” and a limited number of last year's “Christmas At The Riverfront.”
Other items include handmade wood items, local photos and note cards, goats milk soap, Montrose T-shirts, Montrose Hotel towels, Pride of Montrose ball caps, posters, Christmas decorations and reproduced berry crate labels and early advertising signs.
The center is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
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