I finally caught up enough on housework and big projects that I had time to do more creative things.
Family dropped off some cedar branches over the weekend, and I experimented and made a few wreaths out of them.
Then one of the wreaths seemed like it needed a little bird, so I experimented with papier mache and made three. One has a little cedar stick in its neck to connect a head and a body of wadded paper (with papier mache over all), and the other two are more two-dimensional, built up around pieces of cardboard.
The paper I used was notebook paper from the school supplies, which just falls apart when it gets wet, so it wasn't the easiest material to work with. For glue, I just whisked some flour and water together.
Another recent experiment was putting sliced apples and brown sugar (or white sugar plus molasses; same thing, nowadays) in aluminum foil and baking them in the oven. The juice from the apples steams the apples and combines with the sugar to make a sort of apple syrup. The result was only a moderate success, though; it came across to the family as a poor attempt at making applesauce. The apple juice -> apple syrup angle is worth pursuing in the future, though. That part of it was delicious.
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