DOING MY WORLD WAR II PROJECT. I have to build a 3-D model on Night of Broken Glass. It wouldn't have taken that long, but my mom and I made the windows of the cardboard buildings out of sugar so that they would dry clear and look like glass, but we messed up like twice. We had two buildings done, then my mom said that I could do the last one by myself. The first attempt, I was watching baseball and wasn't paying attention, and it turned into caramel. It still dried clear, but it was BROWN! (I crushed up the result and put it on ice cream later, and it was very tasty!) Then the second attempt, I forgot to at corn syrup, and the whole thing crystallized into this big solid white glob that looked a bit like a sponge. We threw that one away. Then, the third time, my mom did it and it turned out perfectly! I guess I just need a little more experience with sugar...
I spent 8 HOURS of my weekend working on it. I AM STILL NOT DONE!!! I have sacrificed one tri-fold poster board, three shoe boxes, a bunch of paper, 5 1/4 cups of sugar, 1 3/4 cups water, a bunch of black paint, some red paint, some toothpicks, some skewers, and some orange, red, and yellow crepe paper. I'll include some pictures when it is completely finished.
