R's rue

We were walking in downtown San Luis Obispo when I came across the window display  in one of the shops.   Wow what cute cardinals they are and to me they look like paper mache.    If I was the least bit crafty I would love to try making birds like these.  We had snow this morning but it didn't stick - big white flakes, not like the little popcorn type snow we get here sometimes.   Snow won't be getting down to our town until Christmas day - only a few inches are predicted.  (Photos of paper mache cardinals  below my sketch:)  I also love the berries on the branches, they look so real.