SO MANY UPDATES THIS LITTLE ONE IS PLEASED!!!
I think she'll find someone to make a sculpture/artwork from it. That's my random guess. To make something worth more than its intrinsic value (in this case, the wood itself isn't worth much) from the supply side, you gotta make it perceptually worth more from the buyer end - and to make beautiful art from it could be one way. The hard part is finding someone whose craftsmanship is enough to wow a buyer, and she probably doesn't have the connections to get an artist with a huge reputation as she is right now. Maybe the person she's looking for is famous in the future, but as of now she'll need to come up with something more crafty (hehe) to sell it for a larger value.
Also interested in seeing how the other cousins do this assignment, especially the dumb brat who will probably cheat lul
Thank you for the updates! And super speedy ones at that