This Frog-Shaped Watermelon Fruit Bowl is so much fun and perfect for summer cookouts, or summer parties. Kids will love scooping fruit out of the frog’s watermelon mouth. Easy to make and always a hit with everyone.
Frog Watermelon Fruit Bowl
I love this frog fruit bowl. It’s perfect for summer parties, BBQs, and fairy parties. I think I came up with a way to make it super simple to make. You’ll have a cute frog fruit bowl in no time at all.
Here’s What I Love About this Recipe
- It’s so much fun and great for summer parties
- Easy to make
- It’s a fun and healthy snack
- Great for BBQs
FAQs
Make-Ahead and Storage:
Can I Make a Watermelon Fruit Bowl Ahead of Time?
You can certainly prepare the fruit bowl several hours in advance, but do not add fruit to it. Cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to add fruit to it.
Making this Fruit Bowl in Advance: Do not mix cut-up fruit together until shortly before your party. Some fruits will start to get soggy when combined with the sugar or juice from other fruits. Watermelon does not stay crisp overnight. Strawberries soften too much when combined with juice for too long. So, carve your fruit bowl the morning of your party and store it covered in the refrigerator. Shortly before your party – about 30-45 minutes, prepare a bowl of cut-up fruit. Scoop the fruit into the fruit bowl and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve
Storing Fruit: Fresh fruit is highly perishable and even more so when sliced up. Store fruit covered in a very cold refrigerator for best preservation
What Fruits Go Well in a Watermelon Fruit Salad?
- watermelon
- raspberries
- blackberries
- sliced seedless grapes
- canteloupe
- honeydew
- strawberries
- kiwi
- mango
- blueberries
- pineapple
- orange slices (seedless)
Tips and Tricks
- a round or oval watermelon works fine for this idea
- seedless watermelons are preferred
- Use a chalk marker to outline your cut before you start carving your watermelon
- slice a small section off of the bottom of your watermelon to help it stand upright without toppling (try to only shave a tiny bit so you don’t reach the red flesh too much)
- prepare fruit ahead of time but do not mix in the watermelon or strawberries until shortly before serving. They tend to have a reaction to the juice and sugar from other fruit and will start to soften or turn soggy
Are you ready to make this Frog Watermelon Fruit Bowl? Let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need:
Ingredients Needed:
- watermelon
- white chalk marker
- fresh fruit, such as – sliced strawberries, cubed canteloupe, cubed honeydew, sliced seedless grapes, blueberries, etc…
- fresh lemon or a fresh lime
- seedless grapes
- toothpicks
- carving knives
How do you make a Frog Watermelon Fruit Bowl?
Full instructions with photos are in the recipe card
Instructions:
- slice the bottom of the watermelon off to help support it to stand upright
- draw an upside-down U for a frog mouth
- carve the mouth out and pulled the rind away and cut any watermelon flesh away from the rind
- using the rind you pulled off for the mouth, draw frog feet
- carve the frog feet
- to the top of the watermelon use toothpicks to add a sliced lemon or lime for the eyes
- use half toothpicks to add grapes to the center of the lemon or lime halves
- scoop out watermelon and cut it into cubes – place in a large bowl
- add the other cut-up fruit to the watermelon cubes
- Scoop the fruit into the frog’s mouth
Frog-Shaped Watermelon Fruit Bowl
This Frog Watermelon Fruit Bowl is a cute addition to any summer cookout
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: none
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 1 fruit salad bowl
Ingredients
- watermelon
- white chalk marker
- fresh fruit, such as – sliced strawberries, cubed canteloupe, cubed honeydew, sliced seedless grapes, blueberries, etc…
- fresh lemon or a fresh lime – sliced in half (longwise)
- seedless grapes
- toothpicks
- carving knives
Instructions
- slice the bottom of the watermelon off to help support it to stand upright
- draw an upside-down U for a frog mouth
- carve the mouth out and pulled the rind away and cut any watermelon flesh away from the rind
- using the rind you pulled off for the mouth, draw frog feet
- carve the frog feet
- to the top of the watermelon use toothpicks to add a sliced lemon or lime for the eyes
- use half toothpicks to add grapes to the center of the lemon or lime halves
- scoop out watermelon and cut it into cubes – place in a large bowl
- add the other cut-up fruit to the watermelon cubes
- Place the watermelon bowl onto ta tray
- Scoop the fruit into the frog’s mouth
- Add the frog feet to the front of the bowl
Notes
Can I Make a Watermelon Fruit Bowl Ahead of Time?
You can certainly prepare the fruit bowl several hours in advance, but do not add fruit to it. Cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to add fruit to it.
Making this Fruit Bowl in Advance: Do not mix cut-up fruit together until shortly before your party. Some fruits will start to get soggy when combined with the sugar or juice from other fruits. Watermelon does not stay crisp overnight. Strawberries soften too much when combined with juice for too long. So, carve your fruit bowl the morning of your party and store it covered in the refrigerator. Shortly before your party – about 30-45 minutes, prepare a bowl of cut-up fruit. Scoop the fruit into the fruit bowl and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve
Storing Fruit: Fresh fruit is highly perishable and even more so when sliced up. Store fruit covered in a very cold refrigerator for best preservation
What Fruits Go Well in a Watermelon Fruit Salad?
- watermelon
- raspberries
- blackberries
- sliced seedless grapes
- canteloupe
- honeydew
- strawberries
- kiwi
- mango
- blueberries
- pineapple
- orange slices (seedless)
