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Turtle Shaped Watermelon Fruit Bowl

A cute and easy turtle watermelon fruit salad bowl for summer cookouts and parties.
Prep Time30 minutes
Yield: 10 -12 servings
Author: Melissa

Materials

  • 2 watermelon - making sure one is a round shape for the body. The other one will be used for legs and a long neck
  • other fruits like cantaloupe honeydew, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries
  • a white chalk marker
  • candy eyes
  • mini marshmallow
  • knives for cutting

Instructions

  • cut a round watermelon in half
  • scoop out the watermelon from both halves and place it into a large bowl
  • add a variety of fruits to the watermelon in the bowl, making a fruit salad
  • set the bottom half of the watermelon down on a serving platter
  • making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl
  • decorate the top half with a chalk marker making the pentagon shapes of a turtle shell
  • cut 1/4 of the extra watermelon and remove the watermelon flesh
  • use the cut portion to make the neck with a pointed end and the legs with a simple rectangular shape
  • cut a mini marshmallow in half and cut the ends making it sticky on both sides
  • using the sticky marshmallow, attach eyes to the pointed end of the turtle neck
  • making a turtle watermelon fruit bowl
  • using toothpicks place the feet and neck into the bottom half of the watermelon for the turtle's body
  • place cut-up fruits in the bottom half of the turtle
  • turtle watermelon fruit bowl
  • add the turtle shell
  • mound any extra cut-up fruit around the turtle