Watermelon Vase

We love getting creative with fruit.

This Watermelon Vase is a bit more time consuming than many of our other ideas, so we recommend saving it for a very special occasion, when you are serving a smaller crowd.

We love the idea as a starter to a meal because it is such an impressive presentation.

You will need:

watermelon

grapes

blueberries

cantaloupe

green dessert sauce

toothpicks

rectangle cookie cutters

Directions:

1. Cut a one-inch thick slice of watermelon.
2. Use a cookie cutter or cut out a large rectangle (the cookie cutter we used was 2 ¾  x 3 ½”)
3.  Cut out a smaller rectangle in the center of the large rectangle (We used a 1 ¼ x 2″ cookie cutter).
4. Thread blueberries and grapes on a toothpick, as shown.
5. Push the toothpick first down into the watermelon base, and then up into the top to hold in place.
6. Use a flower-shaped cookie cutter to cut flowers out of cantaloupe slices.  For best results, stand cantaloupe upright and cut thin slices from its side.
7. Attach blueberries to centers of flowers with half a toothpick, and use green toothpicks to place cantaloupe flowers into watermelon base.

This article by Esther O. originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine.

Photography by Dan Engongoro