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Friday, July 9, 2021

How to make a watermelon themed gift basket

As you saw in my last post, we recently had a watermelon themed birthday party. My gift for the birthday girl was a watermelon themed gift basket.

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The first thing I did was look for a "basket". I found this large green bowl that reminded me of half a watermelon. I painted a few stripes to make it look even more like a melon. Every single item I found for this gift basket, including the bowl was found at the Dollar Tree.

I lined the bowl with red tissue paper, and then some bright pink. I could not decide which one I like better, so I used them both.

It was then time to start arranging all of the goodies. There were many different types of watermelon candies and gum. I may have bought a few extra bags for myself to eat as well.

The Dollar Tree has a large number of different skin care products. I was very excited to find a watermelon line with cleansers, facial wipes and masks. They work well and smell really good.

I found the large watermelon zipper pouch after I had taken the second picture which is why you see a few of the items in both pictures. I found a melon cosmetic bag, a smaller zipper pouch, a keychain, phone accessories, and lip balm. (she loved all of them!)

I found a fun novelty glass with a wrap around straw, and a cute little banner she should hang to remind her of her birthday.

There were so many items it was hard to fit everything in, but I made it work. Behind the basket is a large bottle of watermelon ice tea that was too big and heavy for the basket.

To hid what was inside the gift basket until it was time to open her gifts, I covered the top with more red tissue paper.

The watermelon gift basket was a BIG HIT! I promised the birthday girl that I would not post pics of her since she hates having her picture taken so you will have to take my word for hit. Lets just say that when empty it also make a great melon hat. LOL!!

Hedgehog Watermelon

Watermelon Art, Watermelon Animals, hedgehogs

Our woodland party is just under 2 weeks away, and we are busy prepping and planning. We had a watermelon that we did not eat on the 4th, just sitting on the counter. I thought it might be a good idea to do a practice melon to know what to expect during the actual party. .

Here is what our real hedgehog looks like, so the design is actually pretty close.

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The watermelon I had was pretty big and on the longer side. I might go with a slightly smaller one for the party.

I started by slicing a little bit off the bottom of the melon to keep it steady.

Using a dry erase marker to make the lines, I cut out the center section.

I scores the center part of the watermelon and then scooped out several cubes. This picture was after the first layer of melon was removed. If you would like to make the cutting easier and neater, you might prefer to use a watermelon slicer, cutter, corer like this one.

Some of the pieces of the melon toward the bottom were too small to cube. Instead I placed the smaller pieces and liquid in another bowl, so we can use it for something else.

On each end of the melon, I cut small triangles using a paring knife.

I cut a triangle shape from the rind that had been removed from the melon for the nose.

The feet were rectangles that were then rounded off to an oval shape.

The ears were cut from the smaller, thinner slice that was removed from the bottom of the melon

The nose, ears, and eyes were added with toothpicks broken in half. I did not attach the feet on the practice melon, but might on the real one.

I added the watermelon cubes back inside the melon, and then Kara added the toothpicks to look like the quills.

National Watermelon Day

I just read online that today is National Watermelon Day. (It is also known as my brother's birthday) Watermelon is one of my favorite fruits and I constantly craved it while pregnant with my daughter Kara. I think I might need to go to the store and pick up one, since it is beginning to sound very good about now.

Here are some fun ideas for you to celebrate National Watermelon Day

Here is an interesting recipe called Love Puffs which is made from watermelon and marshmellow. You can see this recipe and many more on the site Watermelon Promotion Board.

Learn fun facts at on the site The Virtual Vine.