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How to carve a watermelon into a clam shell

Get ready for a delicious underwater adventure! Today, I’ll be taking you on a whimsical journey to the depths of culinary creativity by carving a watermelon like a clam shell! Follow along with my step by step watermelon carving tutorial!

Picking out the best watermelon

Step 1: Dive into the Watermelon search first, find the perfect watermelon that will serve as our majestic clamshell. Choose one that has a lot of yellow on the bottom and sounds hollow when thumped.

Make sure your watermelon is large enough to accommodate the clamshell design. After all you are creating watermelon fruit art so picking the best melon is key.

Begin watermelon clam shell carving

Step 2: Shells Ahoy! Now, it’s time to bring out your trusty carving tools. You’ll need a sharp knife, a melon baller, and a spoon. Begin by slicing off a thin, flat portion from the bottom of the watermelon.

This will create a stable base for your clamshell design.

Step 3: Open Sesame! Next, it’s time to reveal the juicy hidden treasures within the watermelon.

Using a pen or pencil draw a scalloped shaped opening for the open mouth of your clam.

Use a sharp knife carefully carve out the scalloped shape.

Scooping out watermelon balls

Step 4: Next carefully carve out the flesh of the watermelon using a melon baller or small ice cream scoop, leaving about an inch around the edges to mimic the shape of a clamshell.

Step 5: Pearl of Delights! No clam is complete without a stunning pearl. Take small, round fruit like a grapes or blueberries and place some all around the inside and around the base of the watermelon clamshell.

This juicy gem will be the talk of the underwater world!

For the clam shell eyes use toothpicks to attach two grapes to the top of the watermelon.

Step 6: Dive In and Delight! Gather your friends and family, and get ready to enjoy this unique culinary creation.

The watermelon clam will surely impress everyone with its whimsical design and mouthwatering taste.

Use a spoon to serve out the sweet watermelon balls, and let the refreshing flavors transport you to a seaside paradise!

Dive into the delightful world of watermelon carving, and let your creativity run wild. Remember, the only limit is your imagination.

Carving watermelons are so fun! I created a Pirate ship out of this watermelon for a fun birthday and Halloween party. Click on photo to go to post.

Then I carved this adorable cute sea turtle out of another.

Happy carving, and enjoy your underwater adventure!

Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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