Monday 29 August 2011

Watermelon Men


Above is a photograph of my latest little project I did with my children, Watermelon cut out with cookie cutters!

I saw a photograph on Pinterest of some Watermelon shaped into stars and thought what a great idea for kids healthy snacks! I will give credit to the blogger who gave me this idea, their link is thislittleproject.blogspot.com The photo that inspired me is below, don't they look great!.



Here are my instructions, which are very simple to follow.

Step1:  Slice the watermelon so that they are just the right thickness for your cookie cutters, a lot of cutters have different depths!
Step 2: Press your cookie cutters into the slices and then remove the cut out pieces.

Step 3: Don't waste any of the remaining watermelon, either use some small cookie cutters for other shapes or just cut the remaining parts into small pieces and serve in a bowl.

Step 4: Eat and enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed this fun post, this is great for even the youngest children to do, my 4 year old was able to cut out the shapes easily and really loved joining in with me and her siblings. The children had much more fun eating the watermelon cut into shapes!

So go and make some use of all those cookie cutter shapes you have, I am sure the children and adults will love this as much as my children did. This would be an ideal project for any parties you have planned.

This week I am linking this post with the following link parties / blog hops:
 Pink Hippo PartyBeneath the Rowan TreeConfessions Of A Stay At Home MommyStrictly Homemade TuesdayhomeworkPassionately Artistic Katie's Nesting SpotRhinestone Beaglebuttonthe perfect line

29 comments:

  1. I love this! It looks so fun! I don't have any children but I think I'm still going to try it!

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  2. Love your blogs! Eid Mubarak btw! =D

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  3. What a fun project, I bet the kids really enjoyed it:):)

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  4. So cute! I'm a new follower from the Monday Monkey Hop. Hope you can stop by!

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  5. sooo pretty...i love ths post

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  6. Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed such a tasty "little project." Every time I've taken these to a potluck or picnic they are a favorite--kids love them, as you know! You have a fun blog!

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  7. Cute! Never thought to do this with watermelon! Thank you for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!

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  8. I love this idea! The first time I saw it was my kids' Kindergarten when someone made watermelon Christmas trees! Perfect for kiddies!

    Thanks for linking to the Creating Success Worldwide blog hop!! Hope you'll come back again next week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  9. These are soo adorable! My kids would just EAT these up! And what a fun snack for their lunches. Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party.. can't wait to see what you share next!

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  10. wao, these are really interesting :) i think so many creations can be invented via this idea :) thanks

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  11. So cute! My kids will love it! I will try it also with melon! :)
    Ps thanks for stopping by my blog!
    I'm a new follower now!

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  12. Cookie cutter watermelon is fun!

    we made prints by placing paper on the watermelon cookies:-)

    http://creativitymypassion.blogspot.com/2011/08/watermelon-cookie-printmaking-fun.html

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  13. That is just too darn cute! Thank you for linking to It's a Party!

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  14. This is such a great idea!! I love it. I will do anything to get my kids to eat healthier. Thanks for stopping by!

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  15. How cute.. Thank you for sharing.

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  16. Cute, cute, cute. I never thought of this. Thanks for posting. I'm a new follower from Homework's blog hop.

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  17. This is cool.. my kids love to eat food in fun shapes. I've never thought about this one before. Thanks for sharing. Here to follow you back.

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  18. This looks so much fun! My daughter loves watermelon and I have cookie cutters at home (I think..)

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  19. What a great idea! So simple and fun! I just bought some star wars cookie cutters! My boys will be so excited.
    Thanks for the visit. I am following back!

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  20. I love this idea. Makes eating fruit fun!!

    Thank you so much for linking up to Strictly Homemade Tuesday. I hope you will be back this week to share some more amazing ideas!!

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  21. I am featuring you tomorrow at Strictly Homemade Tuesday! I love this idea and know my readers will too!!

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  22. Oh my gosh.. .what a fantastic idea!! Eid Mubarak to you.. Hope you had a fabulous time!!

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  23. Thank you so much everyone for your lovely comments, I think we will be seeing many more watermelon cookie shapes in blog world soon!

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  24. I love this. Here is a link to my watermelon carving: http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com/search/label/Watermelon%20Carving

    Cheers from Bangalore ,India
    Dr Sonia S V
    http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  25. LOVE this! Thanks for the follow. Am following back :)

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  26. this is such a cute idea, and so simple! Great for kids parties :) Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, I love having new faces around and having the chance to see new blogs! Love your ideas!

    -rachel w k
    rwkrafts.blogger.com

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  27. so cool, thank u 4 sharing us this lovely idea,ur blog is so interesting and helpful. Have a nice day

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