Things You'll Need:
- large,sharp knife
- melon-baller,available in any grocery store
- oval-shaped watermelon
- cantaloupe
- seedless green grapes
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Step 1
Place the watermelon on the counter top. Choose the flattest side of the melon for the base. If there is no flat side, take a thin slice off of the rind so that the melon won't roll.
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Step 2
Eyeball the center-top of the melon, and make a mark on the rind. Make another mark one inch to the left of the center mark, and another mark one inch to the right of the center mark. This will give you a 2" handle for your melon basket. Caution-don't actually use the handle to pick up the melon! It's only decorative.
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Step 3
Beginning at the right tip of the melon, and about half-way up the side of the melon, begin making a cut towards the center of the melon, using a sawing motion. Stop where the mark for the handle is. You will have to eye-ball this; approximate location is fine. Do the same thing for the left side of the melon, stopping at approximately where the mark on that side of the melon is.
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Step 4
From where the mark on the right top is, slice down the melon to where the cross slice stopped. Repeat on the left side. Gently lift out each carved section. Reserve these sections for making the melon balls. With the knife, gently carve out the melon (only the red part) in the arch of the handle.
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Step 5
With the melon-baller, begin scooping out the melon balls from the inside of the basket, as well as the saved carved pieces. Try to avoid the white part of the rind in your melon-balls; it's not too tasty. Place balls in a large bowl.
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Step 6
Cut the cantaloupe in half and scoop out seeds. Make the cantaloupe balls as you did the watermelon balls. Place cantaloupe balls in same bowl as watermelon. Add the green grapes to the bowl and gently mix all together. Pour the fruit into the melon basket.
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Step 7
If you really want to be fancy, you can carve small points around the edges of the basket. To carve the handle, you might want to allow more than two inches in width to the handle. Carving is a little messy, but the result is worth the trouble.
