Tools Needed To Make Fruit Centerpieces

Series Summary

Arts and crafts and cooking are two very different things that can be put together to create some great new and innovative ideas. It's is simple really, use food as a tool to create some kind of art or design. Anything can be made. The only limitation is your own imagination. Have you ever had a dinner party and needed a centerpiece quick but all you had was a melon and some grapes? Well unless you know it is possible you won't be able to make that swan centerpiece.

In this great video clip series our expert, Karen Weisman, shows us a few great centerpiece ideas that are easy to make without costing an arm and a leg. All you need are a few melons, some extra fruit and a little bit of time and you will have a delightful centerpiece that accents the rest of the table and the food that is on it. She shows you how to make complex pieces like a peacock and a wishing well but also throws in some simpler ideas like a swan. Take these ideas, run with them and make up your own as you go. Be creative and dinner will never be boring!

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Karen for Expert Village. Today I'll be showing you how to make beautiful carved fruit centerpieces. We'll be making a watermelon baby carriage, a watermelon peacock, a watermelon wishing well, and some beautifully carved melon swans. The tools we'll be using are very basic. We'll need some wooden skewers, a good sharp wide blade knife, a very good sharp narrow bladed knife, a melon baller, and a large spoon. Okay, let's get started."