Watermelon Centerpiece Ideas For Inexpensive Centerpieces
A watermelon centerpiece is a great addition to a buffet table or tropical themed event, they provide fantastic color and freshness to your display, plus they are easy to carve and tasty too!
You couldn't just leave the watermelon whole unless you have a massive display where the watermelons provide the backdrop, most centerpieces with watermelons will need carving.
For full instructions on how to carve a beautiful watermelon basket have a look on the video below.
Filling the watermelon basket with fruit means that you can use this centerpiece as a practical part of your buffet table. It doesn't just have to be a basket you could also create watermelon bowls and shells.
Don't like your watermelons round? Then make it into a cube! This could work really well as a modern centerpiece display. You need to grow your own watermelons to do this, when the watermelons are young insert them into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine. When they are ready to harvest they are square, very strange! What is even stranger is apparently square watermelons in Japan can be sold for around $80!
Carving a watermelon is a lot easier than carving a pumpkin at Halloween as watermelons are so much easier to cut and not as tough. Although on the downside it is also easier to make a mistake, one slip of the knife and you will be chopping yours up for fruit salad!
You can also create beautiful flowers and birds from your watermelons. Just take a look at this video of stunning centerpieces.
Don't like your watermelons round? Then make it into a cube! This could work really well as a modern centerpiece display. You need to grow your own watermelons to do this, when the watermelons are young insert them into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine. When they are ready to harvest they are square, very strange! What is even stranger is apparently square watermelons in Japan can be sold for around $80!
