“Watermelon BBQ“

I started by cutting the watermelon in half.

Using a melon baller, scoop out all of the middle of both sides.

Once you have both of them completely cleaned out ( you might want to use a large spoon to clean out the excess left over), you can start to assemble the “grill”.  I took some old chopsticks out to the garage and using a cutter tool, snipped them to about 3.5″ each to use as “feet”.  NOTE:  After getting this completely together, the feet didn’t hold all that well and started to sink in.  I think next time I might drill through them and add a screw to hold them and insert them from inside the melon – just wanted to let you know, if you decide to try and make one.

Mark your melon in the spots that you will want to put the chopstick feet into.  Doesn’t have to be precise, just spaced a bit even.

Now, you can insert the sticks in the bottom of the melon in each corner.

After that, flip it over and you can begin the grill prep.  Insert your chopsticks evenly across the top of the melon.

Leave a little space and drop in your blueberries (or other dark berry) to look like your coals.

After that, using trimmed toothpicks and a straw that is cut short, you can make your handle – this step can be changed up however you wish, or eliminated completely, I was just going for a more real look. ha/ha

Next, use some toothpicks to insert in the back of the bottom portion to hold your top to the melon – making it look like you have the lid off.

Next, add your strawberries and the watermelon pieces you scooped out earlier to make some “fruit-kababs” to add to the grill.  You can make a few of these and just refill your BBQ when they are gone.

This is perfect for a potluck or summer party.  Great way to make your fruit do a double-duty!!  Hope you like it!!

Please take a minute to leave me a comment and let me know what you would do different, or what you would add, etc.  Be sure to tweet, pin, share, etc. – thanks!!

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life…” –Proverbs 11:30

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