Fun stuff to do at home Seedless Watermelon "Cookies"
You will need:
A set of cookie cutters
Slices of Seedless Watermelon
Cake decorations like balls or sprinkles
Low Fat yoghurt
Food colouring
A hungry tummy
Small bowls for making coloured yoghurt in
Ice cream sauces
Clean hands
Other fruits like blueberries for decorations
Using the cookie cutter, cut out shapes from the Seedless Watermelon slices.
Use coloured ice cream sauce or food colouring to mix up with the yoghurt in a set of small bowls.
What is your favourite colour?
To make green yoghurt add drops of blue and yellow. Try mixing red and yellow and see what colour you get!
Dollop your coloured yoghurt on top of the Seedless Watermelon pieces and then decorate with your favourite cake decorations or other fruits like blueberries.
EAT AND ENJOY! YUM!
Fruity Faces
You will need:
Assorted fruits - including the skins
Clean hands
Seedless Watermelon
Lots of imagination
Mum or Dad's help with the cutting
Using pieces of different fruits, see if you can make pictures of the faces of all of your family!
Here's one we made out of a lime wedge, a piece of Seedless Watermelon, a green grape for the nose, blueberries for eyes and Rockmelon slice eyebrows!
Chunky Cheeky Kebabs
You will need:
Wooden Skewers
Chunks of Seedless Watermelon
Chunks of Pineapple
Marshmallows
Thread the chunks of fruit & marshmallows onto the wooden skewers and munch on them straight away - best eaten with a bunch of friends on a sunny weekend!
Beach Party Time
Challenge yourself with a SEEDLESS WATERMELON Pool Party, and don’t forget to keep the fruit you scoop out to throw together a tasty snack as a reward afterwards! 
You will need:
Half a SEEDLESS WATERMELON
A melon baller and a knife chosen by an adult
A small bowl to use as the pool
Paper umbrellas (available from party shops)
A packet of mixed lollies
2 of your favourite figurines or dolls
Blue jelly
Splash out with these easy-to-follow instructions:
1. Follow the instructions on the jelly packet, and get an adult to help you with mixing the hot water and jelly crystals. Fill the small bowl to be used as the pool and place in the fridge to set
2. Carefully scoop out the SEEDLESS WATERMELON with a melon baller, and put aside the fruit for later
3. Ask an adult to help you carve the rim of the SEEDLESS WATERMELON in the shape of waves
4. Place the pool of jelly in the centre of the hollow SEEDLESS WATERMELON, and add a round lolly as a beach ball
5. Heap the melon balls back into the hollow SEEDLESS WATERMELON, and scatter handfuls of mixed lollies over the top to keep things colourful
6. Arrange the umbrellas and favourite figurines around the pool, ready to party!
Let there be sunshine! Use a desk lamp to heat things up at the pool party! Don’t forget to take a photograph of your SEEDLESS WATERMELON Pool Party before inviting all your friends to join in the fun of eating it all!
Its time to get Frosty
It’s time to kick off the winter season and get frosty in the kitchen with a Seedless Watermelon serving suggestion…a snowman!
A great after-school activity for you and your friends, and be sure to keep some extra fruit aside to throw together a tasty snack afterwards!
You will need:
One large and one small Seedless Watermelon
A melon baller and a knife (to be handled by an adult)
A tray
One cup of fresh or frozen blueberries (or other seasonal fruits)
A carrot
Two big twigs from the backyard
A hat of your choice and a scarf
Icing Sugar
Rug up and let the fun begin with these easy instructions:
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With the help of an adult, cut one Seedless Watermelon in half
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Carefully scoop out the Seedless Watermelon with a melon baller, and put the melon balls aside in a bowl for later
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Place the whole Seedless Watermelon at the top of a large tray, in place for the snowman’s head, and place the two hollow Seedless Watermelon halves in a row under one another for the body
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Heap the melon balls back into the two hollow Seedless Watermelon halves, along with some blueberries (or other season fruits) to add some frosty colour
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Ask an adult to help you use the melon baller to create two holes for the eyes, one hole for the nose and a couple of holes to make a nice, big smile
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Use melon balls for the eyes, blueberries for a smile and, you guessed it, a carrot for the nose of course!
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Place twigs on either side of the Seedless Watermelon for arms, wrap the scarf around the Seedless Watermelon Snowman’s head, and balance a hat on top
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Let it snow! Sprinkle some white icing sugar over your Seedless Watermelon Snowman for that final touch
Now for the hard part! Your Seedless Watermelon Snowman needs a name…
If you have any fun ideas for things to do at home with Seedless Watermelon why not share them with us by sending us an e-mail.
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