First, get a watermelon, in October. The watermelon should be ripe, but not too ripe, because the riper your melon the thinner the rind, if the rind is too thick and carving will be a nightmare, too thin and it will collapse.
You will need
- a watermelon, size is up to you. How much watermelon to you want to eat?
- a big, sharp knife
- a good sized serving spoon
- a pumpkin carving tool
- a large bowl
The first thing you will notice about your watermelon that unlike a pumpkin, is that it is not naturally hollow.
You have to cut a larger "lid" for your watermelon than you would for a pumpkin. This is also where the large serving spoon, pumpkin carving tool and large bowl come into play. Hollowing out your watermelon isn't actually all that much work and this is a quicker job than I had thought it would be. Watermelon is also significantly less slimy than pumpkin and there is no yuck factor to deal with.
Continue to remove as much melon as you can. I was not prepared for how wet the interior of the melon was. I kept having to drain puddles of water out of mine, even after I had scraped it as clean as I could.
Once you have removed the flesh, move on to carving.
An eye here, a nose there. Just like a pumpkin. Only cooler , I put newspaper inside the melon over night in the refrigerator to help sop up the excess water.
Much red-er, none of that cheerful orange glow nonsense! The deep, scary red eyes are much more haunting.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!!!
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