Watermelon Bassinet - Baby Shower (edible) centerpiece

A few weeks ago, my mom and I came across a Watermelon baby carriage in a magazine.  It was so cute, that I wished we had a baby shower to host sometime soon so we could make it.  While we didn`t have a baby shower, we were having a girls night for a chance to visit with my cousin`s wife - as they were visiting from out of town. Hollie just happens to be pregnant, so we decided to go ahead with making it.

You can find the directions below, unfortunately I was so set on making it that I forgot to take step by step photo`s...but it`s pretty self explanatory.

Watermelon Baby Bassinet

What you need:

1 x-large watermelon (seedless is best)
1 small cantaloupe or orange for head
different coloured fruits (strawberries, grapes, cherries, honey dew, kiwi, orange slices)

Step 1: Wash the outside of your watermelon and any other fruits you will be using.

Step 2: Carve your watermelon into a carriage or bassinet (you can do this by marking with pen or pencil; draw a line from the right side of your watermelon across lengthwise, stopping about 3.5 or 4 inches from the end.  Do the same on the other side and then connect them)  You can then follow your markings with a large sharp, serrated knife to carve out.

Step 3:  Using a melon baller, scoop out the inside of your watermelon.  Depending on how many guests, you can either scoop out the entire thing (leaving a thin layer of pink around the edges) or if there aren`t many guests, scoop out less.

Step 4: Make the babies head (we used an orange, although you can use any fleshy coloured round fruit)

Step 5: Use toothpicks to hold on halved cherries or grapes as eyes, whatever fruit you would like as the nose and ears, and if you choose - you can make a small hole and use a soother for the mouth.  We used a food writer marker to draw a smile

Step 6: Mix the extra fruit together and pour into the watermelon to act as a blanket.

Step 7: If you want a bassinet, you are done. If you want a baby carriage, you can then use either orange pieces, grapefruit pieces or kiwi to make wheels.

Step 8: If you have leftover fruit, you can place around the watermelon on the tray