Incredible Edible Fruit Arrangements
Delicious Easy Craft
Edible fruit arrangements are an easy edible craft that makes a great gift for birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, Mothers’ Day and many more occasions. In addition to being healthy, fruit arrangements can be made using your taste in fruit. Read on to find the basic instructions you can use to create your own unique edible fruit arrangement.
Basic Supplies:
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Flower cookie cutters (metal) – different sizes can add variety to your arrangement
- Plastic lid
The plastic lid should fit easily over the cookie cutter. Lids of frosting containers work very well. The lid helps prevent the cookie cutter from bending and losing its shape.
- Hammer
- Crinkle Cutter
- Melon baller
- Container for the arrangement
- Head lettuce
- Kale leaves
- Wooden skewers (long, medium and short lengths)
Fruit For Arrangement
Fruit choice is based on your taste preference. However, the following fruits work well in creating attractive edible fruit arrangements.
- Pineapple
- Small berry (blueberry, raspberry)
- Cantaloupe
- Honeydew
- Watermelon
- Red and Green grapes
- Strawberry
Directions:
There are many ways to make a fruit arrangement. The directions listed below are ideas to create specific floral shapes with fruit. When you have created the pieces you want, you can easily arrangement them as you desire.
Pineapple
- Cut the pineapple into thin, even slices.
- Place the cookie cutter in the center of the pineapple slice. Cover the cookie cutter with the plastic lid.
- Hammer the cookie cutter until it cuts through the pineapple.
- Remove cookie cutter and trim any pineapple “strings” from the flower shape.
- Cut a small square of pineapple or cantaloupe rind. Place it on the skewer. The rind will prevent the fruit from sliding down the skewer.
- Slide the pineapple on the skewer.
- Add a center using a melon ball or berry.
Watermelon
- Cut the watermelon into thin, even slices.
- Use the cookie cutter to cut a flower shape. Several flowers can be cut from each slice of watermelon. Remember to cover the cookie cutter with the plastic lid.
- Hammer the cookie cutter until it cuts through the watermelon.
- Remove cookie cutter and trim any watermelon “strings” from the flower shape.
- Cut a small square of watermelon or cantaloupe rind. Place it on the skewer. The rind will prevent the fruit from sliding down the skewer.
- Slide the watermelon on the skewer. For a layered effect, slice the pineapple on the skewer, followed by the watermelon.
- Add a center using a melon ball or berry.
Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melon
Both cantaloupe and honeydew melon make wonderful leaves or flower centers.
To make a flower center, using a melon scoop and scoop out small balls.
Grapes
Grapes add great color to an arrangement.
Simply slide clean grapes onto a skewer. Stagger the lengths that the grapes run. Use separate skewers for the red and green grapes, or use the colors together in a pattern on the skewer.
Strawberries
Strawberries can be used plain or dipped in chocolate.
- Slide a small cantaloupe rind onto the skewer.
- Slide the plain or strawberry onto the skewer with the leaf side down.
- Fluff out the leaves.
Assembling the Edible Fruit Arrangement
To assemble the fruit arrangement, place the head lettuce in the serving container you have selected. To add a nice green effect, place several kale leaves over the head lettuce, covering it completely.
Stick the flower skewers into the head lettuce, placing the tallest skewers in first. Next, fill in the melon leaves. Add the strawberries, followed by the grapes.
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