WATERMELON BASKET (Carving)

Things Required:

Watermelon

Assorted fruits

Cherries

Toothpicks

Method:

1. Take a medium sized watermelon and mark the shape of the handle and the rim.

2. Carefully cut out the pieces between the handle and the rim on both sides.

3. Carve the zig-zag shape on the rim.

4. Scoop out the melon.

5. Fill the basket with fruit salad.

6. Decorate the handle with banana slices and cherries using toothpicks.

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SPRING ONION FLOWERS ( Table Decoration)

Things Required:

Spring onions ... 1 bunch ( select big ones)

Apple or Orange ... to use for base

Satay sticks ........ small ones

Foil paper

Method:

1. Cut out the leaves of the spring onions, leaving a 2-3 inch stem intact.

2. With a sharp knife give cuts in criss-cross manner on the bulb as shown in the picture.

3. Leave the onion bulbs in ice cold water in the refrigerator at least for 1 hour. This will make the bulbs open up like a flower. ( you can add ice cubes for better results.)

4. Cut a thin slice off the apple and wrap it with a foil paper.

5. Fix the flowers on the apple to make a small bouquet. This can be placed in the center of the salad plate. Looks decorative in a party.

6. Single flowers can also be used as a garnish with the snacks.

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DOLLS (Table Decoration)

Things required:

Lettuce leaves

Orange

Radish or potato (small)

Carrots

Cloves

Pins & toothpicks

For Decoration:

Cherry

Tutti-Frutti

Ribbon

Method:
1. Cut a thin slice from the orange to make it stand on a flat surface.

2. Take a round radish, smaller than the orange and fix it on top of the orange with toothpicks.

3. Make a small cylindrical piece for the neck and fix it on radish.

4. For the face use a small round potato or radish (peeled).

5. use cloves for the eyes and make a nose and mouth from the cherry.

6. Fix the lettuce leaves around the radish to make the dress.

7. Cut thin, long strips of carrot and fix them on the lettuce leaves.

8. Make a hat from carrot and decorate it with cherry (half) and tutti-frutti pieces on the brim.

9. Tie a ribbon around the dress to make it decorative.

In this doll I have used fresh corn.

The dress is from the peels and the fibre is used for the hair.

You can add details to the dress with anything ... cut in the desired shapes and secure with toothpicks or bob pins...here I have used a tomato.

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PAPAYA PEACOCK (Table Decoration)

Things Required:

1 Ripe and firm papaya

Lettuce leaves

Cloves

Cherry tomatoes

Toothpicks

Method:

1. On the papaya, carefully mark the shape of the bird's face, neck, wings and the back tail piece should be in an oval shape and a little higher than the face

2. Carefully cut the shape of the face and the neck with a thin, sharp knife.

3. On the sides of the papaya, make 4-5 slits for the wings.

4. Fix cherry tomatoes on the tail piece.

5. Place some lettuce leaves in the papaya and adjust the slits of the wings in a slightly slanting position.

6. Use cloves for the eyes.

7. Make a beak and a crown from a firm, red tomato or red capsicum.

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PAPAYA VASE (Table Decoration)

Items Required:
Medium-sized Papaya
Cherry Tomatoes
Tooth Picks
Satay Sticks
Spring Onion Leaves

Method :1. Cut a small slice off on the stem side of the papaya to make it stand on a flat surface. 2. Now cut about 2 inches from top and give the edge a zig-zag design using a sharp thin knife.
3. Using a round scooper, scoop out round pieces from the papaya.
4. Break the tooth picks into two and using these, fix the cherry tomatoes and the scooped out papaya rounds into the hollow places, alternating them.
5. Now break the satay sticks into different sizes. Pass them through the spring onion leaf and fix a tomato on top.
6. Make the required number in different sizes and place them in the papaya vase.You can also put in some leaves separately.
( Variation : Instead of zig-zag design, you can also decorate the edge of the papaya vase using tiny tomatoes. )

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RADISH FLOWER BASKET (Table Decoration)

Things required:

Watermelon

Radish (long)

Carrot

Spring onion leaves

Satay sticks

Method:

1. Cut the watermelon into half and carve zig-zag design on the edge.

2. Cut out thin strips from the radish all around as shown in the picture.

3. Cut out the core of the carrot into a thin cylindrical shape.

4. Slice the carved radish and the carrot.

5. Take satay sticks, insert them into the spring onion leaves and fix the radish and carrot slice on the tip to make the flowers.

6. Fix the flowers, some radish leaves and spring onion leaves in between to decorate.


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PAPAYA BOAT

I had made this table decoration for my friend's Baby Shower Party.
It is very simple and at the same time looks so pretty and decorative.
Here I have used blue and pink flowers because of the baby shower ...You may use any kind of vegetables like carrot, radish, cucumber or beet root strips or cherry tomatoes to be served with a dip of your choice.

Things required:
Papaya .... long .... boat shaped.
Flowers .... Pink & Blue (fresh or artificial)
Cherries ....for decoration
Bob pins .... with red colour heads
Tomato ..... carved into a basket shape (refer to the carvings section)
Tiny baby figurine.
Toothpicks.
Method:
1. Cut the 2 sides of papaya as shown in the picture and scoop out the seeds.
2. Fill them with blue and pink flowers on each side.
3. With a knife just give cross markings on the middle portion and decorate it with red coloured bob pins.
4. Secure the tomato basket on the top with the help of toothpicks and place the baby figurine in it.
5. Decorate the boat with cherries.


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SNOWY DAY (Table Decoration)

Things required:
Cucumbers ... 3 (large,medium & small)
Radish ............ 2 (1 thick and 1 round)
Carrots .... 1
Cherry .... 1
Cloves
Toothpicks
Procedure:
1. Select cucumbers which are are thick on one end and thinner on the other...of 3 different sizes.(Father penguin, Mother penguin & Baby penguin)
2. Give a slit on either side for the wings and insert a piece of toothpick so that the wings open up a little.
3. Carve beaks of 3 different sizes out of carrot. Cut a tiny piece of cucumber on the thinner side and fix the beaks with a piece of tooth pick
4. Fix cloves for the eyes.
5. Now for the snowman, peel the radishes, use the thicker one for the body and the round one for the head. Make a long beak and a hat from the carrot and fix them as shown in the figure.Fix the cherry on the hat and also the cloves for the eyes.
6. Fix toothpicks for the hands on either side.
7. Grate the radish and use it for snow.
8. To make the penguins stand, cut a small piece (slanting) on the bottom and fix a slice of radish.
(You may also use brinjals for the penguins if you get the required shape)


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TEDDY BEAR TABLE DECORATION

Things required:
Oranges ..... 3
Cloves ......... 2
Black olive... 1 (here I have used a date)
Toothpicks
Any salad of your choice.
Method:

1. Cut the tip of the two oranges as shown in the picture. Save the pieces for ears.

2. Take one orange and carve the eyes and nose and make two slits on the top to fix the ears.

3. With the help of the toothpicks fix the two oranges one on top of the other.

4. Fix the ears and the cloves for the eyes. Cut the black olive into half and fix it for the mouth.(I have shaped the date and used it instead)

5. From the third orange carve out the hands and fix them with tooth picks.Also cut a base to make the Teddy stand and fix with tooth picks.

6. Make any salad of your choice and place the Orange Teddy in the center.

It is just a simple carving but makes the table decorative.

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PINEAPPLE BIRDS

Things Required:

1 Pineapple

Carrots

Cherry tomatoes

Cloves

Satay sticks

Toothpicks

Any salad for the filling
(I have made a mixed vegetable salad with mayonnaise)

Method:

1. Cut the pineapple lengthwise into two halves.The leaves should be equally divided in the both pieces.

2. Carefully cut out the entire long piece of the core for the neck.

3. Scoop out the remaining pulp.

4. Carve the core to make a head and neck.

5. Fix the neck with the satay sticks.

6. Use cloves for the eyes.

7. Make a beak and a crown with a carrot and fix with toothpicks.(break the toothpicks and use smaller pieces)

8. Fill the birds with any salad.

9. Decorate the edges with cherry tomatoes.

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WHEEL BARROW (Table Decoration)

Things required..

Bottle gourd

Cherry tomatoes

Carrots

Cucumber

Lettuce leaves

Toothpicks

Method:

1. Mark the shape of a wheel barrow on the bottle gourd.

2. Using a sharp knife, cut the shape and scoop out the white part.

3. Cut out 2 round pieces for the wheels and fix them using toothpicks.

4. In the front of the wheel barrow, fix a small piece of drumstick or any firm vegetable to balance.

5. Fill it with carrot, cucumber pieces, cherry tomatoes and lettuce leaves.

6. Serve with any dip.

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APPLE BIRD (Carving)

1. Take an apple and cut out 2 pieces on the sides.

2. Carefully cut out 3 pieces from each, to make wings and secure them with pins as shown in the picture.

3. Make a neck from a small spring onion bulb.
4. Cut out a tip of the red chilli to make a beak and use mustard seeds for the eyes.

5. Fix wings and neck with a toothpick.
6. Place it in a plate and arrange salad around it.

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PAPAYA LAMP ( Table Decoration)

1. Select a ripe and firm papaya.

2. Cut a slice from the bottom to make it stand on a level surface and scoop out the seeds.

3. Using a thin and sharp knife, cut out the eyes,nose and mouth.

4. Use the bottom piece for a hat. Carve zig-zag on the rim and make a hole in the middle.

5. Light a candle and place it inside the lamp,just before your guests arrive for dinner.

CUCUMBER BOAT (Table Decoration)

Things Required:

Cucumber

Carrot

Spring onion

Cherry tomatoes.

Cloves

Toothpicks

Method:
1. Select a boat shaped cucumber, cut the shape and scoop out the seeds.
2. Make a man with a spring onion bulb.
3. Use cloves for eyes and cut out a nose and mouth piece from a cherry tomato.

4. Use halved cherry tomato for a cap.

5. For the hands, take spring onion leaves, insert a toothpick in each and fix them on the body.

6. Make oars from carrot.

This can be placed in the centre of the salad plate.