Shark Head

Found this watermelon Shark Head on Google + and just had to try it out.  Made a few watermelon pops with the remainder of the second half of this water melon.

Ingredients

• 1 watermelon.
• 2 olives
• 1/4 of two packets of gum lollies [we used ones shapes as people and another shaped as fish.]

Method

1. Prepare the working area.
2. Mark the middle length, on one side, of the water melon. [Mark A]
3. Now on the other side mark up to 5cm [2in] below the first mark. [Mark B]
4. Between these two points cut straight between. 
5. Place aside the second half of the watermelon for later use.
6. Sit in place the 'head ' on a board.
7. Note where natural the tip of the watermelon is [Mark C]. It is this point that is the top gum area of the sharks mouth which will be marked for cutting after the eyes and before the fin.
8.  From the tip [Mark C] to [Mark A] note half way down. It is at this level that the eyes slots will be cut [approx 1/4 diameter measurement from the mid top to bottom mid way line. Between Mark C and Mark A.]
9.  Tracking a line on both sides from that would be level with the eyes on both sides to half way between the Mark A , Mark C and Mark B.  These two side line points are the join between the top and bottom lips. Refer to diagram inserted to work out where the top and bottom lip will be positioned at the front of the face.
10. Within these lines peel away the external green out layer of skin. 
11. Chop out the inner red watermelon into chunks as these are taken out. 
12. The little bits put aside for a different recipe. 
13. Cut out the teeth.
14. Cut a slot up the mid line.
15. Out of the second half of the watermelon cut a wedge like fin.  Insert the wedge into the slot.
16. The eyes are held into the eye slot by tooth picks.
17. As you put each layer of chilled watermelon pieces back into the large watermelon wedges into the head add a few lollies.
1. Adding the lollies is best done just before the head is served up.
18. Place more watermelon chunks and lollies around the plate the head is coming out of.

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Banana Boats

Ingredients

• 1 banana per person
• 2 x mini marshmallows
• Food dye- blue and red
• Frosting                                                                       
• Animal biscuits
• 50 ml Whipped cream
• 1/3rd of pretzel 
• Triangular piece of cheese slice

Method

1. Prepare the work area.
2. Mix a drop of blue into the frosting.
3. Coat the plate or serving tray with the blue frosting.
4. With a toothpick place a small amount of blue food dye into the whipped cream.
5. Waves can be 'made' out of combining frosting and part of the whipped cream together.
1. Top the waves off with white wave tops.
6. Where the 'boat' will be cutting through the water outwards place the whipped blue cream as sea spray.
7. Peel banana.
8. Cut the curved part of the banana off so that the banana will sit flat on a plate.
9. Once on the plate cut the middle section to form a slight elongated V shape.
10. With the tip of a tooth pick carefully paint on faces  [eyes, nose and mouth] to the mini marshmallows.
11. Set the marshmallows in the middle of the boat.
12. Add animal crackers by adding a touch of nut butter or frosting to the bottom of each cracker.
13. At the vertical end of the cheese triangle make a couple of slits.
14. thread the 1/3 pretzel stick through.  
15. Stick the 'flag' into the end tip of the banana.

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Palm Tree pud

Although this base is in a 'tub' it may also be served in a pudding bowl.  The trick is to make a thick base  [say custard] the day before and set in the fridge. Very easy on the eye.  A load of fun to eat.


Ingredients

Palm tree on deserted island

• 1 tub of children's yoghurt or pudding -with some of the contents removed.
• Marie biscuits -crushed
• 11 per cup of Chocolate covered biscuit fingers.
• Icing sugar [thick] or melted chocolate bud.
• Sour or fruit strap.
• Brown M & Ms

Method

1. Cover the work area.
2. Place a little of the Marie biscuits on the top of the yoghurt or pudding. [You have just created the sand]
3. At this point either 
1. Melt the chocolate button 
2. or make the icing mix.
4. Along the length of the fruit strap or sour strap. Then make these into 8 cm [3 in] lengths.
5. Turn the end upside down and place of the joined.
6. Join these pieces together with the Melted chocolate or icing sugar.
7. Onto one of the ends of the Chocolate Coated finger take a dab of icing sugar or chocolate mix.
8. Place two brown M & Ms near what will be the top end of the tree.
9. Now place both the stick and the 'palm leaves' together.  
10. Wait for the chocolate or icing mix to set.
11. Carefully turn the tree up the other way.
12. Place the base of the tree in through the 'sand'.
13. Add a few more brown M & M's on the sand.

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