A tempting idea is to learn how to cut swans from apples, make a basket from watermelon. After reading the detailed description of the work, after looking at the presented photos, you can do not only this, a gorgeous fruit basket will be created by you in less than an hour.
In order not to spoil the work, do not immediately cut out the openwork handle, but cut its contours in such a way as if it were rectangular. You will do the openwork cutting later.
Now there is painstaking work ahead, as we need to prepare the decoration in order to fill our basket with fruits. To do this, look at which circles of watermelon have fewer seeds, remove all the seeds with the tip of a knife.
Place these yummy balls in a fruit basket along with pitted grapes, strawberries. You can fill the watermelon with berries alone, it will look amazing too.
Carving for beginners - apple swan
Anyone can cut this graceful bird. Take an apple, wash it, cut off the side as shown in the photo.
Now put the apple on it so that the do-it-yourself swan is stable.
Find the middle of the apple in this position and cut a wedge at the top, just to the right of the center, as shown in the photo.
Now cut out the next lower slice in the same way and make a few more similar fragments.
Then they just need to be laid out on the apple, slightly sliding them towards you.
We made the first wing, do the second in the same way.
The neck and head of the swan are created from the remainder of the side part, which we have left at the initial stage of work. Cut off the middle from it, remove sharp corners.
Next, insert a dry clove (seasoning) in place of the eyes, pierce the bottom of the neck with a toothpick and put this piece of the bird in its place.
You have got a beautiful swan, carved with your own hands, which will become a decoration for a sweet and dessert table.
Delicious pineapple crafts
Fruit carving can be very varied. If you have a pineapple, you peeled it and there is an inedible "tail" with a piece of stump left, do not throw it away. This fragment will make a wonderful parrot. You will make it with your own hands in just 5 minutes.
Using a knife, give the stump a rounded shape, make a cutout in the nose. Insert a piece of carrot here. Also make an incision at the top of your head where you place the pineapple green tuft. The role of the eyes will be performed by two black peppercorns or raisins. You can make some of these amazing birds, decorate cocktail glasses with them, or place them along the edge of a dish with a sweet salad.
And such a statue was made by carving professionals from the same fruit.
With enough practice, try carving the same masterpiece. In the meantime, fruit carving can be like this.
For him you will need:
- a pineapple;
- Strawberry;
- seedless grapes yellow and red;
- canapé skewers;
- knife;
- dish.
Peel the pineapple by cutting off some of the flesh from the sides. Use a knife to chop it into squares. Cut the bottom of the pineapple evenly to keep the fruit firm and place it on a platter. Put the washed and dried berries on skewers and pin them to the pineapple base, maintaining the color scheme.
Here's how to serve pineapple. The children's table can be decorated with a funny chicken made using the carving technique. For this you need:
- 2 pineapples;
- carrot;
- 2 dried black currants or other dark berries.
Peel the first pineapple, cut it in half and cut the core. Remove the green tail as well. Peel the second pineapple, cut off the green tail too. Now the fruit needs to be given a round shape, and at the base, cut out a part of the pulp so that the bird's head appears.
Make 3 round cuts in it. Insert the lower pointed part of the carrot instead of the beak, and two dry berries instead of the eyes. For a scallop, arrange the top of the carrot plate in a zigzag manner, insert this part into the slot on the bird's head. Place the blank of the bird between the two halves of the first pineapple, put a green tail in the back, which acts as a tail. Here's what you can make with pineapple.
Fruit flower basket
Such a basket with flowers can be presented for any occasion. The main elements are easy and simple to make. Let's create the green ones using kiwi. We peel the fruit, trying to keep its surface smooth.
We drive a Thai knife so that the tip of its blade is in the middle of the kiwi, and we make zigzag cuts in a circle. Then we just split the fruit into two halves. We pierce each of them from the back with a wooden skewer. The rest of the flowers from the fruit are also not difficult to cut.
Consider in advance what you will stick the backs of the skewers into to secure the flowers. To do this, you can use a floral sponge cut to the shape of a basket. If you are making the arrangement in a flower pot, then you can use a head of lettuce.
The theme of fruit carving is continued by the story of how to make chamomile. We use pineapple for them. Wash it, lay it on its side, remove the ponytail. Cut into circles 1-1.5 cm thick, as shown in the photo.
If you have a special shape, then press it with sharp edges on the first circle and get a chamomile blank. If there is no such form, use a paper template. Place it on the pineapple slice and cut around the edges with a sharp knife.
We make the core of the flower from the melon with a spoon noisette. It turns out beautiful even balls. Now you need to string a pineapple flower on the tip of a wooden skewer, then a melon ball.
Decorate the other skewers in the same way, the rest with light and dark grapes. A fruit basket looks beautiful if it contains scarlet berries, for example, strawberries. It should not be overripe so that it does not roll off the skewer. You can wash a few berries, dry them and just string them on a wooden stick.
There is also another option. Melt the dark chocolate, dip the tip of the berry or all of it in it. Turn the strawberries over to the other side, place them on a platter, and let the chocolate harden. Then string it on a skewer.
You will see the subtleties of this process by looking at the photo. It shows another way to cut pineapple for a fruit basket. Other berries, such as blackberries, can be used as the core of such a flower.
And here is how beautiful a basket with fruits and berries looks, decorated with pineapple and melon flowers, grapes, strawberries and strawberries in chocolate.
The next fruit basket is even more original. As a matter of fact, instead of a base, a wide and tall glass vessel was used here. First, circles cut from oranges fit into it. Place 1-2 whole oranges on top of the bowl. They are pierced with skewers, on the tops of which are strung rectangular pieces of pineapple and strawberries. The spaces in between are filled with sprigs of parsley or other herbs such as basil.
The next fruit basket presented is made using the flowers we made above. It is decorated with apple slices with a cut-out seed box. To prevent the slices from darkening, they are placed in water to which lemon juice has been added for 15 minutes.
Fruit flowers
They are used everywhere: they arrange baskets in this way, make edible bouquets, decorate the festive table, cakes.
If you do not have a basket, but want to make a festive bouquet to give to a woman on March 8, put it in another suitable container. Any representative of the fair sex will certainly appreciate such a delicious and original gift.
How to cut such a camomile from a pineapple, you read earlier. String it on a skewer, like the dark grape, which will become the center of the flower.
Wash the flower pots well, put a floristic or ordinary sponge on its bottom, and pierce them with the back of the skewers. You can fill in the space between these daisies, for example, with orange roses.
To do this, wash the fruit, dry it with a towel. Starting at the top, cut the zest in a spiral pattern. Try to do this neatly to keep the tape cohesive. Now carefully roll it up in the form of a rose and leave it in this position to dry. A basket of fruits decorated with bright flowers will not only look amazing, but will also smell divinely of citrus fruits.
In conclusion, see how else you can make a bouquet of fruits:
And from this video you will learn how to make apple decorations for desserts:
And this story tells in detail how a fruit basket is made from a watermelon:
