How to make miniature watermelons

Make Miniature Watermelons

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Start with some red and translucent clay

Start with some red and translucent clay

Mix them until you get a watermelon color & form the shape

Mix them until you get a watermelon color & form the shape

Mix white and translucent clay

Mix white and translucent clay

Roll this out into a thin layer

Roll this out into a thin layer

Roll your red ball in the thin white strip

Roll your red ball in the thin white strip

Pinch edges and cut off excess

Pinch edges and cut off excess

Use a ball tool or your finger to smooth the ends down

Use a ball tool or your finger to smooth the ends down

Put that aside as roll out some light an dark green clay

Put that aside as roll out some light an dark green clay

Cut random, ragged strips of the dark green.

Cut random, ragged strips of the dark green.

Place them on the light green piece

Place them on the light green piece

Roll them out with a clay machine or by hand until they become one flat piece of clay

Roll them out with a clay machine or by hand until they become one flat piece of clay

Repeat the previous step, this time with the green strip

Repeat the previous step, this time with the green strip

Smooth the edges down and voila! Seedless watermelon.

Smooth the edges down and voila! Seedless watermelon.

Slice how you want to reveal the fruity insides

Slice how you want to reveal the fruity insides

Use foil to add texture

Use foil to add texture

For seeds, roll out a tiny black strip and cut into teeny pieces

For seeds, roll out a tiny black strip and cut into teeny pieces

Stick them around the tips of slices, close to where the middle of the fruit would have been.

Stick them around the tips of slices, close to where the middle of the fruit would have been.

Bake and glaze, glue on magnets, etc and you're all set! Fun little melons for everyone :) they aren't perfect but they are simple and cute. Try it out!

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