Watermelon Shark

Okay, so I've been goofing around with the idea of fruit carving. I've carved two watermelons, two pumpkins, and an avacado seed, (I know that's not a fruit.) This particular one is a shark. It was my first try, so it was an easier design. It still looks really cool though, so try it out.

 I slid my knife all the way around the outside edge, then down the middle. Cut at it a bit and it comes out like the below picture. That is the filling for your shark.

 Cut a slightly diagonal cut down, then another one more diagonal, if that makes sense. It should come out like you took a wedge out of the rind.

Make a score line with a paring knife about an inch from your last cut so that your teeth come out evenly.

 Cut little triangles out lining the points along the line that you scored. It should look like this. You can make the teeth a little uneven, I mean Sharks aren't perfect in real life.

 Now take you paring knife and peel the green part of rind off leaving whitish/green teeth. You can use the line you scored as a guideline as to where you need to stop peeling, or you can just wing it, it's not that hard.

Now for the eyeball. Take your paring knife and cut a circular hole that is about as big as a marble on the outside and just smaller than a marble on the inside.

 So, have you guessed that I'm going to use marbles for the eyes?

 Push the marbles in, slowly, and not with enough pressure that you'll break the rind. You can always make your hole a little larger to make your marble fit.

 Now cut the inside of your melon into chunks and put them in. The juice will leak out of the bottom, so when carrying be cautious. If you want a fin on your shark cut a triangle, then shave it so it fits snugly against the side of the melon. Use the rind that you cut from the mouth. After all that work it should look like this, or better. Of course this picture is upside-down (how'd that happen?) sorry.