DIY Fruit Vases on The Hallmark Channel’s Home and Family

Whenever I am entertaining, I have to have flowers! So, I love mixing up the way I present the flowers. For summer, I love this idea of using fruit as the vase itself, or adding it into the vases to make them look extra bright and pretty.

Lemon Vases:

Supplies

two vases; a small one that can fit into the larger one with enough space for a slice of lemon to fit between

lemons, limes, grapefruit, or any citrus of choice

water

flowers

scissors

Directions:

*Place the smaller vase in the center of the large vase and fill the small vase about half way with water

*Thinly slice the citrus of choice and place between the two vases until it is full

*Fill the space with water

*Place the cut flowers into the smaller vase

Tip: Cut the flowers down so that they cover the top of the vase so that you do not see that there are two vases

Watermelon Vase

Supplies;

Watermelon

Vase that will fit into the watermelon

large plastic bag or plastic wrap

flowers

scissors

knife

spoon or melon baller

Directions:

*Cut the top of the watermelon using the knife

*Use and spoon or melon baller to scoop out the center of the watermelon

Tip: You want to remove as much of the fruit in the watermelon as possible so you do not attract bugs

*Place a large plastic bag around the vase and place the vase into the watermelon; make sure to add some water to the vase as well

*Cut the flowers and place them into the vase that is in the watermelon

Tip: make sure they cover the entire top of the watermelon so that you cannot see the inside of the watermelon or the vase

*If the bag is larger than them melon, simply tuck in the excess bag under the flowers