Out-Of-This-World Fruit Bowl

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You Will Need

Materials

student desk globe (12” diameter)

stainless mixing bowl (12” diameter)

plastic scarf ring (approximately 2” diameter)

Tools

craft knife

hot glue gun

Directions

Step 1: Dismantle the globe. Cut the globe in half along the Equator using the craft knife.

Step 2: Hot glue the plastic scarf ring to the South Pole to keep the fruit bowl from tipping.

Step 3: Set the stainless mixing bowl into the Southern Hemisphere.

Out-Of-This-World Fruit Bowl

Does your tired old fruit bowl need a vacation? Try a funky fresh craft that’ll bowl you over.

CRAFT HOW-TOS

DECORATING IDEAS

Just about anything can be a fruit bowl, as long as it’s concave and fits on your kitchen counter. So why not expand your horizons with a worldly fruit bowl perfect for peaches, pears, and pineapples? Just take a trip to your local thrift store for a student desk globe (make sure it’s cardboard, marble’s too hard to cut). Then find a bowl to fit. Your fruit will be on top of the world.

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Get festive by turning your crystal punch bowl into a fruit bowl fit for a party.

For old-fashioned fun, let a vintage aluminum colander hold your farmers’ market favorites.

A little birdy told me that a mini birdbath makes a swimming fruit bowl!

Tidy Tip: When you set the stainless mixing bowl into the globe, do not attach it with glue. After all, that bowl might need cleaning someday!

Bright Idea: To keep your globe nice and shiny, give it a coat of spray varnish (before you add the fruit!).

Decorator Do: Make a colorful statement by displaying fruits of the same color, like purple plums, grapes, and black berries. Then add a little zing with some passion fruit!