Can I eat watermelon seeds?

Do watermelon seeds eat? On the benefits of seeds that we used to throw in the trash with crusts, "Site" I wrote earlier. We also told readers how to germinate watermelon seeds and make them an invigorating drink resembling coffee.



Today we will talk about another way of using nutritious seeds. This time for children's creativity. Wash them in water and dry on a napkin to provide the child with material for funny crafts.

Do the seeds of watermelon Hedgehog with watermelon needles Cut out the cardboard silhouette of the future hedgehog. Form a back of plasticine to which you will glue seeds-needles.



Add a plasticine nose, eye and mouth to the hedgehog face. Put out an extreme row of needles from the seeds.



Continue to “plant” new needles on the plasticine field until they completely cover the hedgehog.

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Decorate the back of a fabulous creature with leaves, berries or mushrooms.



So that the needles shine beautifully, they can be covered with mother (if she, of course, allows) colorless nail polish.

From watermelon seeds you can make many different crafts, for example, a whole flower bouquet.



The procedure is the same as with a hedgehog.



You make a round base of a flower out of plasticine. You spiral out petals and seeds. And then you add the stem and the leaves.



The latter version is more like a character of some game (like Undertale) or cartoon.

Paper watermelon with plasticine crust and real seeds

Even the smallest artist can do this. Cover the edge of the plate with a pencil to cut a flat semicircle from red cardboard.



Make a crust of green plasticine and decorate everything with cooked seeds. The watermelon looks real!