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Tesco have sent me some of their Thomas kitchen knives which I’m going to be trying out over the next few weeks. I’ve started off by putting the utility knife through its paces to carve an apple flower for their blogger challenge for which lots of bloggers are getting artistic with fruit and veg to win £150 of Red Letter Day vouchers. So if you fancy jazzing up an apple in a spare moment here’s how you can carve a pretty flower .
I found lots of video tutorials on Youtube of all kinds of ways to carve fruit if you’re feeling adventurous but I thought I’d start out simple:
Not bad for a first try, hey? It’s actually quite therapeutic once you start because you have to concentrate quite hard.
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Ive always wanted to try the swan apple!! 😀
i cant say who but it would be on an old potato!!
A watermelon into a zombie!
An apple into a globe.
watermelon some kind of the figure
A orange into a cupcake
I’d love to make carrots into flowers like I’ve seen at my local Thai restaurant
An orange into a tiger.
I don’t think I’l be trying fruit or veg carving, I always was on the clumsy side, but MS really doesn’t help my coordination. I have memories of watching my dad carve a swede into a halloween lantern for me. Took a while, they aren’t as easy as carving a pumpkin.
a melon into a map of the world! challenging but effective!
Hmm maybe a carrot and i could make it into a xmas tree
A turnip into a rose!
I’d love to try what you have done to the apple, it’s great 🙂 x
I’d carve carrots into butterflies, they look really pretty in a stir fry
I’d carve carrots into hummingbirds
an apple into a flower!
A watermelon into a rose
A carrot into a musical instrument.
a carrot into a witch
An apple into a cupcake
I Would Love To Try & Carve Into A Pear Because Of It’s Lovely Shape
Carrot flowers always look impressive
Cucumber into a water lily
A pineapple into a tropical flower
Would have to be a carrot into a rose
A pear into a flower of some sort
tomatoes into flowers
I would carve a strawberry into a rose.
I’d need practise, but I’d like to carve a turnip into an owl
id have to practice first but i would love to try and carve a strawberry into a flower
Carrot into a totem pole
I’ve always wanted to try to carve a carrot into a rose.
a cabbage into a flower
An apple into a swan.
I want to do a swan apple but suspect it might end up looking like a quashed pidgeon.
i would like to carve a cucumber into a lotus flower
a watermelon into a baby’s face 🙂
I’d carve a pineapple into a Simpson!
A tomato into a flower
I would carve a parsnip into a tree
I’d love to carve a cucumber into a Viking long boat!
Carrot into a flower
I think it would be fun to carve a swede – I saw one once in the shape of a castle – difficult but showy!
An carrot into a bunny rabbit would be cool x
an apple into a heart for my husband
I would choose a carrot because it keeps its colour and hope I have enough skill to carve a majestic lion.
A melon into my daughters face
a swede into an owl.
would need a sharp knife thugh
this looks great think i would try a pineapple
I would carve a pineapple (my favourite) into a cat (also my favourite!)
radishes into roses
Melon into fruit basket
A pumpkin like a scary face
An apple into a rose
An apple, a carrot I’d like to try anything – I’m not at all artistic so anything would be a challenge.
a carrot into a whistle
a carrot into a whistle
an apple into a rose
a pear in to a cat
I would love some new knives. but seriously, life is just too short to faff around carving fruit and veg!
cucumber crodiles
a mango lion!!!
A radish into a rose
Radishes into flowers…they look so pretty and I’ve always wanted to try and do it
strawberry ladybird
I’d carve a carrot into the shape of my westie dog.
a watermelon into a dolphin
We have a pet tortoise so I’d carve a tortoise out of a green apple 🙂
a banana, into a canoe………..
oooo something big like watermelon into a face or dragon lol
A carrot into an orange!!
I would carve carrots into flowers. My mum always did this.
A Butternut Squash into the face of my barmy Cat!!
I’d like to make tomato roses
just read the other comments – what an inventive lot!! l feel so boring after that lot, but l’d like to have a go at transforming broccoli into a tree – see l take the easy option!
A carrot into a bunny
A melon into a sailing boat.
apples,pears, kiwis, strawberries, and make a lovely presented fruit salad!
pumpkin into a scary face
apple into a tulip
I’d love to emulate the radish roses I’ve seen in Chinese restaurants
A carrot into a row of flowers
A carrot as my kids love them
Carrot into a flower
A swede into a large flower like they make in Chinese restaurants
An apple into a flower for my first attempt.
I would love to do a really fab scene of ghosts on a huge pumpkin
hi i would like to try an apple into a flower and carrot into a rose 🙂
A pumpkin with the Take That symbol.
Carrotts into flowers x
A pear into a cat
Carrots and parsnips into flowers
Turnip – Face
i think a melon although i have no idea into what!
A pear with tear drops carved all over
pumpkin every time
an apple into a rose
A butterfly into a butternut squash
A mango into a flower
Melon brain!
I’d love to try watermelon carving, make a pretty flower like the Japanese do.
cucumbers? or watermelon?
A pear into a flower x
Water melon nto a globe
A honeydew melon, I’d like to try a dragon on one 🙂
a tomato into a rose
I have seen some stunning carvings using water melons and would love to try to carve an owl out of one.
Tomato flowers are good – but make sure they are firm. – carrots and firm melons also work into flowers
I would carve a watermelon into a flower
flute carrot
A carrot into a sword!
A melon into a umbrella
A face on an apple as its simple!
A carrot into a rose
I would try to carve anything into something that I could get the kids to eat!
A dolls face on an apple, to encourage my daughter to like apples
tomatoe rose
A sweet potato into a rabbit
Radish,s to roses
I would attempt to carve a carrot into a fish skeleton…
I might wait a while but then cut a scary face into a pumpkin which always really amuses my little boy!
I’d try to do an apple into Peppa pig for my daughter- why not!!
A carrot into a rocket
A watermelon into a cat.
a cucumber inti a hot dog
A carrot into a rose 🙂
a tomato into a rose
Pineapple into a face
carrots into flowers
a swede into a teddy bear
a raddish into a rose
A melon into a butterfly
flowers out of the apple
Whatever I tried would be guaranteed to be a mess.
A butternut squash into an elephant
I think I could give a carrot bunny a go 🙂
a carrot into a castle 🙂
radish into a rose
A watermelon into a Swan
I’d like to do a cinderella and carve a pumpkin into a campervan! Aside from that I’m happy enough sticking to chopping numerous salads and veggie chilli or curry meals rather than the artistic side of things!
A carrot into a swan
I;d carve some potatoes into chips 🙂
I <3 melon fans
I’d love to turn a carrot into a parrot purely because it would really amuse me (but I think it may be a little ambitious for a beginner!)
I’d carve an apple into a pretty flower.
I’d carve an apple into a flower.
I have always wanted to make radish flowers
a butternut squash into a minion!
A melon into a rose
An apple into a swan – it’s been on my to-do list for ages!
A cucumber into a snake
A melon into a wicker basket
A radish into a rose – although I’m not terribly patient at this sort of thing!
I’d carve a carrot into a goldfish
probably start off witha large apple but maybe with just a pretty pattern for practice
An apple into a diamond!
I’d carve a melon into a dolphin (or Industrial design if it went wrong!!!)
A watermelon with a monkeys face…
I want to carve a melon into a scary face. I saw one on a cruise once and it was fab!
I’d probably try and carve my partners face out of a potato, very unsuccessfully!
Carrot
will carve a flower
I would attempt to turn some carrots into bunnies 😀 just because its Easter
A pineapple into easter bunnies as its easter
I would have a go at carving a watermelon 🙂
A cucumber!
@Dorothee77
a pumpkin for halloween
Apple into a flower
A potato. With my knife skills probably mr potato head
I’d try and carve an apple into a butterfly.
potato into a sheep im ambisous
I’d try to make a sponge bob square pants out of pineapple
id carve a shiny red apple into a cupcake to see if fruit could possible taste as good as cakes
I’d make heart shaped carrots, but I need to have a go at your apple too. It’s beautiful.
A grapefruit into a tangerine
An orange into a flower
Turn a kiwi fruit into a lotus flower
A nectarine into a rose
I’d like to make a foot out of a large bread roll, with show details etc 🙂
A melon into a budda 🙂
An apple into a very round owl
Cucumber flowers
I can carve an apple into a swan and would like to make a rose out of a carrot.
I saw a Japanese chef carve a watermelon into the most beautiful flower design once. Truly stunning, would love to be able to do that 🙂
Radish into a rose
pumpkin into jack skeleton! well try anyway lol
a melon into a swan
Butternut squash into a monster
CArrot into a rose
Kiwi into a small monster
A pear into a flower x
I would like to carve some yellow melons into sunflowers
Sharp knives are a must for the kitchen. These look great.
a watermelon into a zombue
Kiwis are great to carve as they look quite funky anyway, as do star fruits! Most of the work done for you for the fruit salad.
i want to carve a pineapple into a house
I would love to carve into a carrot maybe a flower – jealous of the ones at the Chinese restaraunt!
melon! 🙂 or maybe an apple 🙂
I would try and make a flower from a pear
Watermelon *beyonce voice*
A swan out of an apple
I’d carve a acary face into a pumpkin.
watermelon mickey mouse!
anything that is easy enough to make into anything as would just love to do this i have seen many great things with so many different fruits that have been so wonderful and have wanted to try for myself
A turnip into a rose
A kiwi into a flower x
Butterfly out of an apple
flowers, out of anything
A cucumber would be perfect to practice as a beginner. I’d start with peas and work up to a pineapple.
i’d carve into a pear cos I hate the taste so it deserves to be carved up!! 🙂
tomato into a flower
Pumpkins into monsters.
my partners head from a pumpkin (need a big one here!)
A turtle from a carrot – had one in a Chinese restaurant and it was lovely.
Tomatoes into roses x
watermelon the wifes face on a bad day
A rabbit out of a carrot
A pumpkin into a scene from harry potter!
I’d carve a cucumber, turning it into a palm tree!
An orange into Karl Pilkington’s head
a flower on a pear
a parsnip into the eiffel tower
a pumkin for Halloween or a carrot
A carrot would be easiest to start with I think. I would carve it into a knife!
Carrots into flowers like the local Thai/Chinese restaurant
Carrots I’m sure would look great!
Carrot Flowers!
I’ve always wanted to try my had at doing one of these awesome pumpkin designs I see every one doing at halloween.
cucumber flowers
Tomato in to a rose
I would have to practise on old potatoes but I would love to be able to carve a really good pumpkin!
i would love to carve apples into animals 😀
iv seen some cool stuff made out of watermelons, like to try that
I would like to carve a watermelon for when we have BBQs. It would be a good center piece
a carrot not sure what into
Apples into Faces
melon into a face
Watermelon into a rabbit .x
A tomato into a rose
A carrot into a girffe
Apple into an animal
A carrot in to a rocket 😀
A Radish into a little mouse
Also a swan apple! Looks pretty easy!
an apple swan
turnips into funny faces to make my kids laugh
Orange flowers 🙂
I wouldn’t. I’d leave it to the other half
I like making my sons nursery lunch box more enjoyable, so I am already a routined carrot/cucumber/apple/kiwi… shaper 😉
Apples into faces of One Direction for our Grandaughter.
banana & apple into a flower
I’d love to try carving a carrot into an Easter Bunny
A water melon into a swan
I would just carve a potato into a square so I can paint with it….im not very good! 🙂
Would carve a strawberry into our breakfast table.. given a chance!
I’d carve carrots and parsnips into chunk type shapes and put them into a casserole… not into playing with my food, as long as it tastes nice, it doesn’t have to be pretty.
ive always been fascinated at the swede carvings in Chinese resteraunts so would love to have a go myself
melon/ watermelon into animals 🙂
A pineapple into a hedgehog
A pumpkin and would carve a haunted scene into it
I carved a watermelon into a shark for my little girl birthday party.
A pumpkin with a smiley face
I’d have a go at shaping a tiger out of a giant marrow
A carrot into a flower
Carrots into rockets for my son
MELON INTO A BOAT
I’d carve a honeydew melon into a star
I’d try to carve my dog out of a melon
a radish into a rose
A turnip into a bird
A carrot into a crocodile
I love to make tomato roses
Pumpkin into a puppy
An onion into a flower
I’d start with a radish into a rose
Many years ago I use to carve a radish into a flower
Tomatoes into flowers
Potatoes into stars and rockets
water melon into hedgehog.
kiwi into a hedgehog
A water melon into hedgehog
I would carve a dinosaur into a carrot .. to try and persuade my boys to eat it …
A MELON INTO A HEDGEHOG
carrot into a flower – they look so good
A courgette into a crocodile
An apple into a fish
i would love to be able to make the tomato swans they look beautiful 😀
Would have to be a carrot into a rose.
Happy Face tomato’s x
An Apple into a flower
I’d make a tomato flower x
Radish flowers
I would love to attempt a carrot or tomato flower. Don’t they just look amazing when you see them as garnish on a display.
I would start with something simple – like flowers on apples
I would carve a melon into a moon
I would try the flower apple to start with 🙂
Love to try and carve a tomato into a flower
I think I would try raddish flowers
Tomato flower
a carrot into a rose
I would like to try make a swan out of an apple. I saw it once on a hotel buffet, was impressive.
A flower out of a tomato.
I’d love to have a go at a watermelon into a flower of some sort.
I would make carrot trees
A funny face onto a water melon – it’d be funny cos I don’t think I’d be very good at it
Carrots are good, a chef at local Chinese carves them into flowers and fish!!!!
An apple into a fish
A carrot rose
a melon flower
An apple into a fairy!
I love radishes cut into flowers 🙂
A raisin into a giant. That’d test the knife!
aN APPLE ROSE
A pumpkin
Tomato into a flower
Carrot flowers
i love stars and pears so that’d b me
My kids names into apples for a treat!
My favourite time of year is halloween, we always carve the most amazing pumpkins. x
a flower from a carrot
A pumpkin into a lantern – never done one before!
Carve a world map onto a pumpkin then light it up at night!
I did a cookery course in Thailand that included vegetable carving, we carved a turnip into a flower! x
I would carve a melon into a rabbit (I saw a pic of this the other day hehe)
I’ve only done one halloween pumpkin lantern so I would love to try another one with a better knife
A traditional Scottish Halloween turnip (neep) instead of a pumpkin. X
A watermelon- I have seen one awesome carvings on youube
pumpkin for halloween
I’d make an elephant out of a butternut squash!
watermelon into a clown face
A flower tomato, they always look so pretty as part of a centre piece
carrot flowers
A carrot into a lovely bird
A Tomato into a flower
a carrot into a goldfish
A radish into a robin!
would have to be a tomato into a flower
a watermelon into an owl
i would love to make a flower from an apple! would make great table decorations at bbqs! imagine a tomato rose in the salad!
probably radish flowers but that apple looks lovely!
A water melon into a star wars tie fighter
I’d carve a cucumber into a serpent
A watermelon (give me plenty to work with) and then turn it into one of my friends!
would like to turn a radish into a flower
Flowers out of a selection of fruit
A pumpkin into a scary face for Halloween
a melon into a swan. (not sure how Im going to achieve it though)
Carrots into roses!!
I’d like to try a melon into a cat. sounds difficult though
A potato into a skull
Sorry a skull is not an animal. Well in that case I would like to carve a potato into a warthog.
A radish into a rose, like in the 70’s!
A flower into a watermelon
A carrot into a goldfish 🙂
A watermelon into a plant pot with flowers constructed from the dug out melon, flowers then being placed in the watermelon plant pot
Kiwi 🙂
A tomatoe in to a rose
Apple slices into fish shapes 🙂
A watermelon into a rose
A Carrot into a flower….I have Chinese Friends who do this for their restaurants…..they are beautiful!
love to try this to try a carve a face in a apple
i would like to carve a watermelon, just into pretty shapes
I have no idea, cauliflower into florets might be easy enough for me 😉 x
Watermelon and a dragon
Watermelon and some kind of flower
A pumpkin into a lantern at Halloween
An apple, into a flower.
Would love to carve a pumpkin, something special for halloween
Apple into a rose 🙂
A pumpkin and to do something different that to the usual halloween carving