How To Cut Watermelon into Sticks for easy eating

There’s so many techniques on how to cut watermelon. Depending on if you’re making a watermelon salad recipe, watermelon drinks or just for easy eating, there’s a great technique for every way of serving. We also share a fun way on how to cut a watermelon, Kung-fu style!

This easy technique for how to cut watermelon is cutting watermelon into sticks for simple serving and easy eating. You can get a great bite and mouthful of sweet watermelon and best of all, it’s easy to serve a huge crowd for a big party of hungry watermelon eaters. One common struggle in cutting a watermelon, especially a large juicy, delicious watermelon, is the initially cutting the melon in half. Don’t bother trying to make the knife go all the way through. Just cut insert the knife tip into the watermelon and then cut into it a 3 or 4 inches deep. Now cut through the rind, rotating the watermelon to cut the circumference. Once the rind it cut through, the interior of the watermelon with break to separate into halves. Our how to cut watermelon video shows you both ways and watching it is way easier than explain it in words because it’s super easy. You can take this technique further and cut the watermelon into chunks for a salad or if it’s easier eating for you. Cutting it further into chunks is a great way to eat it with a fork if folks don’t want to eat the watermelon with their hands. Either way, it’s a great way to chop up the whole watermelon into your favorite way of eating it.

Watch the Video for 2 Easy Ways on How to Cut Watermelon Into Sticks – Classic and Kung Fu Style!

Check out some Tools for our Watermelon Salad & Random Watermelon Stuff:

Here’s some of the favorites we’ve found around the web:

Star Cutters – Great for patriotic holidays, New Years parties and other fun decorating! Nesting multiple sizes for diversity & easy storage

Watermelon Slicer – We’ve never had one or used one, but they always make us curious!

Watermelon Balloons – Who took a bite out of the balloon? 

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Here’s a great Watermelon Salad Recipe with Arugula for all your arugula fans!

This post was originally published in 2017 and updated in 2018.