How To Cut Watermelon into Sticks for easy eating

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

How to Cut Watermelon

Our easy technique for slicing watermelon into sticks for simple serving and easy eating. You can get a great bite and mouthful of sweet watermelon. Best of all, it’s easy to serve a huge crowd for a big party of hungry watermelon eaters. One common struggle in slicing a watermelon, especially a large juicy, delicious watermelon, is the initial cutting the melon in half. First of all, 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. Secondly, cut through the rind, rotating the watermelon to cut the circumference. Finally, once the rind it cut through, the interior of the watermelon with break to separate into halves.

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

Our 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. Breaking it down 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.

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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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This post was originally published in 2017 and updated in 2021.