Note To Self - Harvest Fruit Kabob Display Is Always Best To Serve At Home!

All week long I've looked forward to posting a blog on my "healthy snack" idea for my son's Harvest Party, which was yesterday. When I was first assigned the task by his class' room parents I thought to myself "What are a bunch of ten year old kids going to want to dive into that is 'healthy'?" I knew I could not simply toss a bowl of sliced fruit on the table, step back and watch as it was hungrily devoured like a bunch of pellets tossed at the goats through the fence at a petting zoo -- I needed to be a bit more inventive if I wanted to generate as much excitement.

After searching through a couple of magazines and a few of my favorite sites I came to the decision that fruit kabobs was the best way to go. I thought they were a good idea because not only could I incorporate different types of fruit but it was fun (certainly more fun than a bowl of fruit) and I could also make it a bit more festive and in keeping with the spirit of harvest by including chunks of pumpkin bread in addition to the fruit. To further add to the harvest theme and give it the "wow" factor I was seeking I decided that a great way to display the kabobs was sticking them into and around a large fresh pumpkin -- creating a kind of fruit arrangement. So with the help of my husband's cordless screwdriver and 25 fruit kabobs of freshly cut-up apples, pineapple, cantaloupe and home baked pumpkin bread I set out to make the most amazing and healthy cornucopia for my son's class. I must say the finished product looked amazing and even elicited a "wow" from my husband who was feeling a bit skeptical about my use of his power tools. While I was pretty proud of my achievement and with only seconds to go before I was due at my son's school, the one piece of this "healthy snack" idea I never stopped to consider was "How in the world am I now going to get this 50lb display safely from my front door to my son's school! Let's just say there were a lot of stops along the way and my belly is filled with many, many pieces of fallen pumpkin bread. Even with the bumps in the road (literally) the fruit arrangement was a huge hit with kids and parents alike. I can happily report that there was only one cast-off fruit kabob remaining and my trip home was a lot less stressful except for.........I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR MY BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With no photo evidence you'll need to trust me and give this idea I try. All you need is any kind of fruit skewers, a large pumpkin and a power tool with a fairly thick drill bit and you can make the most impressive fruit arrangement for your Thanksgiving gathering -- especially if you are hosting!

Other fun ideas to incorporate into your fruit skewers is chocolate dipped or drizzled fruit and maybe marshmallows instead of bread. Also, make sure the bread is super cold or frozen so it does not fall apart on the skewer. But most importantly -- DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A PICTURE!

This is all I have left -- the now sad looking cast-off pumpkin!