Fruit Gobbler (Turkey) Centerpiece

Ingredients

• 1 bosc pear (head)
• 1 cantaloupe or honeydew melon (body)
• 2 lbs cubed cheddar cheese (beak and tail feathers)
• 1-2 red bell peppers or yellow bell peppers (snood, feet and side feathers)
• 2 raisins (eyes)
• 1 lb seedless grapes (tail feathers)
• bamboo skewers
• toothpicks

Directions

1. 1

   Stabilize the melon body by cutting a shallow slice off the rind to form a flat base and place on serving dish or platter.

2. 2

   Using a section of bamboo skewer, attach a Bosc pear (head) upside-down to the upper front of the melon.

3. 3

   Cut a cheese triangle beak and red pepper snood. Attach both, along with raisin eyes, to the pear head with sections of toothpick.

4. 4

   Cut red pepper feet and set them in place. For tail feathers, skewer cheese cubes and red grapes, then insert the skewers around the back of the melon. Pin pepper side feathers in place with toothpicks.