
Poke the skewers into place once you're ready to serve.

If you need to prepare a little in advance, make the skewers and base and then keep them chilled. Before long you'll have the entire melon filled up and looking a bit porcupine-ish. As you finish each skewer poke the bottom into one of the pre-made holes or x's on your watermelon shell.Leave about 3" empty on the bottom of each skewer. You may also choose to place a piece of fresh mint here and there. Place all of the ingredients for the dip together in the bowl of a stand mixer. The grapes and berries can act as cute stoppers in between larger pieces of fruit. Once all the fruit is cut up, you can start assembling the fruit onto skewers following any pattern you like.You may also choose to use the melon baller on the cantaloupe. Cut the rest of your fruit into bite sized pieces.Using a paring knife, cut small X marks or poke holes in rows as you choose across the outside of the melon shell. Once the shell is dried out a bit you will turn the shell over onto a platter, so the cut side is down and you've got a nice half round base to work with.When you can't make any more balls, scrape the remainder of the watermelon out using a spoon until you have an empty shell (all white), and set the shell aside to let it dry out. Using a melon baller, scoop out all of the watermelon into nice bite sized balls, place them on a platter as you go.Choose to work with the half that looks the best when you turn it over. 1 kabob: 170 calories, 12g fat (7g saturated fat), 37mg cholesterol, 188mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 10g protein. Cut tip to tip, so that if you turn your half upside down, the tips are barely noticeable at each end. Some of the blueberries, especially the softer ones, got mushy or fell off. Then press the fruit over the paper straw. We made sure to start and end our kabob with strawberries, because they are the least likely to fall off.

Thread fruit onto skewers in desired pattern. Cut into desired cubes or floral patterns. Peel and seed cantaloupe and honeydew peel kiwi. Add in Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread and stir.
