2 hours + 2 small fruit knives + 1 big knife + 1 large spoon
Discoveries 1. Watermelon carving > pumpkin carving 2. A v- or u-shaped (or even flat) chisel would have worked 1000x better than a fruit knife or two (for the designs). 3. I'm still an amateur. 4. Don't let the woman with the tremors cut the big chunks out... they for sure will not come out even.
[[I didn't make the fruit salad-- credit for the actual salad goes to my great-grandma Doris. She's ninety-something.]]