Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Watermelon Shoot

The Fourth of July is coming up here in the States (well...I guess everywhere has a 4th of July, but it's not Independence Day for everyone)! I LOVE Independence Day. It is one of my favorite holidays. I love the parades, the food, the fireworks, and the fun. I still don't know exactly how we're celebrating it this year yet, but it'll be fun! 

I went back through our submissions from this past year to pull out any 4th of July emails that we hadn't posted yet, and we don't have all that many! I was surprised. We must have used them all last year (I guess that means we need more 4th submissions!). But I did find a gem to show you today about a 4th of July photo shoot. Rebecca saw the pin below and used it as inspiration for their Independence Day picture adventure.

The Original Pin

Her happy baby couldn't sit up on her own yet, so they decided to modify things a little to fit the situation. Instead of having the watermelon sitting up, they hollowed it out and had it laying down. They left it out in the sun to warm up, lined it with a towel for comfort, and then they put their normally happy baby in. To see the photo that they found on Pinterest go to http://fullerfun.blogspot.com/2010/07/baby-watermelon.html.


The Pinstrosity


She just wasn't impressed at all, poor thing. But Rebecca did say "Luckily she cheered up as soon as we stopped, and the watermelon was one of the best ones I have ever had!"


At least the watermelon was yummy! For tips on taking pictures of babies (especially babies in pumpkins/watermelon), see our previous post, Pumpkin Patch Babies. One extra tip I can give with the watermelon is to cut a slice off the bottom so it stays in place better. That doesn't do much to help an unhappy baby, but anything you can do to make taking pictures with babies easier is a plus in my book!

9 comments:

  1. Hahaha! I have a baby-in-a-pumpkin shot that is similar. :)

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  2. Even in the original pin the baby looks P*SSED!
    LOL

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    1. He was having fun trying to chew on the watermelon rind most of the time.

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  3. Our niece just had a baby but I think she's even too little to place inside a hollowed out melon, as cute as that would be. I don't have a 4th of July craft, per se, but I did the fairies in a jar project the other night with pics, which is summery anyway...It's not scheduled to publish yet but if you are interested, let me know and I'll submit it to you.

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  4. It looks like in the original pin, they cut the melon in half, carved arches for the leg "holes" and then placed it in front of baby for the picture while mom or dad held on from behind. Wobbly baby or a not-yet-sitter? problem solved! Now if I could just figure a way for my toddlers to try this...

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    1. Nope, its the full melon. We only cut holes for his legs to fit through. The sjape of the melon made it very stable. Most of the time he was happily gumming on the edge of the rind. He was not upset at all.

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  5. I haven't tried the watermelon but I was successful with the pumpkin shot:
    http://pinterest.com/pin/277815870732998135/

    I didn't want him just in a diaper because I assumed it would be cold, wet, and icky. I know the original watermelon photo has the baby at most in a diaper but baby also doesn't look happy either.

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    1. He was in a diaper and we had small handtowels in there as well so he was not right against the cold melon. He was quite content to chew on the edge the whole time.

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  6. I don't think I would be very happy if someone stuck me inside a watermelon either... :D

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