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WATERMELON CHICKEN SALAD
1 (3 lb.) Red watermelon
12 oz. oriental noodles, uncooked
1 lb. grilled chicken breasts, boneless
10 oz. seedless cucumbers, thinly sliced with peel
2 oz. green onion, thinly sliced
Parsley sprigs
Garnish: Bamboo shoots
Sweet and Sour Ginger Dressing (see below)

Preparation: Remove rind from watermelon and cut flesh into 1- to 1 ½ inch cubes. Cover and refrigerate. Cook and drain noodles, set aside. Arrange 1 sliced chicken breast on a spiral on 3 oz. of noodles. Place 3/4 cup cubed watermelon and 1/3 cup sliced cucumbers beside chicken. Sprinkle with parsley sprigs. Garnish with bamboo shoots and serve with Sweet and Sour Ginger Dressing.

SWEET AND SOUR GINGER DRESSING
2 1/2 Tbsp. rice vinegar
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. ginger root, minced
4 oz. soy oil
1 oz. sesame oil

Preparation: Mix vinegar, soy sauce, and ginger root until well mixed; set aside. Combine soy and sesame oils in salad dressing shaker; gradually add vinegar mixture until blended. Shake well before serving. Florida Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services

Really Cute Dessert Idea:

WATERMELON PARTY GAMES

Seed Count

Fill a jar with watermelon seeds, and encourage guests to guess the number of seeds in the jar.

Seed Spitting

Lay a long piece of butcher paper on the ground. Guests stand at one end, and compete to spit their seeds the farthest. Mark each guests seed on the paper before the next guest spits.

Watermelon Relay

Can be played in the pool with a floating watermelon, or rolled on dry land.
Teams push watermelons back and forth using only their heads.

Watermelon Eating Contest

Slice dozens of peices of watermelon, and weigh them so all contestants start with the same amount of watermelon. First guest to finish wins. Establish rules about how much "red" can be left on the rinds, or cut the rinds off beforehand.

Watermelon Polo

This is played in the deep end of a swimming pool. Divide the group into two teams. Throw a watermelon into the pool (it will float). Throw, pass, give, hand, dive, or toss the watermelon to other team members to try to get it past the “goal” of the other team. The team wins who is successful at getting the watermelon to sit on the ledge at the other side of the pool. This is hysterical and a very challenging game, recommended for adults.

Watermelon Carving Contest

If guests are adults, provide knives and carving tools for contestants to create the most creative watermelon display. Blindfold them for hilarious results. For kids, plastic knives might work, have them cut shapes into individual slices of melon.

Many teachers around the country
have created very cute "units" with games,
songs, crafts, and activities for students.
So many great ideas here, its hard to list them all!

Watermelon Coloring Page	Preschool Watermelon Song and Craft	Watermelon lessons, activity sheets, and coloring pages
Watermelon Links	Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page - Watermelon	Watermelon-One Day Theme
Kinder~Themes	Watermelon Theme at Teaching Heart	Mrs. Sirois's One Day Watermelon Unit
The Virtual Vine's Wild About Watermelons	Addie's Wonderful Watermelon Unit	Watermelon A-B-C Bookmarks to print and share
Kinderpond's Wonderful Watermelons	The Enormous Watermelon	Watermelon Just Got Better from the USDA Agricultural Research Service

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