WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Pineapple and/or Mango
• Strawberries and/or Watermelon
• Red Apple
• Circle cookie cutter(s)
• Heart cookie cutters
• Sharp knife

STEP 1 – MAKE YOUR BASE

Both Pineapple and Mango are well suited to become the base for these Emojis. For the Pineapple, first cut off the skin and then slice into rounds – if you want to make them perfect circles, use a cookie cutter to trim the edges. For the Mango, peel off the skin, cut vertical slices and then use a smaller-sized circle cutter. Make your base as thick or thin as you’d like – these were about 1/2-1/4”.

STEP 2 – MAKE YOUR HEART EYES

Both Strawberries and Watermelon worked brilliantly for the Emoji’s heart eyes, so simply pick your child’s favorite. For the Strawberries, cut vertical slices on all sides to get that nice dark color, then take a heart-shaped cookie cutter to make them into adorable love motifs. For the watermelon, cut ¼” slices and then stamp out the hearts.

The smallest heart (about 1.5”) from this set worked well with our larger Pineapple circles, and the tiny heart made  the smaller Mango circles.

STEP 3 – MAKE YOUR SMILES

Grab your favorite red apple (these were Red Delicious) and cut off thin slices all the way around. Use a sharp knife to shape your mouths skin-side up.

STEP 4 – ASSEMBLE

Grab a base, add your heart eyes and mouth, and voila! Heart-Eye Emoji Fruit Salad is complete!

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