The steps to knead the watermelon with plasticine are as follows:

Preparation materials: plasticine.

1. Freshly cut large watermelon.

2. Take an appropriate amount of green clay and roll it into a round ball.

3. Take an appropriate amount of dark green clay, roll it into thin strips (different thicknesses), and flatten into irregular strips.

4. Adhere to the surface of the ball as a "watermelon" skin pattern.

5. Make 7 more patterns.

6. Use tools to create a "watermelon" tail shape.

7. Take an appropriate amount of green clay to make a "fruit handle".

8. Glue the “fruit stem” to the top of the watermelon.

9. Take an appropriate amount of green clay and roll it into a "shuttle shape".

10. Flatten and organize.

11. Take an appropriate amount of flesh-colored mud, make it as above, and glue it together to serve as the "melon rind".

12. Take an appropriate amount of red clay and roll it into a ball.

13. Use a cutter to cut from the middle.

14. After finishing, bond with the "melon rind".

15. Take an appropriate amount of black color clay to make a "watermelon seed" shape and stick it on the red color.

16. The big and sweet watermelon is cut open, come and taste it!

Benefits of playing with plasticine:

1. Open the door to imagination. Plasticine toys are very helpful for giving play to children’s subjective initiative. Children can imagine and create wildly. .

2. Divergent thinking. Plasticine has strong plasticity and reducibility, allowing children to play freely and create boldly, thereby cultivating children's divergent thinking.

3. Exercise hands-on ability. Playing and pinching plasticine can exercise children's hands-on ability, promote the development of small muscles in children's hands, and enhance hand-eye coordination.