Pumpkin carving kit

A carving kit adapted for use in carving decorative designs in the fleshy shell of a pumpkin, comprising:

• an instruction book which may be opened and closed, said instruction book having a plurality of leaves bound together along a spine;
• an envelope having a pocket portion with an interior and a closure flap moveable betwen an extended position allowing access to the interior of the pocket portion and a folded position to close the interior of the pocket portion, said envelope bound in said instruction book along one edge of said pocket portion;
• a plurality of pattern sheets each having a decorative design including design features to be carved in the shell of the pumpkin, said pattern sheets each detachably bound in said instruction book;
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• cutting tools received in said pocket portion of said envelope, said closure flap operative in the folded position to retain said cutting tools, front and rear gatherings of the leaves of said instruction book when closed operative to hold said closure flap in the folded position.

A carving kit adapted for use in carving decorative designs in the fleshy shell of a pumpkin, comprising in combination:

• a first set of cutting tools each having a first handle axially supporting a first type of cutting element said first handles and said first type cutting elements releasably connected together in a flat tree arrangement;
• a second set of cutting tools each having a second handle axially supporting a second type of cutting element different from said first type of cutting element;
• a pattern sheet having a decorative design including design features to be carved into the shell of the pumpkin;
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• an instruction book including first instructions for removeably securing the pattern sheet to the pumpkin and for transferring the decorative design onto an outer surface portion thereof, second instructions correlating first ones of the design features, to the first type of cutting elements and third instructions correlating second ones of the design features to the second type of cutting elements whereby a person may transfer the decorative design onto the outer surface portion of the pumpkin and subseqnetly remove selected portions of the fleshy shell corresponding to the first and second ones of the design features respectively with said first and second types of cutting elements.

A carving kit adapted for use in carving decorative designs in the fleshy shell of a pumpkin, comprising in combination:

• a first set of cutting tools each having a first handle axially supporting a first type of cutting element;
• a second set of cutting tools each having a second handle axially supporting a second type of cutting element different from said first type of cutting element;
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• a plurality of pattern sheets having a decorative design including design features to be carved into the shell of the pumpkin said pattern sheets detachably bound in an instruction book, some of said pattern sheets being single sized leaves in said instruction book and other of said patterns being oversized leaves in said book and folded to a single leaf size dimension said instruction book including first instructions for removeably securing at least one of said pattern sheets to the pumpkin and for transferring the decorative design onto an outer surface portion thereof, second instructions correlating first ones of the design features to the first type of cutting elements and third instructions correlating second ones of the design features to the second type of cutting elements whereby a person may transfer the decorative design onto the outer surface portion of the pumpkin and subsequently remove selected portions of the fleshy shell corresponding to the first and second ones of the design features respectively with said first and second types of cutting elements.