Pumpkin decorating kit and method using light guiding pegs

A kit for illuminative decoration of an exterior surface portion of a shell wall formed from a item of produce to have a selected shell wall thickness and an open interior, comprising:

• (a) a plurality of light pegs constructed of a light transmissive material and having a length at least equal to the shell wall thickness, at least some of said light pegs having an enlarged peg head and an elongated shaft extending therefrom, said shaft terminating in a light collecting end;
• (b) a pattern sheet adapted to attach to an exterior surface portion of the shell of the shell wall and marked to locate positions for at least some of said light pegs;
• (c) a mallet having an enlarged mallet head and a handle that extends radially outwardly from said head, said handle terminating at a free end, said mallet adapted to permit manual driving of said light pegs into the exterior surface of the shell wall;
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• (d) an illumination device adapted to be placed in the open interior of the item of produce and operative to emit light, said light collecting end of each said light peg operative to collect light from said illumination device, said elongated shaft of each light peg operative to transmit light from said light collecting end to said enlarged peg head, and said enlarged peg head of each light peg operative to disperse transmitted light from the interior to the exterior so as to be visible to an observer.