Abstract: The thermal serving tray is a serving tray that can maintain either hot or cool temperatures relative to ambient temperature. The tray may have any desired shape or configuration, which may be rectangular, circular or any other shape, with no sidewalls, with walls that are substantially orthogonal or sloping, with or without handles, and with or without a lid or cover. Preferably, the bottom wall is hollow, in whole or in part, and encloses a thermal gel for keeping the tray and its contents warm or cool, as desired. A transparent window is formed in at least a portion of at least one wall of the tray so that a color change indicator is visible to indicate whether the temperature is either warm enough or cool enough to maintain the food at the desired temperature. The color change indicator may be layered above or intermixed with the thermal gel.

Abstract: The pumpkin carving kit for carving shapes into pumpkins includes a knob and templates, which are used to form face shapes on a pumpkin. The kit may include a striking mallet and a scraper. The knob has a threaded connector extending Therefrom. Each template has a sharp bottom rim defining a cutting edge and a top rim. The top rim has a retention strip extending across it, and a threaded hole situated within the retention strip for receiving the threaded connector of the knob. Stabilizers are attached to the bottom rim of the template. The template is placed on the surface of a pumpkin, and the stabilizers steady the template against the pumpkin surface. The front surface of the knob is then struck either with the mallet or with the user's hand, forcing the sharp bottom rim of the template to pierce a shaped hole into the surface of the pumpkin.