Abstract: A cooking mold assembly for making shaped pancakes and other food items is disclosed and includes a main body portion with an outer peripheral wall for holding uncooked batter. The main body portion has at least one character opening for a character tile. The character tile and a front face of the main body portion define a pattern that is formed in the completed food item. The character tile may be exchanged to tailor the design formed in the food item as desired. A back surface of the main body portion includes a textured surface to inhibit sticking to a hot cooking surface.

Abstract: A user may utilize the herein disclosed device for inflating multiple pre-tied balloons simultaneously to advantageously inflate multiple balloons quickly and efficiently. The herein disclosed device for inflating multiple pre-tied balloons simultaneously comprises a base for fitting onto an air blower, a plurality of air tubes for directing air into multiple pre-tied balloons, and a slide plate for retaining the plurality of air tubes during inflation. The slide plate also functions to facilitate cutting off one or more of the air tubes during inflation, so that a user may determine whether one or more of the balloons has reached a desired inflation level prior to the remaining balloons reaching the desired inflation level, and thereby utilize the slide plate to cut off the flow of air to the one or more balloons that have more quickly reached the desired inflation level.