Coffin Halloween Party Invitations

We LOVE Halloween and we LOVE hosting Halloween Parties! The other day while at the Dollar Store when I spotted these 8″ coffins full of gummy body parts, inspiration struck. I made these Coffin Halloween Party Invitations.

At $1 each, these are not bargain invitations but I couldn’t pass them up.

We wanted to make sure our words would fit perfectly in the coffin lid so we traced the coffin and then scanned and saved it to the computer. Then we used word art (or just a lot of space bar action) to fit the words perfectly inside the coffin shape.

Print out, cut out and then glue onto the inside top of each coffin.

Which left a “not super attractive coffin” when the lid was closed.

A problem easily solved with some “wood grain” paper.

More tracing, cutting and gluing.

Topped it all off with a “You’re Invited: Open if you DARE…” sign and these babies are ready for delivery.

coffin invitation

16 Comments

You found some this year? Awesome. I think $1 is a great price for that huge coffin full of candy. Have a blast at your party!

I like that they were filled with the candy and the boxes were thick cardboard and Huge. It’s a fantastic idea to use one as a template if you have the extra time and don’t want to buy them though. We only needed a few so I didn’t mind buying them already made.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. You can still get this candy in 2012. No evite this year to the party.

Super cute idea!!

Why didn’t you just buy one, disassemble and use the pattern on cardstock? I think, if I can find some sort of pattern, I might try this for my son’s Halloween party at school this year! He’s 9 and a Cub scout, so this could very well help him earn his Artist Activity badge as well as keep me from going nuts fulfilling the path i put myself on, HAHA!

Thanks for the inspiration!