Thread: Coffin Props

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Hey,

Looking for the easyest way to make a coffin. Does anyone know how?

I am looking as welll. Please help??

Saw this posted in another thread:

http://www.spookyblue.com/halloween/coffin/

I have personally used an old fence we ripped down. Took the fencing and chopped it up - braced it together. Didn't cost me anything (though not everyone has an old fence to take down). Creepy and old looking as well.

Maybe going to a lumber yard and asking for scrap wood? SOmetimes they have warped, broken, chipped, etc wood that they'll either give or sell cheap.

Or possibly find a wooden pallet somewhere. Take those planks and you've got yourself and old wooden coffin.

That's pretty cool, I'm just going to decide if I want to do it with wood or foam board. I made a whole cemetary out of foam board. I would like the coffin to be a bit more stable. How did you brace it together? With nails or glue?

I just took more parts of the fence and laid it across a set number of planks and nailed it. Mind you, it was a very primitive coffin - square, gaps between the planks, and not a 'perfect' shape. We had one side of the top swing open using some hinges. I then lined the inside with white trash bags to look like lining - either I'd hide in it (the tot'ers ALWAYS wanted to sneak a peak, so when they get close, I'd pop open and it'd be a good scare). I also took my answering machine from my phone - where it has a the speaker phone on one end and put it inside the coffin with a fake hand hanging out. When the tot'ers got close, I'd yell something through the phone and, again, it'd be a good scare.

Like I said, it was primitive - it was maybe 5 or 6 fence planks wide and deep, held together with more fence and nailed. It only lasted 2 halloweens. The wood was old and fragile (reason we took it down as a fence).

Sounds pretty awesome though! This is going to be my project for this year. I've spooken with my dad and he's in for helping me. I can't wait, I want to get on it now, but they are away at the lake.

Spooky Blues technique worked well...

http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...foam%20coffin/

braced with duct tape and foam adhesive - easy project - good results

Thanks for posting these I need help with this project as well.

I built this in a couple hours on Sunday, following these directions:

http://64.226.23.133/woodycarr/scare..._coffin_2.html

Cost was a little over 25$, as the wood was about 1.60$ per piece