Thread: Tombstones Made Easy

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I'm so excited that someone was this clever, thanks. I have a whole bunch of cheap ones, but I don't think I'll have the time to carve out new ones from scratch, this will help so much for Morumen Cemetery. Thanks again!

I think that I can offer up a minor tweak to this. Granted my stones were made of board, not plywood, but the premise should still work. I was told by the guy who cut the boards into tombstones, a retired carpenter by trade, to take a pair of those long aluminum gutter nails, about 3" if I recall. Then find a drill bit that's just slightly smaller than the head of said nail.

Then drill two holes about 1- 1 1/2" in the bottom of the tombstone. Then, placing them head first, pound them into the holes. Being made of Aluminum, they are rust free, and are virtually invisible once you place them in the ground. I've had mine in use for about 15+ years, and only just last year did one of the nails break off. that was more a matter of metal fatigue that exposure to the elements.

I make my tombstones out of styrofoam insullation, carve 'em up with a utility knife, and them paint 'em - they turn out great, especially when you don't use spray paint. The spray paint eats the foam if you're not careful...

Got a bunch of cheap ones from Walgreens this year and a few left over from years past. No time to do this this year but definitely gonna do it for next year!

thank you for the ideas! I been putting mortar on mine!

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Dollar Tree sells these cheapos by the box of 60 for $60 if anyone is interested. I bought an entire box for scrapping out the details and also filler stones for the back of my haunt.

http://www.dollartree.com/Fall-Flora...3018/index.pro