Shaker Coffins and Skull Boxes

Really wanted to try some sort of shaker treat boxes for Halloween this year so I came up with these coffin shaped boxes with a shaker lid.

The svg cut file of the template for the coffin box was a freebie from Birds Cards that I had downloaded just prior to the closing of the the site earlier this month. I edited the original cut file by adding a shaker window to the lid and creating a backing insert for the window with a depth of 1/8 inch to hold the sequins and sprinkles.

Front of the box was decorated with a spider and "Boo!" die cut from an old Cuttlebug Halloween die. Cutting files for the spider web and trick or treating Kuromi in her skeleton costume were created in Make the Cut Design Program.

I put together a dozen of these boxes to share with friends. Didn't have a chance to bake this year so instead, coffin boxes were filled with my favorite Japanese rolled cookies.

While looking for ideas for Halloween treat boxes, I came across these skull  favor boxes designed by "Little Paper Racoon" on Etsy. I have been wanting to make skull shaped boxes for Halloween for a very long time, so I was very excited to purchase the template for this project.

The original template for this box was in PDF format, intended to be printed and then cut by hand. Since I preferred to have it cut on my Silhouette, I converted it into a svg cut file and made a few changes. Instead of the separate top fitting lid of the original box, I decided to edit the template by welding the lid piece to the main skull piece so it would cut as a single piece and left the flap on the top of the skull unglued as a flip style lid. Nose and eye sockets were changed to be cut instead of printed on the skull and teeth were changed to be a print and cut.

Then just for fun I added bows with spiders, skull eye patches, rhinestone catch lights in the eye sockets, and lots of Stickles glitter glue.

Back of the skull looked so bare so I added a sentiment.

Thankfully these skull boxes were pretty quick to assemble once they were cut so I was able to get a dozen done in time for fright night. 

Frank and Polah are getting dressed up to attend the Monster Mash tonight! Have a safe and fun Halloween!