35 grammardog

4:32 pm - 10/17/2006
Hey, all... I need to borrow someone's brilliant idea!

I'm making Halloween cookies for a bake sale. The cookies are going to be shaped like bones, and I thought it would be a cute idea to package them, three or four to a box, in little "coffin" boxes. I was just going to spray them black and then paint a cross on the top. The problem is that I can't think what I might use for a coffin

Any idea what kind of box or container I could use for a coffin? I'd need about 25 of them, and don't want to spend much money on them. I was trying to think of inexpensive food products that are sold in coffin-ish boxes, but I'm coming up blank.
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arrien 17th-Oct-2006 07:42 pm (UTC)
http://ravensblight.com/Box.htm


A word of advice, maybe: if you're going to be storing food inside the "coffin", I wouldn't recommend spray painting it. It might taint the food and not only make it taste gross, but make someone sick.
woah_the_kettle 17th-Oct-2006 07:51 pm (UTC)
hmm, maybe she could just spray the outside, and let it dry thuroughly before putting the cookies in it. maybe she could also put the cookies in saran-wrap before putting them in their coffin.
grammardog 18th-Oct-2006 03:15 pm (UTC)
That's the plan. :)
grammardog 18th-Oct-2006 03:14 pm (UTC)
I think the paint would be fine after it was dry, but I would certainly check it. They'd only be painted on the outside, anyway, and I would line the boxes with "satin" (wax paper).

Thanks for the template... I was looking for something more ready-built that I could just alter a bit. I'm lazy!
iheartiheart 17th-Oct-2006 07:45 pm (UTC)
Here is your solution:
http://ravensblight.com/deluxcoffinboxes.html

This person provides color PDFs of Coffin templates and how to put them together. All you need is a little white cardstock and there you go!
claudelemonde 17th-Oct-2006 09:50 pm (UTC)
or use black cardstock and you won't have to spraypaint....
iheartiheart 17th-Oct-2006 09:59 pm (UTC)
Hmmm, good idea... I Wonder how well a color printer would show up on that... worth a try, fo' sho'
claudelemonde 17th-Oct-2006 10:11 pm (UTC)
maybe a dark purple or red or something would be more appetizing?? compromise!!
sendmeyourbrain 18th-Oct-2006 03:37 am (UTC)
You could get a paint pen or one of those metallic pens and just draw your design on the black cardstock.
grammardog 18th-Oct-2006 03:15 pm (UTC)
Cute! I wish I had the time. I was hoping to work with something more ready-made that I could just alter a bit. Maybe I'll roam around the grocery store tonight and look for something cheap that is packaged in a long skinny rectangular box!
woah_the_kettle 17th-Oct-2006 07:54 pm (UTC)
i dont want to question anything, but just it case, if this isnt for a specifically christian bake sale, you may want to not put a cross on the coffin, and maybe put "R.I.P" on the coffin instead, or maybe ever "boo!", to not make it religion-specific.
plushpenguin 17th-Oct-2006 08:15 pm (UTC)
I think RIP is a good idea.
woah_the_kettle 17th-Oct-2006 08:53 pm (UTC)
yeah, cause you know how peoples get sometimes.
tydyehippo 17th-Oct-2006 09:58 pm (UTC)
Indeed! I hear ya on that...

(I just had to comment... The older son is a non-beliver and he gets crap every single day at school!)
grammardog 18th-Oct-2006 03:21 pm (UTC)
I don't know, y'all. I think this might be one of those times where political correctness is just taking a total flying leap into absurdity. It's a box of cookies, y'know? If a non-Christian doesn't want to buy my cookies because they have a cross on them, that is totally cool by me.
grammardog 18th-Oct-2006 03:18 pm (UTC)
I'm totally not worried about that. Halloween's all about ticking off the religious right. :)
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