Do-It-Yourself Coffin Kits

If the cost of funerals has you down, consider building your own coffin. CoffinKits.com sells a simple pine coffin kit for $795. Though that seems like a lot to me. Surely it wouldn't cost more than $50 to get some plywood from Home Depot and make something entirely from scratch.

For the furry and feathered members of your family, there are options as well, such as the Farewell Burial Coffin Kit. Just the right size for your hamster, budgie or gerbil.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 13, 2009
Category: Death

Comments

I don't know if you could build one for $50 but you could build one for alot less than $795.

For your small pets, a coffee tin, shoe box or any other small container would work just as well and would probably be something that you might have laying around anyway.

Posted by Madd Maxx on 02/13/09 at 08:02 AM

How about a hot fire and a strong wind? Use the fire for a/the BBQ at the wake.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/13/09 at 08:56 AM

Agreed. I figure about $200 in these parts. Burn me. My favorite surf break gets the debris. Dude.

Posted by dude on 02/13/09 at 10:18 AM

I'm sure I could build a coffin for under $50. Lots of home improvement stores and lumber yards sell sub grade timber at big discounts, and if you're doin' it yerself, aesthetics are propbably not the biggest concern. On a separate note, a locat funeral home in my neck of the woods sells custom orange and blue UF themed coffins for $6000, so $795 seems like a steal by comparison.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 02/13/09 at 10:40 AM

What about a refrigerator box? It's free, and biodegradable.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 02/13/09 at 10:41 AM

I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread over Raymond James Stadium. And not because I am a Bucs fan.

My dad on the other hand swears up and down we are to put him in a garbage out by the road for the trash men to pick up.

Posted by AGFH on 02/13/09 at 11:01 AM

John, that kicks butt!
And by the way, I was born in Elkhart!!!!

Posted by AGFH on 02/15/09 at 10:34 PM

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