What this template is for
The six-sided coffin plan — narrow at the head, widest at the shoulders, tapering to the foot. Halloween props, themed favour boxes, model making.
Also called casket box · halloween coffin box · hexagonal shaped box — all the same shape, and this is it.
- Halloween decorations and party favours
- Gothic wedding and themed gift boxes
- Model and diorama props
- Keepsake and trinket boxes
How to use this template
Set your measurements above, then download the file that suits whatever you are already working in. All four are the same coffin box, drawn to the same size — only the format changes, and every one of them is free.
- PDF printing at home
- Print it at 100 per cent and cut it out. This is also the file to hand a print shop: say "actual size, no scaling".
- PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate
- Upload it as an image, lock it in place, and design your coffin box on top of it. Works on the free Canva plan and on a phone. Full Canva walkthrough →
- SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity
- Vector, with the cut lines, fold lines and labels on separate layers so you can style or delete them independently. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
- DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters
- Two layers, CUT and FOLD. The free Silhouette Studio Basic opens DXF where it will not open SVG, so this is the one to use there.
Putting your own design on it: you do not need any of those programs for a logo or a pattern — add a picture in the panel above and drag it onto the coffin box. It is trimmed to the cut outline and embedded properly in the PDF, and it never leaves your computer. Getting it printed properly →
Printing it
- Type the size you need above, in millimetres, centimetres or inches.
- Download the PDF and print it at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
- Too big for your paper? Tick Split across several sheets and it prints across as many as it needs, with overlaps and matching letters to tape together.
How to put it together
These pictures are the coffin box itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.
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Cut the solid lines
Every solid line is a cut. Scissors are fine; a craft knife against a steel rule is neater on the straight runs. Cut the inside shapes, like a thumb hole, before you free the outline — the sheet is easier to hold while it is still whole.
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Score every dashed line
Dashed lines are folds, and they want scoring first: run an empty ballpoint, a bone folder or the back of a butter knife along a ruler. Card folded without scoring cracks along the outside of the bend. Fold each crease both ways, then back — it makes the shape almost close itself.
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Fold, glue and hold
Glue the wall strip into a loop round the base, folding it at each of the six corners. Fold the little tabs inwards, sit the base on them and glue each tab down. The lid is the same job one size up.
Glue: a glue stick is enough for paper; use white PVA on card and hold each seam for thirty seconds. Tape works on the inside of any seam if you would rather not wait. Let a box dry standing up, not lying on a flap.
Questions about the coffin box
- What shape is a coffin box?
- Six-sided in plan: narrow across the head, widest at the shoulders, then tapering to a narrower foot. All three widths and the shoulder position are yours to set, so you can go from a stubby Halloween favour to a long, lean prop.
- How do I make the lid fit?
- Leave the lid depth above zero and the lid is drawn slightly larger than the base already — by the clearance you set plus two board thicknesses, because the wall stands inside it on both sides. Raise the clearance if your card is soft or your glue is thick.
- Why is the wall printed as one long strip?
- It bends round the whole outline in one piece, so it has to be as long as the perimeter. If that is wider than your paper, turn on multi-sheet printing and tape the marked sheets together.
Print your own design on it
Every template here takes your artwork. Add a picture in the panel on the left — a logo, a photo, a pattern — drag it where you want it on the coffin box, and it prints with the template. It is trimmed to the cut outline automatically, so nothing spills over the edge, and it goes into the PDF as a properly embedded image.
No other free box template site will do that, and your picture never leaves your computer — there is no server here to send it to.