Description
Cardboard coffins are an environmentally friendly coffin choice, as they are made from sustainable sources, and are entirely bio-degradable. Some cardboard coffins are plain and provide good base for painting or decorating. Cardboard coffins are welcomed for use in natural or woodland burial grounds because they are biodegradable and from sustainable resources.
Cardboard coffins are available in natural manilla, white or wood-grain effect.
Decorating a cardboard coffin
Family and friends can paint, stick photos on, stick pieces of their loved one’s own artwork on the coffin or pictures produced by the family. Some families that we’ve worked with have put colourful handprints all over the coffin; from the lady’s 3 month old grandson to her widower, I think there might have been a set of cat’s paw prints too. Other families have chosen to write messages on the coffin as part of the ceremony. Please click this link to read more about decorating a cardboard coffin.
Some cardboard coffins are pre-decorated
Many designs are available; sports, landscapes, foods, travel, hobbies. Examples shown are of architectural pencil drawings covering a coffin, and a floral design. Please contact us to find out which other designs are available.
How well-known people have decorated their cardboard coffin
George Melly (musician, film critic and art lecturer) had a cardboard coffin covered in photos and drawings. And surprisingly the romantic author Barbara Cartland had a cardboard coffin (though it wasn’t pink).
Please note
- We only provide this cardboard coffin as part of a funeral that you’re arranging with Natural Endings.
- We do not sell cardboard coffins for national delivery
- All our coffins come with a bio-degradable waterproof lining and a second unbleached cosmetic cotton lining
- Also see commonly asked questions about buying an eco-coffin from Natural Endings.
- All our eco-coffins are suitable for traditional burial, woodland burial or cremation.
