How To: Vampire's Coffin: Halloween Woodworking & Propmaking

How I made this Vampire Coffin for Halloween!

It's my favorite time of the year: Halloween! We've had a small cardboard coffin for years and it finally started crumbling apart, so I decided to upgrade and make a full-sized coffin: Perfect for vampires large or small.

The back plate is 3/4" plywood with a shaker frame style for the sides. I used the Ebony stain from Minwax as well as their One-Coat Poly to finish the build.

I was planning on including the bat emblem to REALLY help sell the vampire aesthetic, but I just wasn't happy with the paint job. I included it in the video because I believe in showing the full process as much as I can.

I have plans in the future for adding some movement to the coffin. I was thinking of adding some way for the door to slowly creak open as people walk by. Leave a comment below if you have any ideas that you think would work!

I took a ton of inspiration from a few fellow youtubers on how they made their coffins. Here are the links to their videos:

Jimmy Diresta (obviously):
   • ✔ DiResta Dracula's Coffin  

Got It Made:
   • Build a Halloween Coffin  

Hollywood Haunter:
   • Dracula Makes a Coffin Shaped Shelf -...  

Woodworking for Mere Mortals:
   • I Built My Own Coffin  

I can't wait to show this off on Halloween!

Music:
"Fleas" -Dyalla
"Midnight Prophet" Sarah, The Illstrumentalist
"Silent Observer" Sarah, The Illstrumentalist