What Will You Turn These $1.50 Dollar Tree Coffins Into?
These inexpensive mini coffins turned gift baskets & charbooterie boards are perfect for Halloween.
Have you seen these $1.50 tiny plastic skeleton coffin containers lurking in the Halloween aisle at Dollar Tree? At first glance, they’re just cute, creepy storage. With a little creativity, they’ll turn into drop-dead adorable containers for gifts and snacks.
Today, we’re digging up two creative ways to use them, first, as mini teacher gift baskets and second as individual Halloween snack boxes!
Idea #1: Teacher Gift Coffins
Skip the boring gift bag and surprise your favorite teacher with a coffin full of treats they’ll grave-ly appreciate.
Ideas for unique teacher gift fillers:
- Mini hand sanitizer
- Gift cards for coffee or food, such as Starbucks
- Candy corn, caramel chocolates, or pumpkin spice goodies
- Jewelry, lip gloss, or shower steamers
- A little note that says, “Thanks for making learning un-BOO-lievable!”
Hip Tip: Instead of buying filler grass for these mini gift baskets, consider running scrap paper through your paper shredder instead. I tried this hack and it worked brilliantly!
Idea #2: Mini Char-BOO-terie Coffins
Perfect for Halloween parties, game nights, or a scary movie marathon—these little coffins are dying to be filled with snacks.
Think bite-sized portions like:
- Cubes of cheese
- Rolled deli meats
- Crackers or pretzels
- A few candy eyeballs or gummy witch hats for a ghoulish touch
Pop the lid open, and guests will scream with delight for these Halloween snack ideas.
Bonus: individual servings mean no double-dipping ghouls at the party. I love this on a larger scale for parties, but this could be a fun lunchbox addition for a special Halloween school lunch or snack. I am thinking the kids would love a special treat like this!
So, next time you’re at Dollar Tree, don’t just walk past those skeleton coffins. Resurrect them into something fun, festive, and frightfully clever.
Have you utilized these spooky coffins for anything fun yet? Let us know in the comments so we can all get ideas.
Check out this spooky book box version of the Halloween teacher gift ideas!
This is the best idea ever! And I never would have thought of it! Thank you!!!