Our Monthly Tip: Honoring Your Loved One’s Life with Cremation Urn Decoration

An Easy Way to Beautify Your Loved One’s Cremation Ashes

When you receive your loved one’s ashes, they are often in plain containers, such as a plastic box or even a clear baggie. For many people, these simplistic, practical options fail to adequately honor their loved ones. One possible solution is personalizing and beautifying the containers through cremation urn decoration.

Flourish with Flowers

It doesn’t take much to bring a box from bland to beautiful. One easy way to brighten up an otherwise drab container is to adorn it with fresh flowers. Those cut flowers create a special remembrance ceremony for those participating in spreading cremation ashes. 

Decorating Your Cremation Urn Step-by-Step

1. Buy or find a high-quality box, such as a square or round hat box with a lid, to hold your loved one’s ashes. Ensure that the chosen box has plenty of room on top of the ashes for the stems of the fresh-cut flowers to rest. 
2. Then, put the lid on the bottom of the box.
3. Set the ashes in the box before the ceremony. 
4. Select either a variety of flowers or, for a unified display, use one type of flower. 
5. Create your floral arrangement and place it in the box.

Unique Addition to Scattering Cremation Ashes

Invite guests to take some flowers. When scattering the cremation ashes, guests can cast coordinating flower petals upon the water or the ground for an elegant and graceful goodbye.

Tips:

• Cutting the flower stems underwater extends the life of the bouquet. 
• Another way to ensure the flower display stays vibrant is, assuming it’s not too hot out, to snip the stems right before the service begins. 
• If it is hot out, filling some floral tubes with water is a great way to keep the flowers fresh.
• Unsure how much a box will hold? Adult cremation ashes are approximately equivalent to 3.5 lb of sugar. This comparison should help determine the box size, remembering the importance of leaving room for the stemmed flowers.

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