Personalised Urns in Australia: How to Create a Custom Urn That Tells Their Story
Most urns are made to suit everyone, which means they rarely look like anyone in particular. A personalised urn starts with the person instead: what they loved, who they barracked for and how the family remembers them.
At Identity Urns we make custom cremation urns by hand in the Noosa Hinterland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Here are the ways you can make an urn personal, and how to order one.
1. Start with what they loved
Our urns are made from real sports balls. If their Saturdays belonged to footy, their urn can be a ball in their club's colours:
- AFL club urns
- Rugby league club urns
- Soccer football urns
- Rugby union urns
- Basketball urns and American football urns
Using a patented process, we build a hard, durable shell inside the ball so the ashes are held inside the ball itself. It keeps the look and feel of the real thing.
2. Use their own ball
The most personal urn we make is the Your Own Ball urn. Send us a ball that belonged to them: a signed ball, a trophy ball, or the one they kicked around the backyard with the grandkids. We can turn almost any inflatable ball into an urn.
We take great care with every ball. Very occasionally something goes wrong during the process, so if a ball can't be replaced, please talk to us first.
3. Engrave the stand
Every urn sits on a handmade timber stand, and you can add an engraved message. Families often choose:
- Their full name and dates
- A nickname their mates used
- A line from the club song
- A short message from the family
4. Protect it with a display case
A perspex display case keeps the urn clean and safe, and suits homes with kids or pets. It turns the urn into a centrepiece rather than something tucked in a cupboard.
How much does a personalised urn cost?
These are our Australian prices, in Australian dollars, and include the timber stand. Ordering from the UK, the USA or elsewhere? Each product page shows the price in your local currency.
- Your Own Ball urn: from $435, or $479 engraved
- Club football urn: from $455, or $499 engraved
- Add a perspex display case: from $625 (Your Own Ball) or $645 (club urns)
Delivered Australia-wide
We post to every state and territory, including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, with tracking on every order. Standard orders are usually despatched within 5 business days and express orders within 2. See shipping and delivery for rates.
Need the urn for a particular date, such as a service or a memorial match? Email Alison at info@identityurns.com before you order and she will tell you what is possible.
Why families choose a personalised urn
Our founder Ali kept her dad's ashes in a velvet bag in the wardrobe for ten years, because nothing felt right for him. He loved lawn bowls, so her husband Greg made his urn from a set of bowls. Read how Identity Urns began.
A personalised urn is something the family is glad to see every day, not something kept out of sight.