<PAGE>
                                                        Registration No.333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                                      under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                              CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 Delaware                               13-1920657
    --------------------------------       ------------------------------------
    (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

                 1845 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA     19103
              ---------------------------------------------------
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

               CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan
               --------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            Stephen V. Dubin, Esquire
                              CSS Industries, Inc.
                               1845 Walnut Street
                             Philadelphia, PA 19103
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (215) 569-9900
                                 --------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                              Alan Singer, Esquire
                           Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
                               1701 Market Street
                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921
                                 (215) 963-5000

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Proposed                    Proposed
                                                      maximum                     maximum
                               Amount                 offering                    aggregate                  Amount of
Title of securities            to be                  price per                   offering                   registration
to be registered               registered             share                       price                      fee
---------------------          ------------           -----------------           ----------------           ---------------
<S>                              <C>                    <C>                          <C>                       <C>
Common Stock, $.10             2,000,000              $30.30                      $60,600,000                $7,678.02
par value
</TABLE>

(1)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended, (the "Securities Act of 1933"), based upon the average of the
         high and low sale prices of CSS Industries, Inc.'s common stock, as
         reported on the New York Stock Exchange, of $30.30 per share on August
         3, 2004.

(2)      Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
         registration statement also covers such additional number of shares as
         may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
         splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

<PAGE>


                                     PART II
                                     -------

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
               --------------------------------------------------

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by CSS Industries, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities
Exchange Act of 1934") are incorporated in this registration statement by
reference:

         1.       Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March
                  31, 2004.

         2.       The description of our shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value,
                  contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A that we
                  filed with the Commission on June 7, 1993 to register those
                  securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         All documents that we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.



<PAGE>


         Experts
         -------

Our consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of
March 31, 2004 and 2003, and for the years then ended, included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, have been
incorporated by reference in the registration statement in reliance upon the
report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated
by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing. The audit report dated May 25, 2004, except as to the
last paragraph of Note 8, which is as of June 1, 2004, refers to the audit of
the adjustments that were applied and disclosures that were added to revise the
March 31, 2002 consolidated financial statements, as more fully described in
Notes 1 and 2 to the consolidated financial statements. However, KPMG LLP was
not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2002 consolidated
financial statements other than with respect to such adjustments and
disclosures. To the extent that KPMG LLP audits and reports on our financial
statements issued at future dates, and consents to the use of its report
thereon, such financial statements also will be incorporated by reference in the
registration statement in reliance upon its report and said authority.

         Our consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule
as of March 31, 2002, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2004, were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in its report thereon included therein. Copies of its
report are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of
that firm as an expert in accounting and auditing, but Arthur Andersen LLP has
not reissued such report or consented to the incorporation of such report in
this registration statement and has ceased operations. In May 2002, we
terminated our engagement of Arthur Andersen LLP as our independent accountants
and in July 2002 we engaged KPMG LLP to serve as our independent accountants for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has not
consented to the incorporation by reference of its report on our March 31, 2002
financial statements in this registration statement and because of the
circumstances affecting Arthur Andersen LLP, as a practical matter, Arthur
Andersen LLP may not be able to satisfy any claims arising from the provision of
auditing services to us, including claims that are available under federal and
state securities law.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
         --------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
         ---------------------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
         ------------------------------------------

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
permits a corporation, in its certificate of incorporation, to limit or
eliminate, subject to certain statutory limitations, the liability of directors
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty, except for liability (a) for any breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (d) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
<PAGE>

         Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that a
director shall not be liable to us for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability of
limitation thereof is not permitted under the DCGL.

         Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify
directors and officers under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to
certain limitations against certain costs and expenses, including attorney's
fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
any of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the
corporation if it is determined that the director or officer acted in accordance
with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory provision.
Article VII of our Bylaws provides that we will indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reasons of the fact that he is or was
our director, officer and, if designated by our Board of Directors as an
authorized representative, our employee or agent, against certain liabilities,
costs and expenses. Article VII further permits us to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was our director, officer, employee
or agent, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another entity, against any liability asserted against such person
and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against
such liability under the DGCL.

         We have purchased directors and officers liability insurance.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
         ------------------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
         ---------

         The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:

         4        CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan

         5        Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

         23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP

         23.2     Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit
                  5)

         24       Power of Attorney (contained on signature page of this
                  Registration Statement)
<PAGE>

Item 9.  Undertakings.
         -------------

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act of 1933");

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.

         2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



<PAGE>
                        SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 4th day of August, 2004.

                                                  CSS Industries, Inc.


                                                  By:/s/ Stephen V. Dubin
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Stephen V. Dubin
                                                     Executive Vice President


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen V. Dubin, Michael A. Santivasci
and Candice B. Cohen his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                       Title                               Date
---------                       -----                               ----
<S>                                <C>                                <C>
/s/ David J. M. Erskine
--------------------------      Chief Executive Officer and         August 4, 2004
David J. M. Erskine             Director

/s/ Jack Farber
--------------------------      Director                            August 4, 2004
Jack Farber

/s/ Stephen V. Dubin
--------------------------      Director                            August 4, 2004
Stephen V. Dubin

/s/ Clifford E. Pietrafitta     Chief Financial Officer             August 4, 2004
---------------------------     (Principal Financial and
Clifford E. Pietrafitta         Accounting Officer)

/s/ James H. Bromley
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
James H. Bromley

/s/ Leonard E. Grossman
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Leonard E. Grossman

/s/ James E. Ksansnak
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
James E. Ksansnak

/s/ Rebecca C. Matthias
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Rebecca C. Matthias

/s/ Michael L. Sanyour
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Michael L. Sanyour
</TABLE>


<PAGE>


                              CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------

Exhibit No.
-----------

4        CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan

5        Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP

23.2     Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit 5)

24       Power of Attorney (contained on signature page of this Registration
         Statement)
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Registration No.333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                                      under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                              CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Delaware                               13-1920657
    --------------------------------       ------------------------------------
    (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

                 1845 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA     19103
              ---------------------------------------------------
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

               CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan
               --------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            Stephen V. Dubin, Esquire
                              CSS Industries, Inc.
                               1845 Walnut Street
                             Philadelphia, PA 19103
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (215) 569-9900
                                 --------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                              Alan Singer, Esquire
                           Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
                               1701 Market Street
                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921
                                 (215) 963-5000

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed                    Proposed
                                                      maximum                     maximum
                               Amount                 offering                    aggregate                  Amount of
Title of securities            to be                  price per                   offering                   registration
to be registered               registered             share                       price                      fee
---------------------          ------------           -----------------           ----------------           ---------------
Common Stock, $.10             2,000,000              $30.30                      $60,600,000                $7,678.02
par value
(1)      Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended, (the "Securities Act of 1933"), based upon the average of the
         high and low sale prices of CSS Industries, Inc.'s common stock, as
         reported on the New York Stock Exchange, of $30.30 per share on August
         3, 2004.

(2)      Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
         registration statement also covers such additional number of shares as
         may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
         splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.
PART II
                                     -------

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
               --------------------------------------------------

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by CSS Industries, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities
Exchange Act of 1934") are incorporated in this registration statement by
reference:

         1.       Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March
                  31, 2004.

         2.       The description of our shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value,
                  contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A that we
                  filed with the Commission on June 7, 1993 to register those
                  securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         All documents that we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.
Experts
         -------

Our consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of
March 31, 2004 and 2003, and for the years then ended, included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, have been
incorporated by reference in the registration statement in reliance upon the
report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated
by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing. The audit report dated May 25, 2004, except as to the
last paragraph of Note 8, which is as of June 1, 2004, refers to the audit of
the adjustments that were applied and disclosures that were added to revise the
March 31, 2002 consolidated financial statements, as more fully described in
Notes 1 and 2 to the consolidated financial statements. However, KPMG LLP was
not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2002 consolidated
financial statements other than with respect to such adjustments and
disclosures. To the extent that KPMG LLP audits and reports on our financial
statements issued at future dates, and consents to the use of its report
thereon, such financial statements also will be incorporated by reference in the
registration statement in reliance upon its report and said authority.

         Our consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule
as of March 31, 2002, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2004, were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in its report thereon included therein. Copies of its
report are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of
that firm as an expert in accounting and auditing, but Arthur Andersen LLP has
not reissued such report or consented to the incorporation of such report in
this registration statement and has ceased operations. In May 2002, we
terminated our engagement of Arthur Andersen LLP as our independent accountants
and in July 2002 we engaged KPMG LLP to serve as our independent accountants for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has not
consented to the incorporation by reference of its report on our March 31, 2002
financial statements in this registration statement and because of the
circumstances affecting Arthur Andersen LLP, as a practical matter, Arthur
Andersen LLP may not be able to satisfy any claims arising from the provision of
auditing services to us, including claims that are available under federal and
state securities law.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
         --------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
         ---------------------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
         ------------------------------------------

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
permits a corporation, in its certificate of incorporation, to limit or
eliminate, subject to certain statutory limitations, the liability of directors
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty, except for liability (a) for any breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (d) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that a
director shall not be liable to us for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability of
limitation thereof is not permitted under the DCGL.

         Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify
directors and officers under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to
certain limitations against certain costs and expenses, including attorney's
fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
any of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the
corporation if it is determined that the director or officer acted in accordance
with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory provision.
Article VII of our Bylaws provides that we will indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reasons of the fact that he is or was
our director, officer and, if designated by our Board of Directors as an
authorized representative, our employee or agent, against certain liabilities,
costs and expenses. Article VII further permits us to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was our director, officer, employee
or agent, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another entity, against any liability asserted against such person
and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against
such liability under the DGCL.

         We have purchased directors and officers liability insurance.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
         ------------------------------------

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
         ---------

         The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:

         4        CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan

         5        Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

         23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP

         23.2     Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit
                  5)

         24       Power of Attorney (contained on signature page of this
                  Registration Statement)
Item 9.  Undertakings.
         -------------

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act of 1933");

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.

         2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 4th day of August, 2004.

                                                  CSS Industries, Inc.

                                                  By:/s/ Stephen V. Dubin
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Stephen V. Dubin
                                                     Executive Vice President

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen V. Dubin, Michael A. Santivasci
and Candice B. Cohen his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                       Title                               Date
---------                       -----                               ----
/s/ David J. M. Erskine
--------------------------      Chief Executive Officer and         August 4, 2004
David J. M. Erskine             Director

/s/ Jack Farber
--------------------------      Director                            August 4, 2004
Jack Farber

/s/ Stephen V. Dubin
--------------------------      Director                            August 4, 2004
Stephen V. Dubin

/s/ Clifford E. Pietrafitta     Chief Financial Officer             August 4, 2004
---------------------------     (Principal Financial and
Clifford E. Pietrafitta         Accounting Officer)

/s/ James H. Bromley
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
James H. Bromley

/s/ Leonard E. Grossman
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Leonard E. Grossman

/s/ James E. Ksansnak
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
James E. Ksansnak

/s/ Rebecca C. Matthias
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Rebecca C. Matthias

/s/ Michael L. Sanyour
---------------------------     Director                            August 4, 2004
Michael L. Sanyour
CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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4        CSS Industries, Inc. 2004 Equity Compensation Plan

5        Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP

23.2     Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit 5)

24       Power of Attorney (contained on signature page of this Registration
         Statement)