Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of CSS Industries, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David
J. M. Erskine, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

        (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or
15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.


/s/ David J. M. Erskine
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David J. M. Erskine
President and Chief Executive Officer

August 13, 2003

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