How to Make Your Own Cupcake Stand

So one day I decided that I wanted to make a cupcake stand. I'm not sure what gave me this idea but I decided to go with it anyway. I started my search on the internet and found some really cute stands. I took some of the ideas I found on the internet and went to Walmart to buy the materials. To the right is the finished project and below are the materials I used. I'll give a summary below of how I put them together.

Materials

As you can see from the picture, the materials I used were foam, cans, rubber cement, ribbon, super glue, brown construction paper (not pictured) and scissors.

First, I used a big foam presentation board and traced three descending or ascending circles, whichever you choose, from three circular items I found around my apartment. This is probably the hardest part. It involves a lot of patience and precision. I'm pretty impatient so my circles didn't exactly turn out perfectly circular.

After that I lined the circles with brown ribbon and used super glue so that the fabric would stick.

I then took the cans, which were orginally filled with peaches (yummy) and removed the lining and placed brown construction paper around it with the rubber cement. Then I took the thicker ribbon and made a top line and bottom line on each can.

After that, I used super glue to attach the circles and cans to make a stand!
At first, my stand ended up like this...

But then I decided to add a little more to it with ribbon decorations, which was quite tedious. Nonetheless, I enjoyed making this a lot and cupcakes will look great on it. Not sure when I'll use it but I'll always have it if need be.

If you decide to make something like this, here are a few tips:

1. Do not use rubber cement! It's really messy and doesn't stick very well. It also takes a lot of time to dry. Instead use super glue. It bonds very quickly. The only disadvantage is that it's sold in very small quantities so you'll need multiple packages.
2. It's always smart to visualize exactly what you want to create ahead of time in your head or on a sheet of paper so you know exactly how you want things to turn out.
3. Don't be afraid to try something different. It might turn out really cool.

As you can see from these pictures, this isn't the perfect cupcake stand but it's okay. Remember your first time doing anything isn't going to be perfect. It takes mistakes to perfect your craft.

As Always, Sweet Dreams!