Cupcake Stand – Inexpensive Party Essential

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Last weekend was Little Lady’s 3rd birthday party.  It was a girly bunny theme, lots of pink and purple and hopping kids.  For dessert we needed to have a carrot cake of course, but also pink and purple cupcakes (all specifically requested by the birthday girl).  I wanted the cupcakes to stand out above the cake so I went out to purchase a 3 tiered stand.  That proved to be too expensive, sure I would use it once a year or so but just didn’t want to spend the money.

I searched around for a quick and easy disposable stand I could make, and Pinterest did not disappoint!  Classy Clutter’s DIY Cupcake Stand is an easy to follow tutorial for a cupcake stand she made for her son’s birthday.  Just what I was looking for.  She has a nice detailed tutorial I encourage you to check out.  I followed it for the most part with a few alterations.

Here is what I used:

• 1 sheet foam board (plus a pencil, fabric tape measure, and craft knife)
• 1 rectangle of Styrofoam
• 2 cans of food
• Thick white paper
• Pink polka dot ribbon
• Hot glue

I measured 3 circles at 12″, 9″ and 6″ then cut them using a craft knife.  I tried to get a smooth edge but it doesn’t have to be perfect, it will be covered with ribbon.

For the base of the stand I cut 3 small rectangles from a larger rectangle of Styrofoam.  I arranged this on the bottom and secured with hot glue.

To conceal the edges of the circles I hot glued ribbon to the edges of each tier.  Then to assemble I just stacked the circles on paper wrapped cans.  No glue necessary.

This served my purpose and fit all 24 cupcakes, the bottom circle can hold more than shown.

I could reuse this but after a long party and lots of sticky fingers in the trash it went, and for the couple bucks I spent I was ok with that.
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