I made this for my nephews 1st Birthday. I used little rings that the kids were able to keep when they were done. I wraped a birthday garland around the stem of the cake stand, it is the same one that I used to make the cake topper. It is overly decorated for my taste but this is my sisters style and I treated her as I would any customer, I decorated it as she wanted. The top was chocolate 8" and the square was a yellow 12".