Let's See Your Homemade Cupcake Stands!

Baking By Starkie Updated 25 Feb 2013 , 1:00pm by 2Granna

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rajinaren Posted 4 Jun 2010 , 12:29pm
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Here is mine! icon_smile.gif
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lecrn Posted 7 Jun 2010 , 10:26pm
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Wow!! What great ideas! I love the flower pot idea. They have the minis @ Michael's. I don't get many cc ordersicon_sad.gif Here's the only one that i've made so far:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1558914.html

Just foam core & 4 inch styrofoam rounds.

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cupcake_cutie Posted 7 Jun 2010 , 10:43pm
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Thanks, KHalsted. I appreciate the instructions!

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Pepwei Posted 22 Jun 2010 , 10:58pm
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Here's my plexiglass cupcake tower that my Dad did last month. I used it to hold a 2-tier cake on the topmost plate, and 200 cupcakes on the rest of the plates. Top tier is 10" and the bottom tier is 34", if i'm not mistaken. We sort of followed the design of the big cupcake tree from cupcaketree.com, but in plexiglass. We also used a 4" pipe as the middle pole so I can put different decors depending on the theme (christmas balls, plastic fruits, flowers, pinecones, lights, etc). Everything is collapsable and i can use less tiers if needed.

Sorry for the mess. This was taken when the blue cover was still intact. We took them off, of course, so it's all clear. I am still waiting for the official wedding photographer to send me the photos -- I forgot my camera the day I delivered order. Tsk!

Thanks for looking!
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antonia74 Posted 23 Jun 2010 , 12:14am
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Great thread! I'll add in a few of mine that my dad made icon_smile.gif


The mahogany one is made of kitchen chairs/legs....genius, eh? icon_lol.gif

The white spiral one was made from one really large piece of plywood (or something). He's so creative!
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Nikkicakes Posted 24 Jun 2010 , 12:34am
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My dh made me this..it stacks inside itself for easy storage!

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mindy1204 Posted 24 Jul 2010 , 3:12am
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YOu guys are great! I think I have convinced DH he can make me one.. He can fix a tub, lay a wood floor and build a room but doesnt think he can build a cupcake tower! icon_lol.gif

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picaboocakes Posted 26 Jul 2010 , 3:34pm
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My dad made this out of pine I think...He had a bunch laying around from a recent job. He made it so I can unscrew it and play around with the sizes. The largest one is 22" and the smallest is 6". But I usually use 8,10,12,14.

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mommynana Posted 26 Jul 2010 , 3:49pm
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i just told my husband that i found him something to do. icon_smile.gif thanks guys

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Cakebelle Posted 26 Jul 2010 , 8:33pm
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WOW! Great stands! Now I'm inspired to make my own, I'm the handy-man at our house.....Go figure..... icon_rolleyes.gif
Thanks guys!

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CrumblesConfections Posted 26 Jul 2010 , 9:20pm
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You guys are all so creative. I'm so glad to be associated with such creativity and talent!

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cutthecake Posted 2 Aug 2010 , 1:38pm
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Here are the two cupcake stands I made last summer. I made about 350 cupcakes for our 3 kids' graduation (high school, college and grad school) party.


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Pepwei Posted 2 Aug 2010 , 4:38pm
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Here's my plexiglass cupcake tower that my Dad did last month. I used it to hold a 2-tier cake on the topmost plate, and 200 cupcakes on the rest of the plates. Top tier is 10" and the bottom tier is 34", if i'm not mistaken. We sort of followed the design of the big cupcake tree from cupcaketree.com, but in plexiglass. We also used a 4" pipe as the middle pole so I can put different decors depending on the theme (christmas balls, plastic fruits, flowers, pinecones, lights, etc). Everything is collapsable and i can use less tiers if needed.

Sorry for the mess. This was taken when the blue cover was still intact. We took them off, of course, so it's all clear. I am still waiting for the official wedding photographer to send me the photos -- I forgot my camera the day I delivered order. Tsk!

Thanks for looking!



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mommynana Posted 2 Aug 2010 , 7:18pm
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pepwei thats beautiful thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif

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Babs1964 Posted 2 Aug 2010 , 7:46pm
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I'm feeling inspired! icon_smile.gif

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frogcooke Posted 4 Aug 2010 , 5:35am
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Originally Posted by Pepwei

Here's my plexiglass cupcake tower that my Dad did last month. I used it to hold a 2-tier cake on the topmost plate, and 200 cupcakes on the rest of the plates. Top tier is 10" and the bottom tier is 34", if i'm not mistaken. We sort of followed the design of the big cupcake tree from cupcaketree.com, but in plexiglass. We also used a 4" pipe as the middle pole so I can put different decors depending on the theme (christmas balls, plastic fruits, flowers, pinecones, lights, etc). Everything is collapsable and i can use less tiers if needed.

Sorry for the mess. This was taken when the blue cover was still intact. We took them off, of course, so it's all clear. I am still waiting for the official wedding photographer to send me the photos -- I forgot my camera the day I delivered order. Tsk!

Thanks for looking!


This is really nice! hows it put together/held together? looks like a center pole too down the middle right?

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leafO Posted 6 Aug 2010 , 1:10pm
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Pepwei I love your tower, so beautiful! Could you tell me more about how it is constructed and how you take it apart I would love to make one. Thanks!

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Ivy383 Posted 6 Aug 2010 , 1:36pm
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Ok... Now I have to make one. lol You all did a great job!

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cadgurl07 Posted 6 Aug 2010 , 1:52pm
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Here's mine I did for a friends baby shower. It's corrugated wrapped in florist foil.
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smokeysmokerton Posted 6 Aug 2010 , 2:15pm
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This one is actually 4 tiers, I just didn't need the top one. The bottom is mdf, the tiers are foam board wrapped in white ribbon, and the dividers are La Choy dry noodle cans covered in contact paper. My husband had some left over mdf at work, so altogether this was less than 10 dollars to make.

Ok, it's too big to load here. It's under Pink Smash Cake in my photos.

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summersusu Posted 23 Aug 2010 , 12:12am
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Here is the 1st one I made, I see the bride tomorrow and I am hoping it held up...
for some reason I can't upload the pic but it is under my photos

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2Granna Posted 25 Feb 2013 , 1:00pm
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Traci - I am in the processing of making a cupcake tower for my grandson's birthday.  Could you tell me how did you assemble the pvc with the painted plywood plates. I need to make this in a couple of weeks.  I hope you can respond in time!

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