5 DIY Cupcake Stands
5 DIY Cupcake Stands: From baby showers to birthday parties these easy and inexpensive cupcake stands will help make your dessert table stand out from all the others.
For the cupcake stand I used scrap wood, drilled holes for the dowels, and wrapped the wood with white shipping paper. Then filled mason jars with gift bag filler and used the mason jar to elevate the levels. That’s it! Easy and practically FREE! Have you priced cupcake stands? They are ridiculously priced.
I made this cupcake stand for a She’s about to Pop baby shower. I love how you can add your own personalized banner to hang above the stand.
I made this one for a kid’s valentine’s party. Again hanging a banner and pennants on each side. This one is big enough to hold a variety of desserts.
VALENTINE’S DAY DESSERT TABLE
Kind of the same idea as the two previous but without the banners. For an even more rustic look I filled the jars with birdseed. This just goes to show you that you don’t have to spend a lot of money on a cupcake stand. The idea of taking various lengths of wood and painting, covering or leaving it natural makes the best cupcake stand.
RUSTIC DESSERT BAR
This is the perfect cupcake stand for you if you have any dead trees of even firewood laying around. This woodland cupcake stand is one of my favorites. Of course I’m a sucker for anything rustic. 🙂
I created this one for my granddaughters “Frozen” birthday party. Vases and glass beads from the dollar stare along with battery operated lights really bring this cute cupcake stand to another level.
Ingredients
- Create a fun party with one of these easy to make cupcake stands.
That is such a great theme! I love the cupcakes, they look so delicious. I did a dessert table for my neice’s sweet 16 and I had suuuch a hard time finding a cake stand that would house at least 50 cupcakes! I ended up having one made locally, but this stand is such a great and easy to assemble idea. I will keep this in my mind of my next table!!
This is so cool! Great idea! I pinned it for my Valentine’s day party!
Adorable! You did a great job! Very creative! New follower here! I love your site! Have a great weekend! 🙂
This is awesome, I love the banner! I would probably fill the jars with sprinkles or bright colored candy.
Wow! What a great looking spread! Everything looked delicious, and the way you displayed it all was perfect! Thanks for linking up! ~Jen
Love this display – it reminds me of something I’d see on Cupcake Wars! I found you through Homemaker on a Dime’s blog hop…I’m now following you!
What a fun theme – and everything looks super yummy!
That is such a great idea. The cupcake stands I have been looking at for my daughter’s 2nd bday party are ridiculously overpriced!
Everything looks so delicious and would be so fun for any party or shower! Thanks for linking up to Strut Your Stuff Saturday. We hope you come back and share more of your ideas. -The Sisters
I found you on Tip Junkie! I would like to invite you to share this post with our readers for Fun Stuff Fridays. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-7.html
Cheryl, you are right, they are expensive. Just left Homegoods and they were charging like $50 for some chandelier-looking stand. Thanks for posting this!
What are the dimensions of the wood you used? And can I use the same size jars (looks like you use two different sizes)
Hi Gina,
The bottom board was 4 feet long and 6 inches wide. For the other levels I went in 5 to 6 inches on each side every time I added a tier and kept the width the same. You can use the same size mason jars. I liked the smaller ones for the smaller boards. 🙂
Thank you, this is a huge help. How about the sturdiness of it? If it is on a table that is not backed against a wall, do you think it will hold up?
Super cute! i am not a cupcake lover but i def. would love to use this idea in one of my events.
Thank you for sharing!
Awesome! Thanks! 🙂