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Build a Cupcake Tower
Build and decorate a custom cupcake tower
Instead of making a cake for a friend's baby shower, I chose to go with cupcakes. With all the other projects I had going on I was simply running out of time and needed a little help from my local bakery. Plus cupcakes make serving simple. But just because there was no cake didn't mean there was no presentation. At the last minute I decided to build a cupcake tower.
What to use, what to use...a box, some cardboard, some cans of soup, check. In about half an hour (sans photography time), I had a cute and functional cupcake tower to add a little jazz to the food table.
I'm no entertainer, but if I can build this, so can you!
The Cupcakes
A few tools you'll want
If these craft tools aren't already part of your supplies, add them now! I use them all the time.
I use this every day, for every project. It makes trimming paper SO fast and easy.
This is THE ONLY tape I use for ribbon, and it's especially awesome for covering oddly shaped items with paper, such as round soup cans and wooden toys.
Invest in a good glue gun. Mine exploded the day before my wedding while I was doing a few finishing touches and it was a crisis. (By explode I mean I plugged it in and it sparked and blew apart where the cord meets the gun. Ow!)
I didn't use this item for this project but I seem to use it everywhere else. As long as you're shopping, pick up one of these!
First, gather your supplies - I had everything I needed to get started
Here I have a photo of the supplies I initially gathered for this project.
I have:
* a box to act as the base
* cardboard for the tiers
* paper to cover the box and tiers
* full, unopened soup cans for the stem
* tacky spray, but you can use tape, a glue stick, or the glue gun
* a glue gun
* Provo Craft's Terrifically Tacky tape which I LOVE
* sharp scissors
* a circle cutter (which I actually didn't use for this particular tower)
* ribbon
I also ended up using:
* a straight ruler
* a compass with pencil
* double-sided tape
A closer look at my supplies
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Building the tower
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Decorating the base
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Decorating the tiers
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The Finished Tower!
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What did you think?
Very interesting.Thank you :)
Embroidery designs
Major FUN!! It is a must do for the next time I make cupcakes. Cupcakes are so perfect, just the right amount of cake.. love it. Angel blessed lens.
My girlfriend loves making cupcakes. She'd be thrilled to have a display tower like this. Looks like I have a new project to get started on!
Cute idea! Blessed!
I think that's fabulous,well done.
Nicely done! Thanks for sharing your best!
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@mantuamom: They were! I used flat corrugated cardboard circles that I cut from 12x12 squares. I think the squares came from some scrapbooking packaging. If you aren't sure, glue a few circles together with the corrugation running in opposite directions so it doesn't all bend in the same place. If you need a sturdy box, try asking your local McDonalds for an empty fry box. They are great for everything!
this really is a great and simple idea! I will definitely try it once!
Looks very professional.
Great idea, I love the instructions on how to do it. Cup cakes are the best.
Cupcakes are making news everywhere lately! Super Cool Lens! Have you joined Squidoo's
Cupcake Club yet? I did yesterday!
Great idea and very nice lens!
great idea
Cute and Clever! This would be a fun project to involve a child in for prepping his or her birthday party or other party event. *Blessed*
Neat idea!
Were the cardboard circles strong enough to hold the cupcakes? I'd be afraid to put too many cupcakes on there for fear it would collapse! This is such a great idea.
Nice lens
What a great idea. I made a cake decorating spinner and it really comes in handy now, but I never thought about making cupcake tower. Thanks for sharing.
Cute! :)
I love your creativity, I must try this for my baby's upcoming birthday:)
great instructions on how to make this, thank you for the write up!
That was easy! Thanks for sharing.
Great lens here, thanks for sharing this, will be useful for DIY type moms or dads :D
Wow! This is brilliant and so well constructed too. The finished look is incredibly deceiving. Bravo!
really cute DIY project and so easy to make.
Lovely and creative - blessed by a travelling angel.
I thought this was so clever. I couldn't believe what you made that beautiful stand out of, I thought for sure it was wood! I loved it so much, pinned it to pinterest and blessing your lens! Have a great week, Linda
That looks great. Not sure I could do it myself however - lol!
Easy-to-do tips! Very nice lens! Thanks for sharing.
Looks like very easy to do.
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