You are not going to believe how easy it is to make this DIY cupcake stand! Not only are these cupcake holders adorable, but they are also super easy to make, can be easily customized to fit your party decor and you can make them with items you find at the thrift store! Read on to find out how to make a cupcake stand that will wow your party crowd…
Yes, me again. Back with more DIY party decorations from the blue and pink birthday party extravaganza. This time, I’m super excited to share these DIY cupcake stands with you. I think they are just adorable and I made them using items I found at thrift stores! 
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How to Make a Cupcake Stand
Materials and Supplies Needed
- Old Wood Candlesticks – doesn’t have to be a certain size or color, although I wouldn’t go too terribly tall with them.
- Old Baking Pans with Pretty Edges – old tart pans work great for this, or just about any round or square pan with fluted or pretty edges. I found mine at Goodwill.
- Liquid Nails or E6000 Glue or ProBond Glue (A glue that will adhere metal to wood. I used Liquid Nails.)
- Spray Paint Color of Your Choice – I opted for white so that I would have white cupcake stands that could work with lots of different party themes.
- Scrapbook Paper that coordinates with your party’s theme or colors
Steps
Step 1
Be sure that the candlesticks and baking pans are clean. Attach the old baking pans to the candlesticks using whichever glue you opted to go with. For me, my pans looked best flipped upside down on the candlestick with the fluted edges pointing down. It’s up to you, though!
Let the glue fully cure overnight.
Step 2
Spray paint the cupcake stands with the color of spray paint you opted for. Let dry completely.
Step 3
After the cupcake holders are completely dry, cut a circle or square out of your coordinating scrapbook paper that is roughly the size of the top of your cupcake stand tops.
Place the paper on the top of the stand to add a little more pizzaz to the stands. You don’t have to glue it on, it should just sit on top of the stands. Then, for your next party, you can switch up the paper to work for that party’s theme.
Aren’t these just adorable little cupcake display ideas? And so easy and cheap to make!
The cost of this project:
Baking Dishes: $1.50 each = $3
Candlestick Holders: Free (my aunt was going to throw them away. hello?! Give them to the hoarder, please!)
Spray paint and liquid nails were all on hand already!
$3 total.
Bam!
Have you done any projects like a DIY Cupcake holder before?
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Love, love, love these cupcake pedestals. I am definately going to give it a try. Susan @ throughmyporchwindow.blogspot.com
They look adorable Jenna – get diy project and I love how you styled it – it looks absolutely perfect for a party!
Krista
love it, they look so pretty! love how the cupcakes look on top of the cupcake holders! 🙂
I wondered if those were baking pans! The result is perfectly fancy!
Toodles,
Sara
Jenna,
These are really cute. As to the burnt one, if you hadn’t said anything I would have just thought it was chocolate! 😉 Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness! The beauty of the birthday keeps coming. I Love it! Beautiful and creative Jenna. Um, did I miss it? Did you actually perfectly ice those cuppies too? 😉
Actually, laughed out loud when you wrote “give it to the hoarder, please.” Hilarious!
I have one of those unknown baking pans. I cannot remember what it’s purpose was 🙁 And since I am new to pinterest, I have never seen those before!!! They are awesome 🙂
Wow, these turned out great and look like they were meant to be cupcake holders all along! I honestly had to do a double take of the photos because I thought they were made that way, haha.
Really cute project! Sometimes it pays to be a hoarder. LOL! I mean that in a good way Jenna!
So cute! I actually haven’t seen this project before, so it’s brand new to these eyes! I love that you dressed them up with the paper – it’s the little details that count!
You never fail to amaze me, what a great save and redo. Those are wonderful. I’ll have to keep my eyes out at Goodwill and other thrift stores. You were so smart to put them together, awesome you got the candle sticks free from your aunt, I’m so jealous of your finds, they are perfect and the price was sure right. Lucky little devil. Happy days
They might have been tart pans.
They are actually tart pans. My dad was a Master Baker and we owned a bakery as I was growing up. He would make strawberry shortcakes with this pan. Hope this helps.
Really great project!!! I’ve been “pinning” ways to make cake plates for an upcoming wedding party I’m hosting! BAM!! These fit the bill!! Thanks!! Off to “pin” it!!~~Angela
I really like how you added the blue polka dot paper for the party! It would be a simple way to pretty up an cake stand for a party.
– Lora
What cute cupcake pedestals! So great what you were able to put together with $3.
KC
Wow, you have had a busy May! Love these cupcake holders. I picked up one of these pans at a thrift store too, but haven’t decided what to do with it. I think I’ll pick up couple more now that I see your sweet use for it.
Thank you for sharing it and your pretty banner backdrop at What We Accomplished Wednesdays. Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Deborah
Oh how cute! I love that they were so inexpensive to make.
I absolutely love these! They look awesome with the wrapping paper added. 🙂
Saw you on Green Willow Pond feature. What a really cute idea! Great Job! The cupcakes look great too 🙂
It is adorable… I am featuring it tomorrow during the link party.
I love this! And I have that exact paper from Wholeport! I am headed to Goodwill today to find some supplies…adorable!
Stacey
I keep meaning to make some of these myself 🙂 Great tutorial and I love how they turned out – so cute! Pinned and featuring tonight!
LOVE the cupcake holders! too darn cute!
catching you!
These are awesome, I love the unknown baking devices you used such cuteness!!!
Those tart pans make adorable cupcake stands…I love how the edge looks ruffles when turned upside down. Too cute!!!
Very cute and very clever. Your unknown item is actually part of a tart pan. There are 2 pieces…similiar to the pans you use to bake cheesecake. The part you have is the side and there is a base…plain silver circle. So that when you are ready to serve your tart, you just pick up the base and let the side piece…like yours…fall to the side.
Really adorable idea!
Thanks so much, Dianne! I have since found out it is a tart pan – I would have never known! That is so cool!
i’m pretty sure those are tart pans…….cute project.
Yep, Cynthia, that’s what I’ve heard since I wrote the post!
How adorable! I am a cake stand fanatic and when I saw your pic at Throwback Thursday, I had to rush right over. I’m so copying this! Thanks for sharing and for linking up with us!
I’m so glad you like it! It was so simple and turned out so stinking cute, I was amazed!
I have two pans similar to those, plus single size ones because I just HAD to have them years ago. I’ve used one of the big pans once and none of the others at all. That is such a great idea! The little single serving ones could be single cupcake holders. You’re brilliant!
The single serving ones would be so cute as single holders! That’s a great idea! Yep, I love mine and they were so simple!
Jenna! These are so cute. I love the way you made use out of the unknown baking device…LOL
Thank you for sharing at Throwback Thursdays!
xoxo
Denyse
Thanks, Denyse! Gotta love those unknown baking devices!
These look great I am definitely going to try to make some I know that they won’t be as good as yours though #[email protected]_karendennis
Thanks so much, Karen!
This is a lovely idea and looks so effective.Thanks for sharing with us at #overthemoon link party. I’m sharing on social media. Hope to see you at next week’s linkup
Thanks, Sue!
That’s so cute!! I want it to come with the cupcakes too though
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight!
Thanks, Hil!
so cute. Thank you for sharing at TFT, pinned! xo
Thanks, Katherine!
Super cute and yet another reason for me to go to the thrift store.
hahaha!! True that! Thanks!
Such a cute idea! I would not have thought to use old cake pans for a cupcake stand. I just love these. Pinned.
Thanks! They were super easy to make!
Thanks for sharing your DIY at the Inspiration Spotlight party @DearCreatives Pinned & sharing.
I love making these! I made a pink one in February and use it for so many things. So cute!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs
Jann
Cute idea! Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!