I don't have a picture of mine, but when a friend of mine got married she asked me to make cupcakes. With my Dad being a carpenter, I asked him to cut some circles out of a thin sheet of plywood. As risers, I found some inexpensive wooden candle holders at the Dollar Store, and had him screw it all together. It looked really cute, and I was able to put alot of cupcakes on it, because the candle holders weren't huge.

so has anyone figured out exactlly how much they cost to make?? or does anyone care to share how much they charge to rent them out or if you take a deposit on them or what??

Mine cost less than $15 to make, but I would rent it out. I don't do cakes for anyone but close friends and family so I wouldn't have a clue what to charge for rent. It's one of those things that I like to have on hand just in case and my circles are just the right size and strength for round cakes, so I don't have to buy a cake stand.

I couldn't get the instructions for the square one to load!!! I could see the pic but couldn't get the instructions!!!!


(this is me whining...)

Thanks everyone. It cost me about $15 to make and I charged the customer $20 and didn't ask for it back. But if I had to do it again I would rent it and get it back. I'm going to ask my dad to make me a wooden one. He made me that great square one that Antonia74 uses but I haven't had any takers on using that one yet.......so sad.

I uploaded the picture onto photobucket and then just copy and pasted the image code. I couldn't upload directly from here for some reason. Hope that helps.

This would be a great display for cupcake dummies (which are also very easy to make.) I think I smell a project coming on...

Cupcake dummies------I was thinking of making a bunch of them to display on the square wooden tiers for the shop. It's time consuming but I think my customers would be more intrigued seeing it in front of them instead of the pictures I've been showing. May I ask what you use for your cupcake dummies? I know someone had suggested using spray foam into the liners.

I spray DAP foam into the cupcake liners. It rounds out beautifully at the top and they are light weight.

Very informative thank you! IC

I made a 3 tier glass cupcake stand and it cost about $8. I bought 3 different sizes of clear class plates at Walmart. I bought sundae cups for $1 each. I flipped the sundae cup upside down and set it between each tier. I glued the tiers with glass glue. I tried to post a pic, but it's not working right now. Sorry.

wow adonisthegreek, that sounds pretty cool. Would love to see a pic if you get it to work.

DAP foam? Hmmmmm........I will definately give that a try. Thanks Bobwonderbuns!!

Adonisthegreek----your stand is so elegant and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

DAP foam - what a great idea!!

I found a 12 oz can of DAP foam at home depot. May I ask how many cupcakes you got out of that one can............if you've used the whole can yet??

Thanks--Cyndi

I haven't used a whole can yet, but it makes TONS of cupcakes! You only need to fill the liner about 1/2 full because the DAP expands so much. Plus it's lightweight!

Good to know........Thanks!! Knowing me I would have loaded up on that stuff

I just want to add that I recently purchased a cupcake stand at my local cake shop that I love.. It has five various size plates that can be assembled in any configuration needed. I think you could get up to 100 cupcakes on it with a small cake on the top too.. It cost $55.00 but I am sure I will be using it a lot, and it can be taken apart easily for storage.. It is pictured in my photo I uploaded today.. http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1267570.html

Thank you for the compliment ZAKIA6! The dividers are just cheapie round glass vases from the craft store. I hot glued them in place with about 5 spots of glue. It seems really sturdy, but I'm not sure I would rely on the glue to keep them in place forever

i had mine made for my niece's birthday. 24" 20" 16" 12". we painted it white and glued yellow ribbon. it's relly pretty. will upload pics from the party tomorrow.