I need to make a footed cake board, but I'm not sure what to use for 'feet'. Does Michaels or similar store sell feet? I haven't seen anything in those stores.

Any ideas? TIA!

I hot glue pieces of leftover foamboard onto the bottom

And there's my answer.

What is this box that everyone keeps telling me to think outside of??

Hi Nancy,

If you are planning to use a wooden board, I suggest you check out the moulding/wood section of any hardware stores. You can find really nice wood pieces that you can use for feet. They have those wood pieces you see on many furnitures.

I didn't get around to trying it, but I was planning on gluing some lids from water bottles to the bottom of my cake board for feet.

I use pieces of felt that they sell for putting under the legs of chairs to protect the floors. They come in precut circles or large pieces that I cut apart. I like them because they already have adhesive on them and they are soft so they don't scratch the table that you put the cake onto. They are not very thick but thick enough to get your fingers underneath the board to lift it up.

I also just cut a piece of foam board smaller than the cake board and then hot glue it to the bottom. Works like a charm! I just put ribbon around the edge to cover it up!

We bought cabinet knobs ... you can get them plain, in colors, wooden or metal ...

I have wooden bases for all my cakes, so my husband drilled some holes, screwed and glued in the knobs and then sanded the tops for a flat finish. since I cover the boards for each cake .. the only part that shows are the feet from a distance ..

I've used little wooden blocks I bought at Michaels.

I use the "collars" that I pry off the SPS legs...they are the perfect height for "finger room" and they are FREE!

I use the lids to old canning jars. I hot glue them to the bottom of the board.

I saw a wedding cake that had the small candle holders in the color that matched the cake glued to the bottom of the board, it was so pretty and I had to really look close to see what they really were, they fit in so well with the decor on the table. The cake was small but the way it was set up made a large WOW, I don't know how it was glued on but it didn't move at all. They must have used a glass type of glue. I had to drag myself away from it. lol

I've used the lids from 2 liter soda bottle (or 20 oz. bottles), just a smaller circle than the board cut out of foam core board (I do this for really heavy cakes so there is no chance in the board buckling under the weight..........this is if you're not using a solid wood base board).........also have used wooden beads from the craft store (you can get a decent sized pack with about 50 or so for a couple bucks)...they have a hole in the center but each side with the hole is slightly flattened which makes it look like a ball when it's standing, but it's stable because it is slightly flattened.

Thanks everyone! These are all great ideas for me to choose from.

I use 3/4" plywood for all my wedding cake bases. My DH just screws some slats of wood under them so I can get my fingers under the board.

Works like a charm!

Jen

I use the collars off of the sps plates also, just hot glued them onto the cakeboard, one each corner and one in the middle so the board wouldnt sag (my square wedding cake in my pics was heavy lol)

If it is a cake that needs to really stand tall, I use the short "table" legs that you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. Otherwise, I use drawer pull handles, or cabinet handles, I have some that are clear crystal looking, and some that look like wrought iron. Pretty cool. You could use anything.

I use the "female" part of the coupler...and hot glue 4 or 5 of them under the cake board.

I do what cherrycakes does.