DIY cupcake stand

I tried to DIY my own cupcake stand after reading an article from here. Its a pretty nice blog if you enjoy making cupcakes, cakes and stuff :)

I'd like to share the process and cost of making my cupcake stand as shown in the pictures below:

View from top angle

View from the side

The materials are:

14" cake board
Quantity: 1, Bought from: Phoon Huat at Blk 422 Ang Mo Kio, Cost: $1.40

12" cake board
Quantity: 1, Bought from: Phoon Huat, Cost: $0.85

8" cake board

Quantity: 1, Bought from: Phoon Huat, Cost: $0.55
(They sell in quantity of 5 per pack so its 5 for $2.75.)

7" Dummy styrofoam cake round
Quantity: 2, Bought from: Phoon Huat, Cost: $7.00

6" Dummy styrofoam cake round
Quantity: 2, Bought from: Phoon Huat, Cost: $6.60

Wrapping paper
Quantity: 1, Bought from: Precious Moments, Cost: $1.20
(You can also get better quality thick paper from Paper House or Art Friend but here, I want to save cost so I use cheaper alternatives.)

Ribbons
Quantity: not very sure, I bought about 11metres and there is still some left.
Bought from: A shop in Ang Mo Kio centre selling sewing, knitting stuff and ribbons
Cost: $2.60

Small head pins
Quantity: A few

White glue
Quantity: 1
(Do not use UHU glue because it corrodes styrofoam. But you can choose to use double sided tapes instead of white glue. I used white glue because my parents happened to have one at our home.)

Of course you will need a pair of good scissors and pencil too.

The process:

1. Stick the two 6" dummy cake rounds together with white glue, and leave them to glue together for awhile. Do the same for the 7" ones.

2. Meanwhile, I draw out the shape and size of the cake stands on the wrapping paper and then cut them out.

3. Stick the cut out shapes with white glue onto the cake stands and leave the adhesive to work.

4. Use a small head pin to pin the sides of a ribbon onto the edge of the styrofoam cake round and then wrap it round carefully. Use white glue to add more adhesive. At the end of the ribbon, use another pin to secure it.

See picture below:
5. Using white glue, stick the cupcake stands together with the 14" cake stand at the bottom, then followed by 7" styrofoam cake rounds, 12" cake stand, then 6" styrofoam cake rounds, and finally 8" top cake stand.

Finished product :)
Total cost: $20.20