I am soooo excited about this Cupcake Tower! It took about an afternoon of work and $15!
This was so easy to put together! Here’s how you can build your own:)
I purchased 2 1×4’s and cut them down:
4 @ 14.5″
3 @ 11″
3 @ 8″
Then I used my Kreg Jig to attach the boards but if you don’t have one you can use wood glue and clamp them together until they dry:)
Here’s the bad boy that made this cupcake tower possible ~ The Dremel Trio ~ This is by far the coolest tool I have ever used! You really need no building experience to use it. Just read the instructions, plug it in and get to work:) It has this awesome attachment that guides you through perfect circles. It allowed me to cut all three circles in about 10 minutes!
Diameter cuts:
large circle: 14″
medium circle: 10.5″
small circle: 7.5″
Ooooo ahhhh! I lightly sanded them to soften the edges and that was it!
Here are the rest of the supplies: 1 bag of small candle sticks and 2 tall ones from Hobby Lobby. You can find these on the unfinished wood isle but we are learning that these are very hard to find in stores now. You can purchase them online at Hobby Lobby HERE but you will have to pay shipping although you can use a 40% coupon. I purchased the finial at Lowe’s. It comes in a bag with two for about $2!
I chose to use the Vaseline technique to finish this piece. You can get a detailed tutorial HERE. In short, I painted my base coat color where I wanted to distress and then used a very small amount of vaseline to cover the brown.
After I sprayed 2 coats of Rust-Oleum Heirloom White and distressed the edges with an 80-grit sand paper, it was time to construct the tower:)
I used Gorilla Glue Epoxy to build the entire piece. Then I started by glueing 4 small candle sticks to the bottom of the large circle.
I used the tall candlesticks in between the tiers
and for the top I attached the finial to one small candlestick.
That was it!
Whit was great and brought me cupcakes to break the new cupcake tower in:) We made a play date of it and my kids loved their surprise after school:)
I got to thinking that this would make such a cute centerpiece even without the cupcakes so I played around with it a bit while I was waiting on my cupcake delivery:)
Now for some exciting news 🙂 One lucky winner will be the new owner of their very own Dremel Trio! We will have a giveaway tomorrow. In the meantime, get your creative juices flowing and be thinking about what you would use this nifty tool for!
If you love my new Shanty Cupcake Tower I would LOVE pins below! Thanks so much:) ~Ashley
I love this!!! I would also love a Dremel Trio so I could make one myself—-and finish many more projects too!!
So cute! What are the cream colored balls in the picture with the candles?
Beautifu, must make one for my daughter and I saw a stool at Target the other day that the circle technique would be perfect on! Thanks for the tutorial.
I meant to say Beautiful!!
I really like this!! I am loving how you only stain the areas you’re going to be sanding! Saves on time and product I’m sure! 🙂
As always, another FABULOUS project!!! You are one of my favorite bloggers!! 🙂 This will be another on my to do list
LOVE this! Soooooo cute, and looks very easy. I’m going to have to look into that dremel trio. I hate cutting circles with a jig saw
L.O.V.E
That is so fab it’s crazy!! I wish I had tools…any tools! Lol, I am so overwhelmed about where to start so I just avert my eyes…and usually end up back in the paint section!
I’ve been wanting to make one as well, thought I would just wing it and figure it out as I go but you just saved me time and money. Thanks for sharing!
I love this design, especially using it with the candles. Great job!
This is the cutest thing I’ve seen on Pinterest. can’t wait to make one for myself.
Love it!!!
? I’m so so happy with how mine turned out! I used the plans at www. WoodworkPlans.info to build mine – I highly recommend you visit that website and check their plans out too. They are detailed and super easy to read and understand unlike several others I found online. The amount of plans there is mind-boggling… there’s like 16,000 plans or something like that for tons of different projects. Definitely enough to keep me busy with projects for many more years to come haha ?????
????? Check it out! Go to www. WoodworkPlans.info – click the pink link above for some more plans! Best of luck on your building adventures! ✨✨✨
OH MY! I have been wanting to make a cupcake stand for so long just never got around to it. I think you have given me the kick I needed along with the instructions. Thanks so much for sharing. :O)
This is so cute. Love it. Can’t believe you cut all three circles in 10 minutes! Looks like an awesome tool. Need to try this project.
Thank you Charlotte! I did and it cut them so smooth:) I only had to sand them very lightly at the end!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!! One of my most favorite projects! You did a great job!!!
I love this, just found this post 10 years later but this week be perfect for something in doing this year. Thanks for the inspiration!
This is so perfect!!! Thank you for the inspiration! I have learned so much in this one little post! I can’t wait to read through everything else!!! I am itching to try this!
How does one enter your contests???
Thank you Kasey! Please email us pics of your finished version so we can share them with our FB friends:) We will host the giveaway later today and give you all the details!