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
Update on link for the candle holders at hobby lobby http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/wood-candlestick-with-brass-grommet-649533/
Love the cupcake tower…that would be great for the grand kids birthdays! Going to make one myself…such easy instructions. I’ve been wanting a Dremel tool to use…even told the hubby that I’d like one.
Love it! I would never have the patience to make it; I’d rather just buy it like that, but I admire all of you who are creative in this way. It’s gorgeous!
Great design! I really love it, but I personally wouldn’t use Rustoleum. Not food safe.
Thanks! It’s a cupcake tower and the cupcakes have wrappers so no worries there:)
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So cute. How many standard size cupcakes do you think could fit? I want to make a few for my wedding!! 🙂
I love it!
Thanks I made one. You make the instructions very clear. Thanks again!
I love love love this Cupcake Tower!!!! Its fantastic!!!!!
I love this project so much I am trying it now. Great job!
Love this look, great job!!! Thanks for sharing tge tutorial. Love your blog, so many great ideas and tutorials!!
This is amazing. You rocked it out!! I’d love to own one!
Great design! I did a bit of modification. Instead of using the tall candlesticks, I used two shorter ones and glued them together. Also, I didn’t glue the candlesticks to the discs. I wanted to be able to disassemble the holder so I used hanger bolts and insert screws, both available at Menards.
Did you pull out the brass grommets from the taller candlesticks? Or, how did you attach with the grommets sticking up?
Yes! I use a flat head scenes driver to lift up the edges and needle nose pliers to pull them out.
Hi, love this cupcake tower. I just featured it on my blog at http://thatcutelittlecake.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks for sharing the tutorial
Virginie
i absolutely LOVE This!!! will you make one for order, and how much!!??