How to Make a Cupcake Stand With Champagne Glasses

Cupcake stands can be used for display purposes, such as retail or as table centerpieces.

The popularity of cupcakes has led to them making appearances at weddings along with or even in place of traditional wedding cakes. The cupcakes can be set up in a central location or can be used as a centerpiece for each guest table. Many brides opt for a homey touch to these cupcake centerpieces by creating them out of regular household items, such as plates, cups and candlesticks. You can use champagne glasses to create elegant cupcake stand centerpieces for your wedding reception, bridal shower or other event.

Things You'll Need

• Paper doilies
• Scissors
• Clear or white plates
• Rubber cement
• Ribbons or other decorations.

Instructions

1. Place the rim of a champagne glass on the center of a paper doily. Lightly trace around the rim with a pencil. Use scissors to cut the center out of the paper doily. Repeat for as many paper doilies as you will need for cupcake centerpieces -- two per table.

2. Place a large clear or white plate in front of you. Line the rim of a champagne glass with rubber cement.

3. Place the rim of the champagne glass in the center of the plate and press down gently. Allow the rubber cement to dry. Place a paper doily over the bottom of the glass so that it rests on top of the plate around the rim of the glass.

4. Take a smaller plate -- the same style as the previous plate -- and attach a champagne glass in the same manner. Line the bottom of the first champagne glass with rubber cement and press together with the second plate. Place a doily around the second champagne glass and plate.

5. Line the bottom of the second champagne glass with rubber cement and place another plate, smaller than the first two, on top of the champagne glass bottom. Allow the rubber cement to dry and place an uncut doily on the top of the plate on top.

6. Decorate the champagne glasses with ribbons or other decorations.

Tips & Warnings

• If the champagne glasses seem fragile, only build two-tier cupcake stands as opposed to three tiers.

References

• CasaSugar: DIY: Charming Cupcake Stand
• The Christian Science Monitor: Instead of a Traditional Wedding Cake, a Tier of Cupcakes