<a class='isly-pinterest-permalink' style='display: none !important;' href='https://andersruff.com/custom-printable-parties/parties/dessert-tables/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands/' data-description='Anders Ruff Custom Designs, LLC: Ruff Draft: DIY Wooden Cake Stands'></a><a class='isly-pinterest-permalink' style='display: none !important;' href='https://andersruff.com/custom-printable-parties/parties/dessert-tables/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands/' data-description='Anders Ruff Custom Designs, LLC: Ruff Draft: DIY Wooden Cake Stands'></a>{"id":8130,"date":"2011-12-28T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/?p=8130"},"modified":"2012-06-21T21:55:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:55:03","slug":"ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/parties\/dessert-tables\/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruff Draft: DIY Wooden Cake Stands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we want to share with you an easy tutorial on how to make wooden cake stands.<\/p>\n<p>If you recall, we had a <a href=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/giveaway\/giveaway-cake-stands-from-a-fabulous-fete\/\">fabulous giveaway<\/a> a few weeks ago from <a href=\"http:\/\/afabulousfete.blogspot.com\/p\/event-design.html\">A Fabulous Fete<\/a>\u00a0showing off her beautiful wooden cake stands.\u00a0 Lauren, the owner sent us several to use for our Christmas photoshoot, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.andersruff.com\">\u00a0North Pole Christmas Holiday Printable Collection<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We decided we loved them so much, we had to make more!<\/p>\n<p>While we made them, we thought it would be great to photograph the steps for those of you who might want to make some as well.\u00a0 However, if you aren&#8217;t as handy&#8230; don&#8217;t forget about Lauren&#8217;s originals from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/afabulousfete.blogspot.com\/p\/event-design.html\">A Fabulous Fete<\/a>!!!<\/p>\n<p>Supplies needed:<\/p>\n<p>1. Unfinished\u00a0wooden candlesticks &#8211; various sizes<\/p>\n<p>2. Unfinished\u00a0wooden circular plaques (with beveled edges)\u00a0&#8211; various sizes<\/p>\n<p>3. Permanent wood glue\/gorilla glue<\/p>\n<p>4. Spray paint<\/p>\n<p>First you need to glue the top of each wooden candlestick to the center of the bottom\u00a0of the wooden plaques.\u00a0 Let dry according to glue directions.<\/p>\n<p>Next, spray paint the unfinished wooden cake stands\u00a0 (follow spray painting directions from can)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/dessert-tables\/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands\/attachment\/andersruff-001-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8131\" src=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-640x443.jpg\" alt=\"spraying cake stands\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-640x443.jpg 640w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-790x547.jpg 790w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-301x207.jpg 301w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-01-123x85.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We painted the bottom sides first.\u00a0 Let\u00a0them dry&#8230; then painted the top-sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/dessert-tables\/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands\/attachment\/andersruff-001-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8132\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8132\" src=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-02-640x461.jpg\" alt=\"Spraying tops\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We applied several coats throughout the day to ensure all sides were coated evenly.\u00a0 Spray paint dries quickly&#8230; so we were able to apply coats every 10 min or so.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p>Below on the dessert table, were our painted cake stands.\u00a0 We used them to display various cookies!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8133\" src=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-03-640x536.jpg\" alt=\"cake table\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/dessert-tables\/ruff-draft-diy-wooden-cake-stands\/attachment\/andersruff-001-04\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8134\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8134\" src=\"http:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-640x952.jpg\" alt=\"cake stands\" width=\"640\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-640x952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-790x1175.jpg 790w, https:\/\/andersruff.com\/custom-printable-parties\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/andersruff.001-04-57x85.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The cake stands that we used for the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.andersruff.com\/\">Hot Chocolate Bar<\/a> were from \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/afabulousfete.blogspot.com\/p\/event-design.html\">A Fabulous Fete<\/a>!\u00a0 She created her tops of the circular plaques with the smaller beveled edge towards the bottom, and we did the reverse.\u00a0 Either way works just great!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Did you find this tutorial helpful?\u00a0 If so, leave us a comment or share with others!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we want to share with you an easy tutorial on how to make wooden cake stands. 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