How To Make A Cake Pop Stand

This wood DIY cake pop stand up is an attractive way to display block pops for whatever occasion. It'south easy to make with a few common tools and these unproblematic plans.

DIY Cake Pop Stand

This wood DIY cake pop stand has three tiers and the sides feature a subtle curved detail. It'southward the perfect mode to display cake pops for altogether parties, weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, graduations, Halloween, Christmas, and more.

The stand is easy to make with chip wood and a few common woodworking tools. The free plan includes all of the measurements, detailed instructions, and a template to lay out the curved details.

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Inspiration for This Project
How Many Cake Pops Can This Stand up Hold?
What Tools Do Y'all Demand to Make a Cake Pop Stand?
What Woods Should You Use?
How Practice You Draw the Curved Detail?
How Exercise You Cease the Cake Pop Stand?
How to Make a DIY Block Pop Stand Tutorial
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Inspiration for This Project

I've been thinking nigh designing a simple cake pop stand up for a while. Inspiration struck when I was making this tiered spice rack. The stepped design of the spice rack would be great for displaying cake pops!

With simply a few unproblematic tweaks, the spice rack became this ambrosial cake pop display. The stand has iii tiers and subtle curved details on the sides. It's an attractive way to display cake pops for any occasion.

Cake pops displayed in a DIY cake pop stand

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How Many Cake Pops Can This Stand Agree?

The plan for this stand volition agree 24 block pops. I know what you're thinking. "Hey, I just see 21 block pops!" And you're right.

Equally I mentioned, this projection was inspired by this tiered spice rack. I kept the same dimensions of the spice rack to make the epitome for the cake pop stand that you see in this tutorial. The length of the shelf simply allowed for vii cake pops for a total of 21 pops.

I adapted the length of the shelves in the printed plan to allow for 8 block pops per shelf for a total of 24 pops.

Front view of a 3-tier DIY cake pop holder

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This block pop holder is easy to make for DIYers of whatsoever skill level. It'south a simple afternoon project that can exist fabricated using basic woodworking skills and but a few common woodworking tools.

Tools similar a miter saw, pocket hole jig, and a drill. We'll besides demand a saw to cut the curved item on the sides of the holder.

Miter Saw

I used a miter saw to cut all of the parts to length for this project.

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Pocket Hole Jig

Nosotros can utilize any pocket pigsty jig to drill the pocket holes for this projection. I used the Kreg Jig 720PRO to drill the pocket holes for my stand. The inexpensive, user-friendly Kreg Jig 320 is also a bang-up choice for drilling pocket holes.

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Drill

The drill was used to drill the pocket holes, drill the holes for the popular sticks, and to drive the screws that join the parts together.

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Correct Angle Drill Zipper

It'southward likewise handy to have a correct angle drill attachment. The pocket hole locations on this projection are tricky to reach with a traditional driver.

A right bending drill attachment is the perfect tool to drill in a tight spot or to drive screws in hard-to-reach places.

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Additional Saw

I used a scroll saw to cut the curved details on the sides of the stand, only y'all might be able to make these cuts with a jigsaw instead.

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What Wood Should Yous Use?

This display stand tin exist made with just about whatsoever type of wood. This project doesn't require much wood so it's a groovy mode to apply upward some scrap wood.

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Many times I use common pine to build my projects. Pine is relatively inexpensive and piece of cake to piece of work with.

I had some flake pieces of pine 1×2s, 1×3s, and 1×6s, so I used those to make my stand.

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How Exercise Y'all Depict the Curved Detail?

The curves on this holder could be tricky to draw if y'all had to do information technology past hand. Fortunately, you don't have to. The gratis printable program includes a template that takes the guesswork out of laying out this curved detail.

Simply get the gratis program, print the template, trace information technology on the boards, then use a saw to make the cuts.

Angled view of cake pops displayed in a 3-tier DIY cake pop holder

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How Practise Y'all End the Block Pop Stand?

This DIY cake pop stand up could be finished in a variety of ways. Information technology could be left natural, painted, stained, or a combination of paint and stain.

I chose to pigment my stand up. Offset, I applied a coat of primer and then painted information technology with two coats of Behr "Life is a Peach".

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Step ane. Make the Sides

Cutting 4 pieces of wood to length for the sides. Utilise mucilage and clamp to form 2 side panels.

Clamp two pieces of wood to make the sides for a DIY cake pop stand

While the glue is drying, print the template at the finish of the printable plan.

💡 TIP: When press the PDF template, be sure to set the scale to 100%.

I prefer templates to be rigid. And so I applied some spray adhesive to a manila folder and placed the template on top. So I cutting out the template with scissors.

Using scissors to cut the template for the side detail of a DIY cake pop holder

The manila folder provides a lip for the pencil to trace around.

Tracing the template on the side of a DIY cake pop display

I used a gyre saw with this ten TPI blade (teeth per inch) to cut out these curved details, only you lot might be able to employ a jigsaw instead.

I made the cuts next to the pencil line. This way, I could sand to the pencil line.

Using a scroll saw to cut out the side of a wood DIY cake pop stand

Information technology's not necessary, but I used this portable spindle sander to smoothen the curved edges of the side panels. The spindle sander makes quick piece of work of smoothing any saw marks. If I didn't have a spindle sander, I would have smoothed the edges by paw with sandpaper.

Using a spindle sander to smooth the edges of a DIY cake pop holder

Stride 2. Make the Shelves

Cut four pieces of wood to length. In 3 of the pieces, drill pocket holes in each cease.

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Bottom Shelf

Apply gum to the edge of a piece with pocket holes, position it on the piece without pocket holes, and clamp for virtually thirty minutes or until the glue is dry.

Clamping the first tier of a DIY cake pop display

Center and Top Shelf

Cut 3 pieces of forest to length. 2 pieces will be used for the shelves and 1 piece volition be used as the back.

Apply gum to the edge of a piece with pocket holes and position it on a slice without pocket holes.

Clamp for virtually xxx minutes or until the glue is dry.

Repeat for the remaining shelf.

Clamping the middle tier of a wood DIY cake pop stand

Drill the Holes for the Cake Pop Sticks

Employ the diagram in the printed plan to drill the holes for the cake pop sticks in the three shelf assemblies.

First, I used my Kreg Multi-Mark to draw a line from end to end on the shelf.

Laying out the locations for cake pop sticks in a DIY cake pop stand

Next, I marked the location for each hole and used an awl to make a starting point for the drill.

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Marking the hole locations for cake pop sticks in a DIY cake pop holder

I didn't want to drill the holes too deep, so I wrapped painter's tape around the scrap to act as a depth stop.

Using a drill to make holes for cake pop sticks in a DIY cake pop display

💡 TIP #ane: Endeavor to drill the pigsty as straight up and down as possible. This will help the block pops to stand directly when displayed.

💡 TIP #two: I concluded upwardly with some tearout around several of the holes. I filled the tearout with Ready Patch.

You could try to reduce the tearout by first drilling a smaller hole and so drilling the hole with a larger drill bit.

Adhere the Shelf Assemblies

To help with positioning, I clamped a piece of scrap wood to the front of the middle shelf. Apply glue to the edge of the bottom shelf, position on the middle shelf, and clamp. Attach using one-¼" brad nails.

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Using a nail gun to attach the middle tier to the bottom tier of a DIY cake pop stand

Again, to help with positioning, I clamped a piece of bit wood to the forepart of the top shelf. Apply glue to the edge of the heart shelf, position on the top shelf, and clamp. Adhere using 1-¼" brad nails.

Using a nail gun to attach the top tier to the middle tier of a DIY cake pop holder

Back

Just like I did with the shelves, to help with positioning, I clamped a piece of flake forest to the front of the back. Apply gum to the edge of the peak shelf, position on the back, and clamp. Attach using 1-¼" brad nails.

Stride three. Attach the Shelves

Position the shelves on the sides and clench. Attach using a right angle drill attachment and one-¼" pocket screws.

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Using a drill to attach the tiers to the sides of a 3-tier DIY cake pop stand

Step four. Finish the Cake Popular Stand

See How Do You Finish the Cake Pop Stand? for more information.

Final Thoughts

This wood DIY block pop stand has 3 tiers and the sides feature a subtle curved item. Information technology's easy to make and the perfect way to display cake pops for virtually any occasion.

Click here to get the free plan (including the detailed instructions and measurements) at present!

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