Make a Cake Stand

Weekend Craft Project for older children to do with an adult: Cake stand. Makes for a pretty gift.

Go to a garage sale with your child and have them pick out a cheap, but pretty porcelain dinner plate and a glass or porcelain candlestick. Wide, thick candlestick is best. You want it to be sturdy enough to hold a plate with cake on it without breaking. Make sure you don't buy any plate containing lead. For a two tier cake stand buy a second smaller plate (salad or dessert plate) to go on top of the dinner plate. Also buy a second candlestick. The plates don't need to match. Other needed items: Epoxy glue (slow drying if you are going to make a two tier cake stand), ruler, popsicle stick, pen, container for glue, and Q-tip.

Using the ruler have your child find the mid-way point of the plate's back. Using the pen place a dot there. You the parent in a well ventilated area (like outside the house) put epoxy glue in a container and mix it using the popsicle stick doing as the instruction says. Next, place Q-tip (or something like it) in epoxy glue and put thin amount, but not too thin, around rim of candlestick. Press candlestick to back of plate where dot is. Viola you're done! Unless you want to add another tier. If so, glue the BOTTOM rim of second candlestick. Press in place on top of larger plate. Now glue underside of smaller plate to TOP of second candlestick. Press in place and let dry.