I am so excited to be working with The Blueprint Social and Consumer Crafts to create a mason jar craft as part of the August Street Team.
This year, I was planning H’s birthday party and really struggling with what to do to show off the cupcakes on the dessert table. Last year, I simply used a store bought cupcake stand and was less than happy with it. For August, I was partnered with Consumer Crafts and challenged to make something using mason jars. From there, everything just fell into place to create a rainbow mason jar cupcake stand.
I started with some supplies from Consumer Crafts and added spray paint from Lowes to complete the project. You’ll need the following to make one:
1 12×12 wooden board
1 10×10 wooden board
1 8×8 wooden board
2 mason jars
spray paint in your color choice
E6000 glue or hot glue gun
I started by painting my jars win the different colors I wanted. I used a long paint stirrer to hold the jars while I painted them to make it quick and easy.
The sky was really starting to fill with storm clouds and the wind was totally picking up so I was recruited my dad to help so we could get them painted and inside to dry.
We chose to spray paint the boards white but looking back, I would probably just use regular paint and a brush to apply it.
Once everything was dry, it was time to assemble it all. I am definitely more of a eye-ball type measurement person but I knew that wouldn’t be good enough when building a multi-tier cupcake stand. All I needed was 15 kids covered in frosting because the cupcake stand toppled. So, I recruited an engineer to do all the nerdy work for me.
The first step to make sure your bottom jar is centered.
Then, glue it down using what ever glue you’ve decided on. Our choice was the hot glue gun. Once the bottom is attached, hot clue the middle piece to the top of your jar. I originally glued the pieces together with the tops glued to the jar but found that didn’t work very well. So, we removed the tops and just glued the wood pieces directly to the tops of the jars.
Repeat with the other jar and the top piece.
On birthday party day, I loaded it up with cupcakes in the middle of the dessert table and it fit in absolutely perfectly! I loved how the jars were the perfect height and really worked with the rainbow theme of the party.
Be sure to connect with Consumer Crafts on all your favorite social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. They also have a blog which is a great place to find inspiration.
This is such a great idea and so simple! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks! It really was simple to make but I think it makes a great impact on the table.
How many cupcakes fit on this size stand I love this idea
I was able to get 1 dozen.
Sounds like it came together perfectly! And you lucky lady… Lots of good help to recruit from!! Love the bright jars showing through the cupcakes!
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Thanks! It definitely did work out. I’m glad I had my husband there to do the measuring and make sure I got it right 🙂
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I am so happy that this turned out so well! Can’t wait to use it again.
Hi, Shannah! Great job on your craft and I’m featuring it tomorrow on my fb page.
Thanks so much! I appreciate the feature for sure 🙂
So cute Shannah! I love how it looks with all the rainbow cupcakes! I’m pinning!
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Thanks! I love how it turned out and the rainbow cupcakes just made it even better.
Shannah,
This is such a great idea! I’ve been making cupcakes for every occasion lately and there are usually at least 3 different kinds so that makes for many, many cupcakes. I can’t wait to make this stand to display them on! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Pinned!
xoxo, Michelle
Oh, that sounds like a lot of cupcakes but I bet they are wonderful! Definitely try making something like as an easy way to display your delicious work.
This is too cute! I can see some many great uses for this and so many variations! Great helper!
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Thanks! I love how it turned it and can definitely see us using it a lot. Too bad maroon and orange aren’t part of the rainbow or we would have gotten even more use out of it for football tailgating.
That looks super nice, Shannah. Really nice! What a great idea for a birthday party! I’m pinning.
Thanks for the lovely idea. I just love mason jars because they are so versatile – and will make anything really nice.
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks! It turned out really great for the cupcakes. I am so in love with mason jars too. We use all different sizes for projects.
This is the neatest idea ever!:)
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Thanks! I love working with mason jars and had so much fun coming up with ways to use them for the birthday party.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!! such a great idea! I am going to pin this because it’s totally easy to make this fit any kind of party!
And can you imagine the washi tape possibilities with this?? OMG you are genius.
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Thanks! Oh…washi tape would be an amazing idea! Great idea. Now, I need to get working on another one.
I think that I am going to replicate this idea and use the washi tape that looks like road for my son’s car birthday.
Seriously I love this.
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Ooh, that would be so cute! I can’t wait to see it.
Very cute! And you could even (carefully) repaint them to match any party color theme!
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I think you could even take it apart to repaint and easily put them back together.
Really great project! Love how it turned out!
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Thanks!
Thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday over at Sugar Bee Crafts. You were featured today!
–Mandy, SugarBeeCrafts.com
Thanks Mandy! I so love being featured on your amazing blog.
Super cute with the mason jars! Love how the colors show behind the cupcakes to keep the stand fun.
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Thanks! I thought the colors made it super fun and customizeable.
What a clever idea! So different and original and I love how it looks all dressed up with cupcakes!
🙂 Linda
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Thanks! I thought it was a super fun way to display the cupcakes. 🙂
oh that is cute!! I love the colors. I don’t have a cupcake stand, so love the idea of making one!!! Pinned and stumbled ;o)
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Cute idea – love anything with mason jars.
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THANK YOU! I’m DIYing my whole rustic-themed wedding, and was looking for ideas to display our cupcakes. Cupcake stands are ridiculously expensive, and I was able to make 3 of these for $50! Thanks a ton!!
I am so happy to hear these worked for you! We still use ours.
i do have a question (supplies are still en route to me; haven’t actually made them)!
you said you removed the lid, but it shows that thin metal piece in the pictures. when you glued the jar to the wood, was that still on? or did you just glue around the glass rim to attach? (hope that explanation makes sense!)