5 DIY Cupcake Stands

A beautiful dessert table makes a lovely focal point for a bridal shower or wedding. Display your wedding treats in style with these 5 easy ideas for custom cupcake stands!

The House of Smiths shares a tutorial for stenciled stands with graphic designs that are perfect for a modern wedding!

This gorgeous idea from Whipperberry doesn’t even require any DIY skills! Yummy cupcakes are proudly perched on tall candlesticks. Genius! And as a an added bonus, this post includes a recipe for the cupcakes – Black Cherry White Chocolate Cupcakes in a Jar. Sounds delicious to me!

These pretty stands require a bit of painting, sanding, and assembling, but they are worth the effort! Get the tutorial at Bee in our Bonnet.

Love the idea of cupcake stands with interchangeable tiers! What a fun way to mix and match using a variety of pretty plates and patterns. Learn how to make this versatile stand at Giver’s Log.

Dollar store trays make these colorful stands festive and budget-friendly! Get the fun tutorial at Joy’s Hope.

The notion of the importance of teaching kids how to write cursive seems to wax and wane. While some schools have taken it out of their curriculum, many still see the value of learning how to write and read script. My daughter learned how to write in cursive and though she doesn’t need it often, I’m glad to know she has those skills anyway.

If you’re a teacher or you want to teach your own children how to write in cursive, I found this great resource from The OT Toolbox that I think will help. They did a whole series of 31 days of posts about writing cursive and breaking down the skills that are needed to know how to form letters in cursive. It starts with the most basic elements — how and where a child is sitting, and how their paper is positioned.

It includes gross motor activities to get kids warmed up for writing, letter families and the starting lines used to start to form letters, tips for left handed students, letter identification, pencil grasp, writing speed and assessing problems, among other things.

You’ll also find some cursive letter flash cards that can be used to help with writing practice or letter identification.

You can find the whole series at The OT Toolbox.

Looking for more tools to help kids learn cursive? I love these free cursive letter practice printables from Living Loving Lancaster, which include practicing individual letters and tracing letters to write quotes.

Or grab individual letter practice worksheets that just include the letter in upper and lower case for kids to practice. These are from Everyday Chaos and Calm and are a great way to start practicing the individual letter forms. They also include a little map at the top that shows which way to form the letter or in what order if there are multiple strokes involved.

[Photo via The OT Toolbox]

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