Clay Pot Cake Stand
What You’ll Need:
10-12 inch pot base
3-4 inch pot for stand
Can of spray paint in your favorite color
Clear silicon caulking
Clear sealer (optional)
1. Find the middle of the base bottom and mark with a black pencil or marker.
2. Make a ring of caulk around the edge of the pot bottom and press together, bottom to bottom.
3. Once the caulking dries, spray the top with paint and let that dry.
4. Flip it over and spray the bottom.
5. Seal if you are going to be serving food directly on the stand, otherwise just use a cake doily.
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This post couldn’t have come at a better time! I’ve been looking for a way to create an affordable cake stand with creative flair…and this is perfect! Thank you!
Good! I’m so glad you like it! Thanks for commenting!
Love this idea!
I found your blog through Pinterest and I would love to invite you to share this, and any other posts you would like to, at my Creative Thursday Link Party at http://www.michellestastycreations.blogspot.com. (Runs through Monday each week)
Have a wonderful day,
Michelle
what do you use to “Seal if you are going to be serving food directly on the stand”?
There’s a product called polycrylic or any other acrylic sealer really. The only “true” sealer that’s completely food safe would be to glaze and fire the pots before you glue together. Otherwise, just for safety’s sake I would probably use a doily or something else to keep the food from touching the paint. Not to mention, if you have a cake directly on the pot, you’ll probably scrape the paint when you cut into it.
Thanks for the information
Well, this solves the “what am I going to get everyone for Christmas” question! These are so fun! I can even see doing some small ones for individual cupcakes at a birthday party. Love this.
That would be a good idea
I’ve also seen someone that made a 3 tier cupcake holder with clay pots.
I do this same thing with tera cotta pot and saucer, but I then mosaic the inside of the saucer and set it in the garden as a bird bath. very cute!
Cute! You should share a pic!
Perfect idea for a cake stand. I have a clay pot and saucer. I am going to make one of these……(:
Can you tell me what color paint you used I like the color
It’s Lagoon by RustOleum. I got it at Home Depot. Here’s a link so you can see what to look for: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202531743/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=lagoon+rustoleum&storeId=10051&relatedSearch=lagoon%20rustoleum
Thanx
Great idea!
I’m scaling this down and making candle holders for my daughter in laws baby shower center pieces.
Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday last week. I can’t wait to see what you link up this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Michelle
Ive made these before,they are a great project.Im doing a rustic wedding for a friend,I made a cake stand out of a slice of cherry wood and wood burn their initials into a heart on the side of it,it turned out really cute.I hope to find more on pinterest because I have a craft class in my home every other Tuesday and am running out of ideas,help!!This week Im making popourri pies for class!
This is perfect I am getting married in August and I want cheesecake for my wedding cake. I found a “chill-out inflatable cooler” (looks like a rectangle kiddie blow up pool” to put ice in and I was trying to find an inexpensive cake stand to put in it and have the ice under the stand to help keep the cheese cake cold. This is going to be perfect. Now to get the fiancée to paint it for me with the other painting projects for the wedding.’
Spray paint contains lead… It specifically states on the label of spray paint cans to not use it on items which you serve food on… unless you feel like loosing a few brain cells…
Where are you buying your spray paint, lol? Lead paint has been banned since the 70′s. Of course I wouldn’t recommend eating directly off any painted surface that’s why I put the line about using a cake doily.
saw this and wondered if it would work to paint a clay bottom to turn into a bird bath?
Yes, I had another reader say they were going to do that same thing above, look for Lori. She uses mosaic tile inside the the “bath” part instead of paint. Which is a good idea, if you’re going to use it as a bird bath, don’t paint the part where the water will be.
This looks like a great craft. I went out and got the supplies today. I have tried it several times now and the paint keeps on crackling just like when I have used a crackling glaze before. I am using Krylon indoor/outdoor spray paint. I even tried sealing the pot and then spray painting but had the same results. Do you have any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? It looks a little bit better after several coats but is sticky and looks no where near as good as your pics. Thank you in advance!
I’m not really sure why it would be doing that. What part of the country are you in? Are you painting in the sun or is it rainy/humid? Is you pot actual terra cotta and not plastic? Spray paint won’t work very good on plastic, that’s usually when I see cracking on projects.
Also, after a second layer I would try stripping it down because that’s another reason spray paint cracks, it doesn’t do well in layers.
I am in El Paso, TX. There is zero humidity and I am doing it outside on our covered porch. They are terra cotta. I was using gloss spray paint. That may be the issue. I am going to try it again with satin paint similar to what you used. Thank you for your help. I am determined to get this to work!
No there’s not a whole lot of humidity down there, lol! Sorry I’m not more help, maybe it is a gloss issue like you said. I hope that works, if not try finding “Patio Paint” at Michael’s or another craft store, I KNOW that will work because it’s pretty much designed for clay pots.
Yep! I switched paints and it worked out great. I took some pics and linked them. Thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=349125118508392&set=a.126629364091303.33533.123851474369092&type=3&theater
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=349715115116059&set=a.169433279810911.44669.123851474369092&type=3&theater
It so cute I go make this for bird food is safe for the bird to eat seed off of it ????
Love this idea – definitely got to try it! Thanks!!
Is there a way to food safe the cake plate?
Really the only way to be completely food safe is to buy food-safe pottery paint or glaze and have it fired, probably for free, at your local university or a pottery studio. Otherwise you can take a chance on non-toxic paints but read the label carefully!
One could use a mirror to line the bottom of the pan. It would be safe for serving as well as add to the decorative appeal.
Your results are lovely. I think I like the idea of using the same concept for a birdbath. Maybe this spring.
Love this!!