How to make a Cupcake Tower

For some reason or another I could not find a cute/large enough cupcake tower for Judson's 1st birthday party that is this Saturday, so I made my own and I love it! It was so easy and I can't wait to use it!

What you will need:
18 inch cardboard cake round
14 inch cardboard cake round
10 inch cardboard cake round
thick decorative paper such as cardstock or wrapping paper ( I used scrapbooking paper from Hobby Lobby)
glue stick
four 2 inch Styrofoam drums ( I used sqaure ones)
glue gun
scissors
pencil
satin ribbon
Step 1: Warm up your glue gun. When glue gun is ready, glue together 2 of the 4 inches wide and 2 inch high Styrofoam drums. Make sure they are evenly lined up. Then hot glue the other 2 Styrofoam drums together. You now have 2 round pillars that are 4 inches tall to separate the sections of the cake stand.
Step 2: Using satin ribbon (color your choice), start at the edge of your Styrofoam drums and pin in place with a strait pin. Wrap around, slightly overlapping and move up each time you wrap around until you cover the styrofoam with ribbon. once all covered, secure in place with another pin. Repeat on other pillar.
Step 3: Now, take your cardboard cake rounds and place over top of selected paper and trace around the edges. Cut along the traced line. Using a glue stick, apply glue to the edges of the cake round and make some lines of glue across the middle. Now carefully line up the cut paper and press onto cake board. Repeat with each board.
Step 4: Set the largest cake board on the table and place a pillar (styrofoam drums) in the middle. Place the medium cake board over that and make sure it is centered. Then center the next pillar on top of that and top with the smallest board. You can use the glue gun to secure it all together if you want. But you don't have to. (if you don't glue it all together, make sure you don't try moving it around with cupcakes on it).
Step 5: Arrange your cupcakes on your cute, cupcake stand that only took about 10 minutes to make!

Love, E