Halloween Cake Stand for Dolls

I’ve been having fun with halloween rings and paint this fall.  It’s funny how once you start playing with something, like halloween rings, it leads to more and more ideas.  It’s a fun process and I’m usually surprised with what I end up with.

My first Halloween ring project this fall was this spooky fence I made for Doll Diaries.

I had so much fun decorating and painting those rings, I sat down and made four more projects.  This trick-or-treat bowl was over at Doll Diaries.

Remember this quick little stand holding a picture?  Yep, Halloween rings and paint!

With two projects left I will share one today and another soon.  Really soon.  After all Halloween will be here before you know it!

Today’s addition to my Halloween ring crafting spree is a doll size cake stand. No cake today, but it is still a useful pedestal for the doll table.  I’m using mine to serve up a potion collection.

I embellished my stand with bats.  Any Halloween shape will do.  It’s the texture that gives it an ornate look.  A little paint also does a lot to dress it up.  Let’s take a closer look at how it’s made!

This little stand is made from 3 canning lids and a canning ring.  Stacking the lids gives the stand a little height.

It is embellished with shapes from Halloween rings.  Just cut off the ring portion and you are left with a little Halloween shape.  Little bats adorn this stand.

To give it a finished look paint it all one color.  I painted mine black.  Regular craft paint will do.  After the paint dried I rubbed it with silver craft paint on a dry brush.  I put quite a bit of silver on because I wanted the stand to look like it’s made of pewter.  While applying the silver I tried to leave the cracks and crevices black.  I kept the coat of paint thin so the black shows through.

I love the height of this decorative stand.  I would love to make a Halloween cake to serve on top.  For now I will enjoy it on a Halloween party table serving up potions!

I know, so simple and yet so fun!

Last but not least the final Halloween ring project is coming soon.  It is really different than any ring project I created before and it surprised me how well it turned out!  Yea!

See you soon!

Anna