Craftibilities: stick pins

I've made several money cakes now and it's so much fun! I recently made three for friends and they turned out so cool.

Tutorial for a round two tier cake HERE.

I thought I would do a tutorial on how to make a square money cake.

Purchased styrofoam squares at Michael's.

I decided to make a 4 tier cake!!

The round bills add up quickly.

I tested out spacing for approximate amount to make the cake.

I cut poster board and wrapped the edges of the top tier.

Top tier fit 9 bills on each side equaling $36.

For the square I started in the corner matching the first bill to the edge. Then I folded the next bill over the edge. To see more on folding see my previous tutorial HERE.

I used small stick pins to attach bills and I tried to place them all in the same spot.

I used wooden dowels to secure each tier.

For the top I needed to cover the styrofoam. I wanted to use paper shreds but the ones I had were black but almost had a purple tint. I decided to make my own from streamers.

Top tier - $36

3rd tier - $24

2nd tier - $28

Bottom tier - $32

Total amount - $120

I added ribbon to match school colors.

I also made another round cake. This one was $50.

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I made these for table top centerpieces and they turned out so cute!

See my matching GUEST BOOK FRAME post

Floral foam, mini pots, ribbon, styrofoam balls, dowels, hot glue gun and glue, scissors, shredded paper, stick pins (ball or flat), spray paint

I used a flat black spray paint

Then used glitter blast to add some sparkle

It works so much better if you use the same size ribbon or close to the same size. I had two that were really thin but sparkly to add a little filler.

I don't remember how long these are but I made the loop and placed it on the ball to make sure they weren't too large. Maybe a little over 2 inches.

I like to pre-loop and add the stick pin so assembling goes faster. This is the long tedious part.

Since these were for the table I used 2 1/2 inch balls

I prefer the stick pins with the ball on the top. At the end you can't see them and they are a little easier on the fingers.

I put them close and alternating direction.

I held the ball until I got about half way

Then I wrapped a dowel in ribbon

And hot glued in place

I added and hotglued floral foam cut into squares in the bottom of the pots. I stuck the dowel in and hot glued it as well and covered the floral foam with paper shreds.