Back To School Supply Cake

It's Crafty Tuesday at What's Scrapping. Recently, I have seen a few Back to School Supply Cakes on the internet and wanted to share my version with you. I cannot believe school started yesterday, the summer really flew by! My son began second grade and with all the recent budget cuts, the schools are relying on the parents to donate supplies. I decided to donate a little extra in a festive way. This entire cake only cost me around $20.00!

Here is the breakdown for cost and supplies:
1 set of round nesting boxes (9.99, used a 50% off coupon = $4.50)
10 boxes of Crayola crayons ($4.00)
9 two pack Elmers school glue sticks ($3.60)
8 bottles of Elmers liquid school glue ($3.20)
woodens star and rectangle (1.00)
1 box kleenex (1.00)
red and black paint (2.00)
Supplies from home: glue gun, ribbon, 3 mini binder clips, one sheet ABC scrapbook paper

How to:
First, I painted the edges of the largest lid red. Second, I stacked the lid, the second largest box, and the smallest box together. Use your glue gun to keep all of them in place. Third, I added the crayons and placed a rubber band to hold them in place. You can glue them down but I wanted the boxes to come off easily so I did NOT glue them, the rubber band held them in place. For the next tier, I added the glue sticks and again used a rubber band to hold them together. On the top tier, I covered a kleenex box with one sheet of ABC paper. I glued the box to the center and then added the Elmers glue bottles around the Kleenex box and held them with a rubber band. Each tier was then covered with a red ribbon, a mini binder clip and a small accent of black and white polka dot ribbon for fun. I used black paint to cover the rectangle square and let it dry. Finally, I glued the yellow star and blackboard to bamboo skewers and wrote the teacher's name and grade. I placed them on top as decorative accents. It's the perfect Back to School Supply Cake for any classroom! Thank you for looking, Simply Create Designs by Denise.