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I'd like to call it snail-proof, bit it isn't quite. Hungry snails find ways around these things (like climbing up parts of the plant that touch the ground), and sometimes they even climb the copper, but most of the time these plant stands work quite well for protecting potted plants from snails.
The top is a simple plywood disc or square. The legs are long nails with sleeves of copper tubing from the plumbing department of just about every hardware store. The lumber or garden department is likely to have pre-cut wooden discs as well.
I drill four pilot holes slightly smaller than the nails I'll be using using, hammer the nails in from the top, and then slide the copper tube over each nail from the bottom. To make the copper stay on, I just squeeze it tight with pliers up at the top of each leg.
Super simple, and it could be painted (but not the legs) to look better than this one.
