Abstract: The present invention provides a bucket support device comprising: (a) a stand; (b) a vertically disposed central telescoping rod, the rod comprising a first end attached to the stand, and a second end; (c) a horizontally stable horizontally disposed flat support platform, the support platform comprising a bottom surface stably attached to second end of the rod, and a top surface wherein the support platform does not pivot in the horizontal plane; (d) a bucket comprising a horizontal base and vertical side walls, the vertical side walls having a top end opposite the horizontal base, forming a lip at the circumference of the bucket, defining the inside from the outside of the bucket, and the bucket horizontal base stably attached to the top surface of the support platform by a bucket attachment means; and (e) a bucket attachment means, wherein the means stably extends to the support platform and the bucket.