I took several pads, tinned both sides (I am using double sided board
material) and added small wires to make up capacitors. I measured the
capacitance with a Almost All Digital Electronics L/C Meter IIB
http://www.aade.com/.
If you do not already own one of these instruments, then you need to consider
purchasing one if you are going to get serious about construction and experimenting
in general. It is the most useful piece of equipment that you can own
other than a DVM. With this meter I measured 0.58pF capacitance for the
4.76mm pad and 0.49pF for the 3.18mm diameter pad. I then super glued
a 4.76mm pad to a small piece of printed circuit board. I measured a capacitance
of 0.37pF for the resulting structure.