Diaper Cakes How-To

So yesterday I had the privilege of helping a good friend throw a baby shower for another friend that recently moved here. One of the tasks I took on was to make a diaper cake. I had already purchased diapers for the couple as a gift, so I figured how tough would it be to create it into a beautiful center piece for the co-ed shower.

Some of things you will need to reconstruct your own diaper cake:

Some sort of platter/cake plate

Around 100 diapers

Large rubber bands

Clear rubber hair bands

Ribbon

Double sided tape

Baby bling/toys

Ribbon

2 Baby Bottles (I have also seen Sparkling Cider used)

You start with one of your baby bottles and your cake stand/platter. I also ended up putting a diaper inside of the bottle when I knew I had enough to fill out the cake.

Next you start rolling all those diapers. You start at the waist band and roll them tight.

They should end up being about the size of a spring roll...ummm...spring rolls! Have I told you yet about some yummy spring rolls that are in the freezer section...sorry back to topic!

So this is what the package of clear hair bands look like, you can use the teeny tiny ones for the rolled diapers.

Neat little rolled diaper with the clear band on.

So easy N thought he would give it a try too...what a little helper!

Once you get a bunch you break out one of those larger rubber bands and circle them around the bottle.

On the bottom tier you will do 3 rows of the rolled diapers like so.

Then you start the second tier, and do two rows of the rolled diapers.

Now you can use some double sided tape to secure the next bottle on top of the first one, or not. I didn't because I wanted to be able to remove the top tier for transporting it to the party.

You will do one layer of the rolled diapers.

Next you can use some of the double sided tape to use the ribbon to cover up the rubber bands.

Next I attached the baby bling/toys using more of the rubber bands and tooth picks.

After letting it set over night I thought that it needed more, so I added the second thinner ribbon to break up all the green one.

The happy couple with his mom and sister at the party. Many of the guests thought that the diaper cake was real until they got real close. I think for my first time it turned out great. I know that there are other ways to make it, but this seemed the easiest/quickest for the time I had. In all I think I spent just over in hour creating it, and spent around $50. So what do you think?