My Wedding Creations

My Wedding Wishing Tree
In the photo below, I created my own wish tree and tags with various sayings from cardstock and ribbon.

Creating a Diaper Cake

Creating a Diaper Cake


So I'm hosting a baby shower for for a girlfriend and I decided that I would make her a diaper cake that she could use since she mentioned that she wanted guests to bring her diapers as a door prize.

This is the second diaper cake I've ever made and it's pretty easy and simple to put together.

Items you'll need to assemble the diaper cake.

• At least two packs of diapers (Approximately 85-100 diapers for a 3Tier cake depending on how fat you want the cake)
  
• Gifts to hide (i.e.: pacifiers, washcloths, onesies, mittens, socks and baby supplies like lotions, rash cream and baby wash) I just bought mini baby bottles from Party City to tie around the tiers.
  
• Rubber bands (You'll need a rubber band per diaper and tie together and some large ones to hold the layers)
  
• Wooden dowels (about 0.50 cents at Joann's- I bought 1 dowel and cut it into 3 equal peices)
  
• Cardboard large enough for the base (alternatively you can use netting to support the base- they sell the circle cake cardboard base at Micheals or Party City)
  
• Colorful ribbons and bows
• Netting or cellophane
• Tissue Paper ( Most of the diapers have an image on them so I like to cover the entire layer with tissue paper so that the colors can coordinate better)
• Tape
  

Directions to put it all together.

1. To form a layer of the diaper cake, roll up a diaper, starting at the 'open' top end. Wrap a rubber band around the rolled diaper to stop it from unrolling. Make all the diaper rolls before assembling the layers.
   
2. For the top layer add about 7-10 diapers rolls inside a larger rubber band. I use a headband to hold the diapers together and then ribbon to tie it in place then remove the headband. You can also tie smaller rubber bands together to create a larger rubberband if you didn't buy various sizes of rubber bands. For the middle layer, repeat step 1. Then add a new, bigger rubber band and add about 15 diapers. You can also secure them around a new 8oz baby bottle or champagne bottle for the parents.
3. For the base, repeat step 2. Add a very big rubber band and add about 30 diapers.
4. Add a ribbon around each layer to cover the rubber bands. (See the photo on the top left)
5. Now that you know how big your cake will be, cut a circular base out of cardboard or go and by a 14" or 16" circle cake base layer from Micheals or Party City ($2.50).
6. Place the largest layer of the cake on the cardboard base. Or, use a decorative plastic tray or even a pizza pan from the dollar store. Alternatively if you didn't purchase a cardboard tray you can just use the netting around the base to hold the cake together.
   
7. Wrap the layers individually in tissue paper with tape. Add ribbon about 3" size around each layer and tape down.
   
8. Secure them together by carefully inserting 1 or 2 wooden dowels through the base layer and middle layer and then carefully stacking the top layer on it, being careful to get the dowels between the diapers and not through any of the diapers.
9. Add a ribbon around each layer and decorate as you please. (See photo top right)
   
10. To finish off (and help transport) you can wrap the "nappy cake" in cellophane or netting. Tie at the top with a bow, or add a stuffed animal to the tie for a "topper" to the cake.