Sunday, March 25, 2012

Spring Bunny Baby Shower Part 3: Diaper Cake

So, I feel like I do the same thing for every baby shower, but diaper cakes are stinkin' cute! You can see my first official attempt at making one here.

For this cute spring bunny shower, the color scheme was pink, grey, and white (to make sure our decor matched Baby's room). My co-workers and I made this diaper cake in about 45 minutes from start to finish (not including the sock-flowers that were made by another co-worker).






We started with a 14", 10", and 6" cake round. We used Size 1 and Size 2 diapers and a ton of rubber bands. There's tons of tutorials out there, so I won't bore you with the details.




Tips for a Cute Diaper Cake

  • Use labeled diapers (like swaddlers) or mark your diapers with different colors of rubber bands (e.g., reds=size 1, blue=size 2). This takes the headache out of Mom's task of unrolling.
  • Carefully roll your diapers. I've found that rolling from the open end to the closed end results in a more uniform roll. 
  • When forming your cake, make sure the "seam" of the rolled diaper is on the inside. This makes for a much more uniform cake.
  • Lots and lots of rubber bands to hold groups of diapers together.
  • Squish it until it looks right. Keep pushing on your diaper groups until they make the shape you want.
  • Fill in the middle of your cakes with anything you want: extra diapers, baby gifts, tissue paper, etc.
  • Use tulle by the roll to contain your diaper layers. They sell super cute sparkly, lacy, and shimmery tulle rolls at that HobLob place.
  • Use paper shred as "filler" on top of each layer to hide the diaper tops. This also helps hide any cardboard from the cake rounds. Plus it's cute.
  • Add cute baby stuff.


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