Little Pumpkin Baby Shower Part 4: Fall Foods

So what's a party without some food? Below are the snacks from the Fall Little Pumpkin baby shower I helped with last Fall. 

Our fall food buffet at the shower. Lots of goodies here!

These are called so many different things. My family calls them "hammy sammys." I've heard them called "sassy tailgate sandwiches" and "ham and cheese melts, too." They basically consist of hawaiian rolls, ham/turkey, pepper jack/swiss, baked with a mustard/soy/poppyseed glaze. So rich and delicious!

One of the hostesses made some rotel sausage cups. They were delicious. Cream cheese, rotel, sausage (I think), and topped with cheese. Popped these guys like candy.

These super-cute pudding shooters were so easy to make! Vanilla pudding layered with fall-themed sprinkles and topped with crushed oreos. Um...who wouldn't love these. They were so stinkin' good.

Tried out the infamous "3-ingredient cookies." Result? Meh. Decent. I think I'd use the caramel kisses next time. I'm not a fan of the pumpkin ones myself. 

Next up? Activities!

Little Pumpkin Baby Shower Part 3: Fall Decor

This Little Pumpkin Shower was so much fun to give. See the super cute invites here and the adorable pumpkin diaper cake here.

One of the hostesses found her inspiration for this super-cute pumpkin setup here.

Another of the talented hostesses made a banner with the Little Pumpkin's name. She used jute to attach it to her wonderful fall mantle.

   

Next up...food!

Little Pumpkin Baby Shower Part 2: Pumpkin Diaper Cake

I've had a lot of questions about this diaper cake from the shower.

It IS made completely of diapers (and rubber bands)!

Here's a quick illustrated tutorial (because of course I didn't take pictures as I was experimenting). 

Pumpkin Diaper Cake

You'll Need

Diapers (see below for details)

Rubber bands - thin larger ones are better

Orange Tulle

Brown Tulle/Fabric Scrap

Green Wired Ribbon

Step 1: Pick your diapers. I used Pampers (mom's choice) in sizes 1 and 2 (per mom's request). Really the size and pattern of diaper don't matter as they'll be covered with tulle for this cake. I ended up using about one box for this project (some 1s and some 2s). 

Step 2: Roll your smaller diapers. Leave them folded, and start from the open/top end. Roll toward the crease. This seems to hold the diapers in place better. If you're making a cake without tulle, it'll give you a pretty white diaper (with most brands). 

Step 3: Add a small rubberband around each diaper roll. I do about 10 of these at a time before going to the next step.

Step 4: Bundle about 5 diaper rolls together and start forming a circle for your cake.

Step 5: Add 1-2 big rubber bands around your large bundle. This can be as large/small as you'd like. There's no real exact number count it has to be. 

Step 6: Stack two bundles of approximate equal size on top of each other. Don't try to line them up like in the illustration, because you'll go crazy. Stacked is good enough.

Step 7: Add bulk to your pumpkin to make it more of a sphere instead of a cylinder. Use rubber bands to attach 1-2 rolls to the stacks. Just mess with them until they look right. That's the real secret to this project. When in doubt, add more rubber bands.

Step 8: Take your larger diapers (still folded but not rolled) and layer them around the outside of your cake, overlapping so you can't see the rolled diapers. Tuck the bottoms under the cake and use rubber bands to secure. You may need one rubber band toward the top and one toward the bottom.

Step 9: Do the same to the top so you have a pumpkin-shape. If it still looks like a cylinder, add more rolls under the flat diapers or flat diapers in the middle area.

Step 10: Wrap the diapers in tulle. I found that wrapping North and South worked best. This takes a LOT of tulle to get an opaque look-just fyi.

Step 11: Add a stem to the pumpkin and tie green wired ribbon around the top for the vine. I used one diaper roll covered in brown tulle. I just worked it down into the top of the pumpkin.

Ta-da! Sorry for the illustrations instead of actual photos.