A family member of ours is pregnant and they are doing a baby shower for her this Sat. My mil asked if I wanted to go in on a gift with her and my sil. So we decided on how much we each wanted to spend and then I got all the stuff and made this diaper cake. It was the first one I've ever made alone. My friend Laura is usually there helping me and she has always done the diaper layers. At least she was there on phone support.
I have to say that making the cake was SO much fun. Brekkon helped me with the diapers when things got a little hard for one person. Once the cake layers were done all I had to do was load it up with all the goodies.
For the top I got a teddy bear lovie and I found a matching teddy that I put on the side. I used blue and white baby socks and and tucked them in to make the flower look. I also put 6 wash cloths on the cake. I took two at a time and tied them with ribbon. Also on the cake is baby wash, baby lotion, baby powder, a brush and comb, and some fun baby toys. The diapers I used were the Pampers Swaddlers (I wanted the diapers white) size one, 188 diapers in all. To help support the weight I put card board between each layer.
Tips:
1. If you don't want to use a lot of diapers then put things in the center such as: blankets, towels, onesies, lotion or round baby wipes and then wrap the diapers around it. You can also use a hat box as the center and but the diapers around that.
2. Another thing you can do is only make two layers and then use a cute stuffed animal to be your top of the cake.
3. A lot of my toys I was able to find at the dollar store along with the bow and clear wrap.
4. Just be creative and have fun with it!!
Now I just hope that the next baby shower I get invited to is for a girl. Boy do I have that diaper cake all planned out!! Funny, I was just thinking that all the diaper cakes I've had a hand in makeing have all been for boys.
