Diaper Cake Fun

Diaper Cake ~ Great gift for the Mommy-to-be AND awesome decorative touch to any shower. I am doing a Classic Mickey Themed shower for my friend so I did a Mickey diaper cake to have as a center piece on the food table. Make your cake any theme you want with ribbons and gifts.
You will need:
Baby items
~about 100 diapers (I used one pack of 2's and one pack of 3's. The 2's are the bottom tier and the 3's are the top two tiers.)
~bibs, butt cream, pacifier, socks, blankets, teething toys, rattles. Anything you want to give the momma-to-be for her baby. Maybe some of the things off her registry.
~Large bottle of baby wash
~4 oz bottle
~one set of chopsticks
~large and small rubber bands
~cake platter (I used my portable one)
~decorative ribbon
~1 inch or larger (I used 1 inch for the main ribbon)
~1/4 inch for the smaller ribbons
~3 small safety pins





Instructions to build your cake:
First roll diapers from the open end toward the closed end, as tight as you can, and then secure with a rubber band.

Place large rubber band around bottle of baby bath and put diapers around it till it is snug. Layer out depending on how large you want the cake. I did 3 rings out. Secure each ring with a large rubber band. The second tier was two rings. I used two chopsticks to secure the top two tiers to the bottom. Stuck them straight through. :)

Now for the fun of decorating your cake. I used the individual ribbons, 1/4 size, to secure the items to the cake. The thicker ribbon hides all the rubber bands. You can exchange a diaper for a gift, such as the trail size baby oil and butt cream. I also wrapped bibs around some of the diapers to add the Mickey touch.

Have fun!

Another site for directions:

www.plan-the-perfect-babyshower.com/diaper-cake.html