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Diaper Cake – The perfect Baby-Shower’s gift

3rd January 2012

Diaper Cake – The perfect Baby-Shower’s gift

Diaper Cake is the perfect baby-shower’s gift! Have you been invited to a baby shower? Are you looking for a creative centerpiece idea for this event to meet any budget?  For this special day, you’ll find a diaper cake an easy, breathtaking choice.

What is a Diaper Cake?

Diaper cake is a popular baby shower gift because it’s both practical and breathtaking, it’d be the baby-shower’s centerpiece and most important, you can make a beautiful diaper cake in almost any budget.

Diaper Cake

Diaper Cake - The Perfect baby-shower's gift

Diaper cake is popular as baby shower gift because it’s practical and will do double duty as a cute baby shower centerpiece and a very practical gift for the new baby.
A diaper cake is a wonderfully creative gift for an expectant mother. It is a collection of diapers rolled and stacked together to resemble a traditional tiered cake, so it looks like a multi-layered cake, the tiers of diaper cake can be 1,2,3, tiers or more, diaper cake is also garnished with baby care items such as baby socks, bottles, toys, and more.

Diaper cake is popular as baby shower gift because it’s practical and will do double duty as a cute baby shower centerpiece and a very practical gift for the new baby.A diaper cake is a wonderfully creative gift for an expectant mother. It is a collection of diapers rolled and stacked together to resemble a traditional tiered cake, so it looks like a multi-layered cake, the tiers of diaper cake can be 1,2,3, tiers or more, diaper cake is also garnished with baby care items such as baby socks, bottles, toys, and more.

Diaper cake is a popular Baby-Shower gift for several reasons:

  • Diaper cake is original and creative. In addition, diaper cake gives your baby shower gift a personal touch
  • Diaper cake is very easy to make, it’s so easy, even men can do it :)
  • Diaper cake is a very practical gift. New parents will always need diapers and baby accessories
  • You can get all Ingredients for a diaper cake at a local baby supplies store
  • Diaper cake ideas are intended to be flexible so you can adapt the project to fit your budget and the needs of the recipient
  • Diaper cake provides you with plenty of options, diaper cake size, and decorating ideas will make your diaper cake looks amazing and unique

Diaper cake sample

Diaper Cake comes in many sizes and shapes

It can take less than an hour to make a diaper cake; the first diaper cake will probably take longer, but after making a few and learning all the tricks you’ll be amazed to see how quickly it goes. When I started to make diaper cakes I had quite some failures before I got it right. After throwing a bunch of diapers I found an online tutorial that solved all my diaper cake problems and thought me some advanced techniques that took my diaper cake for a whole new level. I’m trying to explain below how to make a diaper cake, but if it seems too complicated, I strongly recommend to view this online “course”. After viewing it you’ll know everything related to how to make a diaper cake.

How to make a diaper cake

Making a diaper cake begins with wrapping a single diaper, then adding multiple rolled diapers in a circle around that core and wrap a rubber band around it, It is easiest to start with the top level of the diaper cake, which may just be one diaper, and work down from there. So here are the basic steps for making diaper cake:

  • Roll up the diapers, starting at the open top end and wrap a rubber band around it, these would be used as the inner diapers for the diaper cake
  • To have a Different diaper cake layers, add multiple rolled diapers in a circle around that core to the rubber band
  • Remove one or two diapers from the diaper cake base and replace with a gift, or you can crowded in beside the diapers
  • Cut a circular base out of cardboard as you know how big your diaper cake will be and Place the largest layer of the diaper cake on it
  • Assemble the remaining tiers of the diaper cake by inserting 1 or 2 wooden dowels through the base layer and then carefully stacking the rest diaper cake layers on top of it

The “How to make a diaper cake” instructions above are for explaining the general idea, if you’re interested in the exact “recipe” visit my post called “How to make a diaper cake“.

Diaper cake idea

Diaper cake makes a great baby-shower's gift

Diaper Cake making Tips:

  • Diapers are usually white, try to use color diapers to make a special diaper cake
  • Add a ribbon around each layer of the diaper cake to cover the rubber bands
  • Place baby’s accessories inside and diaper cake, such as baby lotion, baby wipes, pacifiers, teething rings, baby towel or baby toys
  • Stuffed animal especially teddy bear is always a suggested option for the final touch for your diaper cake

I hope the post inspired you to make a diaper cake as a baby-shower’s gift. You can find detailed instructions on my “How to make a Diaper Cake” post, or take the online video tutorial.

Basic Diaper Cake

Diaper Cake can be basic to meet any budget

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