Baby Shower Planning

Diaper Cakes are the cutest decoration piece for a baby shower. Diaper cakes are functional as well, so you will have a great gift that the new mom is sure to appreciate.

Diaper cakes are not edible, so they are not served to the guests for dessert.

Diaper Cakes make an excellent baby gift and baby shower gift, which you can make yourself or purchase from our fine online baby gift store.

To create a diaper cake yourself, you will need the following:

Approximately 50 medium size disposable diapers. But since diaper brands vary in size, Keep a few extra on hand just in case.

A large platter on which to build the cake. You can purchase a 16″ disposable cardboard platter in most party stores.

Approximately 70 feet of narrow ribbon for tying the rolled diapers (1 ft. per diaper), and tying together the tiers. Approximately 8 feet of 1″ wide ribbon for finishing the tiers. One tall baby bottle. Small candies to fill the baby bottle. Adhesive tape. Assorted baby necessities such as pacifiers, teething rings, combs, brushes, rattles, bibs, etc.

Step 2 in creating your diaper cake, Roll ‘em Up This next step is the most time consuming portion of this project.

Cut 48 feet of the narrow ribbon into one-foot lengths. Decide whether you want the printed decoration on the diaper to show on the cake. If you do, roll each diaper from the fold outwards, keeping the decoration on the outside. If not, roll with the decoration on the inside. Tie each rolled diaper with a length of narrow ribbon.

Step 3 in creating your diaper cake, Assemble the Tiers You will be creating three tiers for this cake. It would be helpful during this part of the process to have an extra pair of hands helping you hold things together as you tie.

Begin with the top tier. Fill the baby bottle with the purchased candy. Stand five or six diapers around the bottle and tie them tightly around the bottle with a length of narrow ribbon. Create the second tier with approximately 15 diapers. Once again, tie tightly together with the narrow ribbon. Create the third, and largest tier using approximately 27 diapers. To make the tying simpler, first tie an inner circle of diapers together. Then stand the final row of diapers around this circle and tie once again.

Step 4 in creating your diaper cake, Finishing the Cake Now you’re up to the fun part!

Place the largest cake tier on the platter. Using several pieces of adhesive tape on the underside of the diapers, tack them to the platter. Don’t use so much tape that the diapers will tear when the mother disassembles it.

Place the second tier on top of the base and attach with tape to the lower tier. Place the smallest tier on top and attach as you did the other tiers. Tuck the various baby accessories inside the ribbon, all around the cake. Make sure they fit snugly, and tie with more ribbon if necessary to keep them from falling off. Finish the cake with the one-inch ribbon wrapped around each tier to help secure the accessories and provide a finishing touch.

If you know the gender of the baby, when buying supplies for your diaper cake you can purchase colored ribbon to match the gender, for example pink for a girl, blue for a boy, and if you don’t know the gender of the baby, you can use yellow or green ribbon.