Who wants cake at our baby shower? Well this will have to suffice.Thanks to susiestampslot’s “Susan” she is going to show you how you can DIY, oh and it’s so easy and cute!
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
- Diapers–Approx. 72-75 (I have only tried it with the Pampers Size 1 Swaddlers. I wanted them white with no pictures on the booty part.)
- Rubber Bands (I liked the skinny ones as you don’t want them too tight)
- Flat Base (I used a 12″ Wilton cardboard cake base)
- 15 oz. bottle of Baby Powder
- 4 oz. cheapy plastic Baby Bottle
- Pop Up Glue dots
1. Start by rolling up about 10 of the diapers, front to back. You want them pretty tightly rolled so the whole cake will look uniform. Put a rubber band around the middle, but don’t make the rubber band so tight that it puckers. I did this flat on the table. When it gets to the center little “crotchy” area, it wants to stay folded here. I just let it and rolled in the fold as i went.
2. Place Baby Powder onto the middle of the Cake Base. Take about 9 of the rolled diapers and stand them up in a ring around the Baby Powder. It may take more or less diapers depending on what type of powder you purchased. That’s ok. Put a rubber band around this first ring so that it hugs the Powder.
3. Roll more diapers. Make a second ring around the first one using about 14-15 diapers. Secure the entire ring with a rubber band, making sure it does not pucker them. It will help it stand up straighter.
4. Roll more diapers. (See a pattern here? You could go ahead and roll more for the second and third layers if you like, but you don’t know exactly how many you will need.) Make a third ring around the second one using about 20-21 diapers. This last ring should be hitting the outskirts of the 12″ cake base. Secure with another rubber band. TIPS: When you roll the diapers, for some reason, a little of the colored picture from the front velcro area shows on one end and not the other. I preferred my outer rings, since they will be showing the most, to be completely white. Therefore, I made sure the white end was up before securing an entire ring with the rubber band. I also made sure the ends of the rolls were all to the inside of the cake for each layer, so it would not be sloppy on the outer edge where the paper bands would be.
5. Take a couple of the pop up glue dots and adhere the Baby Bottle to the top of the Baby Powder. Part of the Baby Powder should still be sticking up, acting as a center for the next layer as well as part of the Baby Bottle.
6. Roll more diapers if you didn’t already. Make your first ring on the second layer around the Baby Powder/Baby Bottle, using about 8-9 diapers and secure with a rubber band.
7. Roll more diapers. Make the second ring on the second layer, using about 14-15 diapers. Again white end up and rolled ends to inside ring for neatness. (it counts!)
8. Roll about 7 more diapers for the final top layer of the cake. Place them around the last bit of showing Baby Bottle. The diapers will be a bit taller than it, but that’s ok, as you will put a cute little topper on it and it won’t show. Secure the last ring with a last rubber band, again white end up and rolled ends to the middle so they don’t show on the outside.
