My friend and I were on a mission to make a diaper cake for as little money as possible. We had never made one before but she bought a HUGE box of size 1 Huggies for $20.00 and we wanted to somehow use them as a gift. It was really easy to make and probably only took a couple of hours total. The ways to make these and dress them up are endless, but I'll give you a run down of how we made ours.
Supplies you'll need.
A box of
at least 150 diapers.
Pizza pan (Walmart $3)
Bag of multi sized rubber bands (Walmart less then a $1)
Wide ribbon-We used 2 spools (Walmart $2 each)
1 dowel (Joannes $1)
Hand puppet (Joannes $1)
Foam stickers (Joannes $1)
Hot glue gun
Directions
Roll up each diaper you use, starting from the open top end.
Secure with a small rubber band. This will be your center. Then add
7 more diapers to the band.
Then add
3 more layers of diapers around this (secured with bands), or enough to reach the edge of your pizza pan.
*Add a diaper to any gaps*
Do the same thing with your next tier but only add
2 layers of diapers to your center.
Repeat the same steps for each tier adding diapers in any gaps you come across. *We ended up with
4 tiers*
When you're finished with your tiers and adding diapers, put the dowel down through the top of the "cake" till you reach the bottom.
Wrap wide ribbon around each tier to cover the rubber bands. Secure the ribbon by hot gluing it to it's self. Not the diapers!
For our topper, we put
3 diapers inside the hand puppet, then put the puppet on top of the dowel.
*Depending on what you do for your topper, you may need to cut your dowel shorter so it wont be seen.*
Use foam stickers to decorate the tiers.
There are sooo many different things you can do to make this special. One idea we saw was to put little surprise gifts inside some of the layers, like bath soap and lotion...but we're cheap and made ours super basic :)
Anyways, have fun with it! And I would love to see pictures of the ideas you come up with!
I actually prefer the ones where the individual diapers aren't rolled. One of my MIL's friends made us one like that, and I ended up throwing out most of the diapers because I hated fighting to flatten them out while keeping her still. lol. She had put rubber bands on each individual diaper though, so they were very tightly rolled. And not my brand.
ReplyDeleteLooks really cute though!
Oh! I never thought of that :/
DeleteOnce you get a strong outside layer you can just roll them and not rubber band. Maybe that would be better. Thanks for the info!
I have ALWAYS wanted to know how to do this! Thanks so much for the tips!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I made a tricycle diaper cake last night. Maybe I'll try posting that one soon too :) It was super cute!
DeleteMy sister made a diaper cake for my baby shower and had printed off little quotes or bits of advice about mommyhood and rolled them up inside each diaper. I happened to unroll the diapers on a really bad day and they cheered me up. It's the best gift from my shower.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! She must have really put a lot of thought into that. Thanks for sharing!
DeleteI've been thinking of making one for my cousin if she has a baby shower so it's nice to know there's a cheap way to make them. They're so expensive when people are selling them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this! I've always wanted to know how to make one for really cheap! :)
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