How To: Make A Diaper Cake (For a Baby Shower)

I threw a baby shower for a friend today; I have been preparing this for a few months. I didn't want to do a real cake, just cupcakes, but I thought we should still have a cake so my Mom and I made a diaper cake (she is so creative!). So we came up with our own way of doing it and I thought I would share how to with you guys. 

Here is what you will need:

~ 40 Newborn Diapers. I used the Earth Balance kind, free of chemicals and dyes and 100% cotton. Costs the same, but far better for your baby.

~ 4 receiving blankets, gender specific. Costs about 6 dollars at Walmart. 

~ Tulle. Again, at Walmart about 2 dollars. 

~ Then use the ribbon that comes with the blankets. 

~ 1 large bowl.

~ 1 medium bowl.

In your bowls, lay your diapers over each other in a circle all the way around, then roll up one of your receiving blankets and stick it in the middle to make a solid layer for your diaper cake. Do this for both the bottom large layer and middle medium layer. 

For the top layer you can just overlap them in your hands and tie it with the tulle and ribbon from the blanket packaging and it will look so cute. If you need stuffing in the middle use the packaging from the diapers. 

For the lower two layers you will wrap a folded (long ways twice) receiving blanket and a piece of tulle around the outside edge to hold everything together and make it super cute. 

It should look like this:

So now it is time to add your accessories. For this shower our theme was a fairy enchanted garden (obviously she was having a girl), so I added a flower on top with added tulle and butterflies. But if you are doing a more baby theme, add a plastic pink safety pin or bottle or even a rattle. Here is how mine turned out. 

I thought it turned out super cute!! The shower went well and I was happy with it. It has been an eventful week so I am going to take a long shower and head to bed early. I hope you have a great weekend! Also let me know if you like the crafty blogs; I'm a crafty person and would totally do more of these. 

-Megan