How to Make a 3 Tier Diaper Cake

How to make a diaper cake as a baby shower gift

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• scissors
• 55-70 diapers
• glue or double sided tape
• small and large rubber bands
• small dowel
• decorations

1. 

   Get all your supplies out and ready. This cake shouldn't take longer then 2 hours. start your diaper cake by rolling each diaper starting with the open end. use a small rubberband on each diaper. make sure each rubberband sits at the center of each diaper. I used size new born and size one. You can use white diapers but I chose to use blue since this is for a baby boy's baby shower.

2. 

   once all your diapers are rolled you can start making the bottom tier within a large rubberband. These instructions are for a 3 tier diaper cake and you can use 55-70 diapers. some will put the bottom tier of diapers surrounding a bottle and use less. I'm making the tier full of diapers and using a small thin dowel down the middle of all 3 tiers. So I need 70 diapers rolled. My bottom tier consists of 42 diapers.

3. 

   Now when you make your second diaper tier, make sure it is as thick as the second layer of the bottom diaper tier. Bottom layer should be a layer of diapers thicker. My second tier consists of 21 diapers. Make sure all outer layers of diapers are rolled so that there are no seams facing out. Should all look smooth and round with no diaper openings. This will keep it neat looking. Repeat for the third tier.

4. 

   Next add the third tier to top dowel through each level of diapers, making sure not the tear or puncture any diapers. This will hold cake together. of diaper cake. My third tier consists of 7 diapers. Now you can carefully put the thin dowel through the three levels of diapers carefully avoiding any tears or punctures of diapers. This will hold your cake together while transporting it. Here's how it will look.

5. 

   Next you will want to wrap each tier with the ribbons you have chosen. These ribbons really make the cake look beautiful but also covers your rubberbands, so make sure you choose nice and thick ones. I used 2 layers to cover my rubberbands. I used craft glue to glue the ends of the ribbons together. You can use craft glue, a glue gun or 2 sided tape. Whatever you have handy will work. My bottom ribbons measured out about 41 inches. My second tier ribbons measured out to around 28 inches and my third tier ribbons measured out to about 17 inches. I didn't even use all the ribbon I bought.

Tips & Warnings

• there are so many options as to how to decorate your diaper cake.your diaper tiers can be wrapped around bottles full of candy,or a pedialite, or an open bottle on the top tier for flowers. You can also use any shape and color of ribbons to cover your rubberbands. One option is to use small clear rubberbands if using a light color of ribbon. I used the color rubberbands I had at home knowing I was using darker color ribbons. Then top your cake with anything from a stuffed animal, baby supplies, flowers, etc.
• no matter how you decorate, your diaper cake will be a hit with the mommy to be.