Diaper Cakes

On top of all the onesies I've been making lately I also managed to squeeze in a diaper cake for the baby shower I went too over the weekend. Not only do they make great gifts, but the double as decor too.  Plus they are alot of fun!

There are tons and tons of tutorials out there on how to make these.  Everyone has their own technique.  I have made several over the years and have used a few different ways of doing it.  This was the very first one I ever did.  I made this for a good friend who's sweet little girl is now 2!! Boy time flies. For this one I rolled all of the diapers.  I like this method, but you don't get that smooth outer layer.

This was the second one I made.  For this one I didn't roll the diapers, instead I layered them.  This gives you that smooth outer finish, but it uses quite a few more diapers.  I think I ended up using about 1 1/2 packs, instead of just one.

 

For my latest diaper cake I combined both techniques. I rolled the inner diapers and layered the outer ones. Here is a picture of the bottom layer.

This allowed me to use less diapers per layer and make it four tiers for more decorating room. Also I like to use large rubber bands to hold each layer together.  They make the whole project 10x easier.

Like I said, these are really fun to make and allow for lots of creativity.  You can go super "baby" or super fancy. I've done some of both.  Here are a few of the others I've made.